Kearny Air Pump

Kearny Air Pump

The Kearny Air Pump is an expedient air pump used to ventillate a shelter. The design is such that a person with normal mechanical skills can construct and operate one. It is usually human powered and employed during a time of crisis. It was designed to be used in a fallout shelter, but it can be used in any situation where ventilation is needed such as after a hurricane.

It was developed from research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory by Cresson Kearny and published in Nuclear War Survival Skills.

The basic principle is to create a flat surface with vanes which close when moving air and open when going back to the starting position.

ee also

* Kearny Fallout Meter
* Nuclear War Survival Skills (ISBN 0-942487-01-X)

External links

* [http://www.oism.org/nwss/s73p937.htm Online version of the plans]
* [http://www.ki4u.com/free_book/index.htm Online version Nuclear War Survival Skills]


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