by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
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...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
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....
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
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...
by Jan Willem Bech | Database OX GER
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...
