Comments on: Why Did the Standards Bureau Need These Heads? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/06/why-did-the-standards-bureau-need-these-heads/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Wed, 22 May 2013 18:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Dav Parker http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/06/why-did-the-standards-bureau-need-these-heads/comment-page-1/#comment-4565 Dav Parker Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:56:36 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=6778#comment-4565 Having all manufacturers of gas masks and respirators using the same size of facial contour would ensure that there would be a minimum of variation in the government's inventory. Hospital masks are designed to be temporary and disposable. They are also designed to bend to the wearer's face, and do not require an airtight seal. Having all manufacturers of gas masks and respirators using the same size of facial contour would ensure that there would be a minimum of variation in the government’s inventory.

Hospital masks are designed to be temporary and disposable. They are also designed to bend to the wearer’s face, and do not require an airtight seal.

]]> By: Bill Kille http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/06/why-did-the-standards-bureau-need-these-heads/comment-page-1/#comment-4552 Bill Kille Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:44:55 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=6778#comment-4552 Does not make sense to me they'd be used for designing respirator masks. Hospital emergency rooms use one size fits all and from my old Army days I remember one size fits all gas masks. Setting a standard for hat sizing comes to my mind. Does not make sense to me they’d be used for designing respirator masks. Hospital emergency rooms use one size fits all and from my old Army days I remember one size fits all gas masks. Setting a standard for hat sizing comes to my mind.

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