The Secretary of State for Defence

The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Laurence Anthony Pears

Grant Stuart Richardson

Brian Alan Beadle

Christopher John Hindmarsh

Matthew Joseph Chinn

Apparel suitable for providing protection against noxious agents, wherein the apparel comprises a laminate material that provides a substantially effective barrier against the noxious agents. It is preferred that the laminate material comprises two or more layers, at least one of which is a barrier layer that is a substantially effective barrier against the noxious agents and at least one of which is a protective layer that protects the at least one barrier layer.

Protective apparel

A personal respirator has a face mask and is provided with a filter unit comprising a canister housing contiguous layers of novel filter material. The filter material is suitable for both particulate and vapor filtration, and comprises a composite of first and second groups of chopped fibres, the fibres of the first group having a relatively large diameter (about 7&times;10 m) and the second group having a relatively small diameter (about 0.5&times;10 m).

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Salisbury, United Kingdom

Laurence Anthony Pears