The SAB P43 was SAB's licensed version of the P43 and P 531. In catalogues, it's often referred to just as "maschera" (meaning mask). It was used mostly for industrial purposes.
Variants[]
First variant[]
The first variant, the one shown in catalogues, is based mostly off the P 531, with some differences. The snout points directly downwards and sports a male 43mm thread to which either a hose or a converter are attached, with the latter having a 30mm thread on the other end.A tissot system is present, and a hook system for the straps may have been present too. The exhale valves are of the VD 25 type and the eyepieces are either 50mm or 66mm, more likely the latter.
No example of this type has been found yet.
Late variant[]
The late SAB facepiece was based off the late pattern P43, with the only difference being the presence of a tissot system and the more typical Italian buckle system for the top strap.
The SAB P43 was composed of a flat-moulded faceblank made of beige rubber, smooth on the inside and textured on the outside. To said faceblank, the following were attached:
- A threaded 40mm inlet at the chin with an inlet valve
- Two crimped eyepieces, 66mm wide, made of triplex glass
- Two exhale valves with identical housings, one for each cheek
- A 5-straps head harness, four of which were elastic
- A Tissot system made of black rubber, connecting the inlet to the eyepieces
Kit[]
Since the mask was licensed off of Pirelli, the kit was almost identical. The mask could be sold in 2 main configurations:
The regular kit consisted of a Dirin-like filter, a tube carrier, spare anti-fogging lenses and possibly a spare exhale valve.
Alternatively, the mask could be sold in a SAB metal box (32 x 21 x 13cm) with a larger filter (Tubin or Turnivercio equivalents), a hose and a cage carrier to carry said filter on the chest. Spare anti-fogging lenses could be purchased, possibly also spare exhale valves.
Other accessories available were available, such as:
- A chemical hood to turn the mask into a pseudo-S.I.P. 6 (same description of the hood applies)
- A pneumometer, a device to measure the usage of the filter over a defined period of time, licensed or copied from MSA. It could be set for up to 2 hours of use.
The prices in the '30s were the following (in liras):
- 69 for a facepiece
- 95 for a facepiece with a hose and a cage carrier
- 13 for a tube carrier (only for kits with small filters)
- 35 for a metal box
- 25 for the chemical hood
- 1 for each set of spare anti-fogging lenses
- 150 for a pneumometer
Filters[]
main article: SAB industrial filters
The filters used were directly copied from Pirelli, with different designations. The price ranged from 29 liras to 110 liras (the last price mentioned is for universal filters).
References[]
- SAB catalogue (1930s, unspecified)
- http://www.gasmasklexikon.com/ (some of the pictures)
- JeromeZP's collection