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Portable Water-Saving Shower For EmergenciesStowable compact unit sprays from many directions. Proposed portable emergency fogging shower rinses harmful chemicals from person. Includes double-walled transparent, approximately cylindrical curtain containing sets of interior nozzles on regularly spaced loops. Sealed at top and bottom. Victim of contamination enters through longitudinal zippered opening. Pressurized mixture of air and water flows through selected nozzles, creating foglike spray scrubbing contaminants from skin and clothing. Intended for use on Space Station, also used in laboratories and factories on Earth, or for routine shower bathing in areas with limited water supplies.
Document ID
19910000566
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - NASA Tech Brief
Authors
Grenier, Francis E.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: NASA Tech Briefs
Volume: 15
Issue: 10
ISSN: 0145-319X
Subject Category
Life Sciences
Report/Patent Number
MFS-28459
Accession Number
91B10566
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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