Exhalation system

• US 20060032499A1
• Filed: 10/28/2003
• Published: 02/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: University of Tokyo
• Original Assignee: University of Tokyo
• Inventors: Halsnes, Odd
• Application Number:
  US10/533,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20060032499A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/201.240
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/10 Linings A42B3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/28 Ventilating arrangements A42B3/24 takes precedence

Abstract

An exhalation system is provided for a helmet or face mask, which helmet or face mask covers the whole or parts of the area of the face'"'"'s exhalation organs, the nose and mouth, with a chin guard. The system is characterised in that the chin guard is provided with an internal closed cavity which has an opening towards the interior of the helmet or the face mask on the inside of the chin guard and an additional opening towards the outside of the chin guard. The opening towards the interior of the helmet is relatively large and is in the form of one large opening or a small number of large openings which offer the least possible resistance and maintain the velocity of the exhalation air in the best possible manner.

Claims

1-4. -4. (canceled)

5. An exhalation system suitable for use with a helmet or face mask and which covers at least a portion of a facial area including exhalation organs, the exhalation system comprising:

a chin guard, wherein the chin guard comprises an internal closed cavity which has at least one opening towards an interior portion of the helmet or the face mask,

wherein the cavity comprises one or more openings towards an outside portion of the chin guard.

6. An exhalation system according to claim 5, wherein the chin guard comprises two parallel plates with an intermediate cavity which is airtight at an upper edge thereof.

7. An exhalation system according to claim 5, wherein the cavity in the chin guard has an opening in a lower edge of the chin guard.

8. An exhalation system according to claim 6, wherein the cavity in the chin guard has an opening in a lower edge of the chin guard.

9. An exhalation system according to claim 5, wherein the cavity in the chin guard has one or more openings towards the outside portion of the chin guard located on a side of the chin guard.

10. An exhalation system according to claim 6, wherein the cavity in the chin guard has one or more openings towards the outside portion of the chin guard, on a side of the chin guard.