Mask, Oxygen, Disposable

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Puritan Equipment Inc.

Physical Description

Yellow conical rubber with tubing, plastic sack; constant flow type.

Summary

Safety Equipment

Since the advent of high-altitude pressurized airliners in the early 1940s, airliners have featured oxygen masks as well as evacuation slides and rafts to aid passengers and crew in emergencies.

Credit Line

Transferred from the Federal Aviation Agency

Inventory Number

A19740808000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

EQUIPMENT-Breathing Devices

Materials

Plastics

Rubber

Ink

Ferrous Alloy

Elastic

Dimensions

3-D (Bag): 29 × 16 × 7cm (11 7/16 × 6 5/16 × 2 3/4 in.)

3-D (Tube): 96 × 0.5cm (37 13/16 × 3/16 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Location

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Exhibition

America by Air

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv98c656c66-bf1e-43a9-a4be-cf653b3eeca3

Record ID

nasm_A19740808000