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CONTENTS
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1. General Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2. Airline-Type Supplied-Air Suits For Evaluation of
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3. Airline-Type Supplied-Air Suit Description . . . . 2
2. Procedures and Requirements for Havinq Airline-Type
Supplied-Air Suit Evaluated For Performance . . . . . . 2
3. Conduct of Examinations and Tests, Assistance, Observers,
and Confidentialities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. Conduct of Examinations and Tests . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.3. Observers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.4. Confidentialities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. General Construction Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. General Operating Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. Examination and Test Procedures, Performance Criteria . 5
6.1. General Examination and Tast Procedures . . . . . 5
6.2. Performance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6.3. Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6.4. Airline-Type Supplied-Air Suit for Use in Tests to
Determine Performance Characteristics . . . . . . 6
6.5. Human Test Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.6. Examination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.7. Donning and Wearing of Airline-Type Supplied-Air
Suit by Human Test Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.8. Determination of Accuracy of Air-Flow Indicator . 7
6.9. Respiratory Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.10. Crush Resistance of Supply Air Hose . . . . . . . 11
6.11. Nonkinkability of Supply Air Hose . . . . . . . . 11
6.12. Strength of Supply Air Hose and Couplings . . . . 12
6.13. Strength of Connection of Supply Air Hose to
Covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.14. Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Revoir, W. H.; Pritchard, J. A.; Davis, T. O.; Richards, C. P. & Wheat, L. D. Specifications and test procedures for airline-type supplied-air suits, report, May 1, 1975; New Mexico. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc879193/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.