Images(5)

Respirator

Object number2016.104.2 a-m

Manufacturer Mine Safety Appliances Company

OriginPittsburgh, PA

MediumMetal; Steel; Aluminum; Paint; Rubber; Plastic; Fabric; Elastic; Paper; Ink

Credit LineGift of Patricia Donati

DescriptionDustfoe #66 respirator with original metal box, box of filters, eight rubber gaskets, and instruction sheet.DimensionsHeight x Width (a): 4 × 3 in. (10.2 × 7.6 cm)
Depth (a - without strap): 3.25 in. (8.3 cm)
Depth (a - with strap): 9.5 in. (24.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b-c together): 2.813 × 5.25 × 3.375 in. (7.1 × 13.3 × 8.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 1.75 × 5.25 × 3.375 in. (4.4 × 13.3 × 8.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 1.813 × 5.25 × 3.375 in. (4.6 × 13.3 × 8.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (d): 2.625 × 3.125 × 1.125 in. (6.7 × 7.9 × 2.9 cm)
Diameter x Depth (e-l individually): 1.625 × 0.25 in. (4.1 × 0.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (m - folded): 4.75 × 2.75 × 0.031 in. (12.1 × 7 × 0.1 cm)
Height x Width (m - unfolded): 4.75 × 10.938 in. (12.1 × 27.8 cm)
Marks(a)
Filter holder has white text on front “Dustfoe”.

Raised text on side of blue mask “BM2166A”.

Raised text on the back of the filter holder at bottom center “PAT NO. D168,311 / B.M. 2166”.

Raised text on bottom of rubber face cushion “193”.

(b)
Top has gray and blue text “[MSA logo] Dustfoe #66 / RESPIRATOR / FOR DUSTS AND MISTS / Catalog No. CM-76869 / U. S. Bureau of Mines Approval No. 2166 / (See Inside of Lid) / U.S Pat. 2220374 D-168311 Pat. Applied For / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / PITTSBURGH 8, PA. MADE IN U. S. A.”

Each side of lid has blue text: one long side has “EVERYTHING FOR MINE / AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY”, one long side has “KEEP THE RESPIRATOR IN THIS / CONTAINER WHEN NOT IN USE”, and both short sides have “SEE INSTRUCTIONS / INSIDE”.

Interior has black text including “PERMISSABLE RESPIRATOR / FOR DUSTS, PNEUMOCONIOSIS-PRODUCING / MISTS, AND CHROMIC ACID MIST / APPROVAL [U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines seal] NO. 2166 / ISSUED TO THE / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U. S. A. / Approved for protection against… / CAUTION / …”

(d)
Each side of box exterior has printed green text:
Top and bottom has text “5 Per Package Cat. No. CM-73053 / DUST AND MIST FILTERS / for use with / M-S-A Dustfoe #66 RESPIRATOR / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / Pittsburgh 8, Penna. Made in U.S.A.”;
Left and right sides have MSA logo consisting of “MSA” block letters with text across center “SAFETY EQUIPMENT HEADQUARTERS”;
One large face has text including “PERMISSABLE RESPIRATOR FILTER FOR DUSTS, PNEUMO- / CONIOSIS-PRODUCING MISTS, AND CHROMIC ACID MIST / APPROVAL [U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines seal] NO. 2166 / ISSUED TO THE / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO., Pittsburgh, Pa., U. S. A. / Approved for protection against… / CAUTION / …”;
Other large face has text including “Instructions for Replacing Filters / …”

Each filter has printed black text on one side “BM 2166 / DUSTS / & MISTS / MSA CO.”

(e)
Raised text on inside of the solid circular face “46”.

(f)
Raised text on inside of the solid circular face “34”.

(g)
Raised text on inside of the solid circular face “67”.

(h)
Raised text on inside of the solid circular face “28”.

(i)
Raised text on inside of the solid circular face “59”.

(j)
Raised text on inside of the solid circular face “9”.

(k)
Raised text on inside of the solid circular face “40”.

(l)
Raised text on inside of the solid circular face “44”.

(m)
Front has black printed text “INSTRUCTIONS / [MSA logo] / Dustfoe #66 / RESPIRATOR / FOR DUSTS AND MISTS / Catalog No. CM-76869 / U. S. Bureau of Mines / Approval No. 2166 / U.S Pat. 2220374 D-168311 Pat. Applied For / MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES COMPANY / PITTSBURGH 8, PA.”

Inside has black printed text including instructions on how to fit respirator on face, how to replace filter, how to disassemble and reassemble filter holder from facepiece, how to replace face cushion, how to clean and sanitize, and an illustrated parts list.

Back has two Bureau of Mines information sections regarding “PERIMISSIBLE RESPIRATOR” and “PERMISSABLE RESPIRATOR / FILTER”.
Historical NotesPart of a collection of items related to Jennings Breedon's career as a coal miner and mine inspector throughout Appalachia. Jennings Daniel Breedon was born in Richwood, West Virginia in 1927. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 into 1946. After his military service he started work at the Cherry River Coal Company as a miner from June through September of 1946. He left to attend school, but by the fall of 1947 he was back in the mines, this time at the Imperial Smokeless Coal Company, also in West Virginia. He left because of a lack of work and started work at the Johnstown Coal and Coke Company in their Nettie, West Virginia mine. There he worked his way up to a General Mine Foreman and in 1962 he left to work for the Bureau of Mines as a mine inspector. He started out inspecting mines near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, from 1962 until around 1970. Then he transferred to Monroeville, Pennsylvania, and worked for the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration (became Mining Safety and Health Administration) until 1982. Then he was transferred to Kentucky for about six years. Afterwards he returned to the Monroeville area to finish out his career. The donor, Patricia Donati, is the daughter of Jennins Breedon.

Previous owner Jennings Daniel Breedon

Related institution United States Bureau of Mines

Related institution Imperial Smokeless Coal Company

Related institution Cherry River Coal Company

Related institution Johnstown Coal and Coke Company

Related institution Mine Safety and Health Administration

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