by Jan Willem Bech | Database Oxygen Rebreathers, Database OX GER
1913 Dräger Dänische Tauchretter D2 ManufacturerDräger made this rebreather for submarine escapes in 1913-1914 especially for the Danish Navy.GassystemThis rebreather runs on oxygen only and uses a constant mass flow system addidng 1,25 ltr/min.ScrubberThe unique...
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1913 Dräger Tauchretter DM2 During the years after 1910, Dräger further developed the Tauchretter DM1 into the model DM2 that was ready in 1913 (1914?). The injector system was replaced by a constant mass flow system. Picture thanks to David Dekker netherlands The gas...
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1913-1918 Dräger Selbstretter Tübben Mass Produced Pendulum Rebreather On this page you will be introduced to the first mass-produced oxygen rebreather. The Dräger Selbstretter Tübben was developed in 1913 through a collaboration between Dr. Bernhard Dräger and Dr....
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Dräger Heeres Sauerstoff Schutzgerät or HSS gerät 1916 This successor to the Draeger Tübben Selbstretter was a significantly more modern system. You will see from the operation that this is a lung controlled rebreather. With 7.5 kilos it is a technically high quality...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders
Homebuilder Start Page This page is the gateway to more than 100 self-built projects. For divers who want to build their own rebreather the page offers a phenomenal source of inspiration. The shown self building projects reflect 20 years of development. For beginning...
by Jan Willem Bech | Homebuilders Active Semi Closed System ASCS, Homebuilders
Hippocampus Celti This webpages is dedicated to the late TOM ROSE Endgame…Closing in on the perfect rebreather for me. A Kiss type Closed Circuit Rebreather with dual oxygen sensors weighing ~26 pounds allowing about three hours in the water with depths to 140 feet. A...
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This article was first published in April 2006 | last revision june-2019| author Jan Willem Bech First rebreather designed in 1853 in Belgium by professor T. Schwann This article could only be made with the help of Michael Jung, Paul Geilenkirchen, Rob Bakker, Jens...
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The first breathing apparatus build by Dräger used against poisonous gasses was build in 1901 together with the Giersberg company. For this unit an injector designed by Bernard Dräger was used. This injector made breathing easier. The injector was not undisputed,...
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In 1901 Bernhard Draeger and Ludwig Michaelis patented the first Draeger Rauchgas Schutz Gerät (Smoke protection Apparatus) and patented it in both Germany and England.Ludwig Michaelis was the director of the Sauerstoff-Fabrik Berlin.The unit was a modified...
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Erich Giersberg, commander of the fire brigade Berlin, assignor to ‘Sauerstoff-Fabrik Berlin Gmbh’, developped a breathing apparatus in 1899. The unit was a very early unit consisting of a counterlung worn on the breath with a split counterlung. Oxygen was...
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In 1903 ‘Sauerstoff-Fabrik Berlin Gmbh’, developped a new breathing apparatus with a regulator.The regulator made it possible to set a certain flowrate so depending on labour the oxygen addition could be set. The unit could be equipped with a helmet and also a...
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In 1904 G.A. Meyer of Sauerstoff Fabrik Berlin released a new unit Modell 1904 The unit was equipped with a scrubber fitted in the counterlung. The rebreather had 3 x 0,77 ltr oxygenbotles worn on the back. Meyer used a larger surface of dry ‘Aetzkali’ or...
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The Dräger Modell 1904_1909 was one of the first mass production units for minerescue. The unit was build by Dräger and in the design team the Swiss Dr. Guglielminetti was involved.The unit became famous because Germany assisted during the rescue of miners in the...
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Before WW I Dräger started building breathing apparatus that forced oxygen through the loop.This was done by means of a suction nozzle. The system used a flow of 2l/min oxygen.This volume was to big for normal metabolism so overpressure was created in the...
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Not much is known about the Westfalia Atem-Gerät 1908. Sauerstofffabrik Berlin Gmbh joined Machinenfabrik Gelsenkirchen AG Westfalia in 1905. The first product made by Westfalia in 1908 is shown below. ALL Additional information about Westfalia Atemgeräte is very...
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In 1910 and 1911 in Germany Dräger introduced two new breathing apparatus. One for the Rettungswesen and the first rebreather for underwater purpopses. This page offers information about the 1910_1911 Halbstunden Gerat. The unit is the improved version of the...
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In 1912 Westfalia build their first Lifesaving Jacket Tauchretter. Maschinenfabrik Westfalia AG (Aktien-Gesellschaft) was formaly tradingunder Armaturen en Maschinenfabrik Westfalia.The company was merged with Sauerstoff Fabrik Berlin in 1905....
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Although the Pulmotor is not a rebreather, the Pulmotor was a very important apparatus used in the mining industry. It contributed greatly to the development of breathing apparatus in general. Resuscitators began in 1907 when Johann Heinrich Dräger, owner of the...
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In 1897 the minedirektor Georg Albrecht Meyer (1862-1937) of Hibernia Zeche Shamrock in Herne (Germany) modifiedthe Walcher Gaertner (Austria) unit to the Shamrock-type Pneumatophor or ‘Zweiflaschenapparat’The modification lead to a 120 liter oxygen...
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Aro AR47 – In 1947 the first Cressi Sub oxygen rebreather was produced.It was already highly advanced and fitted with smart technical solutions, like the condensation reservoir.Ten years later the 47 was replaced in 1957 by his successor, AR57B Vorrei...
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Aro Ar57b – In 1957, the new oxygen rebreather was presented by Cressi Sub in Italy and immediately adopted by the Italian armed forces, by fire-fighters and by diving schools. It was the simplest, most reliable and safe oxygen device on the market, and is still...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database Oxygen Rebreathers, Database OX ITA
Italian Main Page Cressi Super Aro, a military oxygen rebreather equipped with two bottles. The Pirelli style regulator allows for adjustment during the dive. This beautiful rebreather is little known and only some details are known. If you have any information...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database Oxygen Rebreathers, Database OX ITA
by Jan Willem Bech | Database Oxygen Rebreathers, Database OX ITA
Pirelli rubber suits model S.751 and S.752 (patented) The suit is designed as clothing to protect, effectively and rationally, those wearing the Pirelli Autorespirator LS.901 or S.701. The system of sealing prevents infiltration of water, allowing long immersion in...
