Abstract: A filter canister for use with gas masks has telescoping top and bottom parts that are, in the assembled canister, sealed together. A filter for particulate material is molded in situ in the top part, while a separate adsorbent material cartridge is fitted into the bottom part. In manufacturing the canister, the cartridge is manufactured separately, apart from the remainder of the canister so that it can be kept in a controlled environment so as to avoid possible contaminating due to a humid atmosphere. The molding of the filter for particulate materials normally a pleated paper filter, in situ and away from the cartridge avoids the requirement for a long adhesive drying time during which the adsorbent material in the cartridge is exposed to humidity. The new canister also exhibits greater strength than the known canisters.

Abstract: A multiple canister mount for receiving at different times different sized bolt connectors of canisters for protective masks and the like. The device comprises a base and a pair of spaced annular rims secured to and upwardly projecting from the base. The inner wall of each rim is threaded with threads of appropriate form, and is of a diameter, so as to receive a canister bolt connector of particular size and having a particular thread form. The device also comprises a centrally disposed valve opening and valve seat secured to the base. Such a device provides a simple effective means for securing canisters, which may have different sized bolt connectors, at different times to the same protective mask.