Adjusting The Harness; Donning - INTERSPIRO QS II BASIC Manuel De L'utilisateur

CYLINDER PACK
Mounting
Place the cylinder pack on a flat surface with the cylinder valve towards you.
1.
Check the connection O-ring and screw the cylinder valve hand-tight to the
2.
cylinder connection of the manifold block.
Fit the holes of the cylinder bracket onto the guide washers and push the
3.
backplate away from you until the harness clicks in position. Check that the
cylinder pack is mounted properly by lifting the harness carefully in the upper and
lower part of the backplate. [Fig. 10]
Dismounting
Unscrew the cylinder connection of the manifold block from the cylinder valve.
1.
Push the locking arm on the upper part of cylinder bracket and pull the harness
2.
towards you at the same time.
CYLINDER QUICK COUPLING (OPTION)
Connection
Connect the cylinder valve adapter with the cylinder connection manifold. Press
together until the manifold "clicks" into the cylinder valve. [Fig. 11]
Check that the connection is properly locked by checking that the surfaces are in line
with each other. [Fig. 12]
Disconnection
Disconnect by pressing the ring of the quick coupling away from the cylinder valve and
removing the manifold. [Fig. 13]
NOTE! EXISTING EQUIPMENT CAN BE UPGRADED TO CYLINDER QUICK COUPLING.
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ADJUSTING THE HARNESS

NOTE! WHEN STANDING STRAIGHT WITH THE BREATHING APPARATUS DONNED THE MAJORITY OF THE WEIGHT SHALL BE
CARRIED ON THE HIPS AND NOT THE SHOULDERS.
To adjust the height of the hip belt, push the red buttons under the hip belt together
[Fig. 14 & 15] and slide the complete hip belt up or down to the correct size. The harness
can be adjusted into four different sizes. Size indications are availalble on both the front
and backside of the harness.
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DONNING

Connect the breathing hose to the breathing valve [Fig. 16].
1.
Connect the face mask and breathing valve according to the instructions given in
2.
the user manual for the face mask.
Loosen the shoulder straps and the waist belt and put on the apparatus.
3.
Place the neck strap over the head.
4.
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