DATASHEET OXYGEN REBREATHER

Min-O-Lung

Date: 14 July 2004

Database oxygen rebreathers by: J.W. Bech

Manufacturer

J.H. Emserson & Co.

Model

Min-O-Lung

Land of origin

USA

Special Note: 

Design: Dr. Chr. Lambertsen

User group

Military

Part no:

Working principle

CMF

Gas type

Pure oxygen

Cylinder volume

Max. cylinder pressure

Material of cylinder

Counterlung inspire volume

Counterlung exhale volume

Dive time duration

Operating temperature

Magnetic signature

Weight ready to use in Air

Weight ready to use in water

MOD

Scrubber material

Colour

green

Price

?

Worn

Chest/back

Mouthpiece shut off valve

Backpack

Counterlung on the Back (?)

Extra

Extra

Additional information:

Email address owner

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Info found:

Origin: http://www.therebreathersite.nl

Info:

The Min-O-Lung was originally built by J H Emerson Co, based on a design by Dr Christian Lambertsen for the CIA.  It was part of a series of units built by Emerson at that time where they used common components across several units to get economy of scale - the Min-O-Lung was Emerson's Model # 9-SO-R1 and the other two Models were # 9-SO-3 and 9-SO-21.  They were all pure oxygen rigs, the differences were Model 9-SO-3 supplied oxygen through a hand metering valve, whereas Model 9-SO-21 had a double demand valve.

The Min-O-Lung was designed to be a compact 15lb, front mounted set to give the user an hours worth of dive time whilst ensuring it was small enough to crawl through narrow ports and be portable.