Talk:Forrest Bird

message: * I intend to do more work on this article soon. My progress was hampered somewhat by a car accident three hours after my edits, so please excuse my inactivity. - Dan Johnson 22:11, 2005 Apr 9 (UTC)
**As good a reason as any; hope you're doing OK now. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 02:21, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: On April 6, 2005, this article was nominated for deletion.  The result was keep.  See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Forrest Bird for a record of the discussion. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 02:21, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: VfD

message: Do not confuse ventilator with respirator. 
A respirator is a device worn to protect someone from harmful gases, fumes, or dusts in the air. A ventilator is the device that provides assisted breathing. To be clear, I've changed 'respirator' to 'ventilator' in this article except for the patented name. ddlamb 08:47, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: But note that, historically "respirator" was also used for the same device. The words diverged in meaning after the 1970s. My dad worked for Bird's assembly contractor, my family had lots of reject parts to play with, and we never used the word "ventilator", just "respirator". (It's possible that sales literature would have clarified this, but we never saw that.) Check out the etymology here, especially the last section on the change in the usage over time. Perhaps this can be worked into the article. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/ventilator-or-respirator-difference  SpareSimian (talk) 18:47, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: ventilator vs. respirator

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: This guy has a fascinating background but there isn't much readily available about some details of his life on the internet (as far as I can find). He got his medical degree in Brazil, but there's nothing in the article about how he got there. He also apparently was a colonel in the  military, but there is nothing about his service in the article. Anyone have any sources? MartinezMD (talk) 07:51, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  More needed 

message: My dad worked for Veriflo in Richmond, California, which assembled the respirators for Bird. The company makes gas regulation equipment. It was later acquired by Parker Hannifin. It continues to sell to the semiconductor industry. (I'm now in the semiconductor industry and have seen their booth at trade shows.) My dad would bring reject parts home so we had many of the cylindrical control magnets on our fridge in the 60s and 70s. When work got busy, my parents would build assemblies at home after hours. Smoking ultimately killed my dad and  the company gave him a Bird for his final year, so I (unfortunately) got familiar with operating and cleaning it. SpareSimian (talk) 18:38, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parker-Hannefin Veriflo division 

message: „Bird discovered an oxygen regulator in a crashed German bomber he was ferrying to the U.S. for study seemed to contain a pressure breathing circuit. He took the oxygen regulator home, studied it, and made it more functional.” The link provided does not say this, there is little to no information about this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.27.132.206 (talk) 11:09, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inaccuracy