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Crew oxygen mask with pneumatic comfort adjustment

  • US 4,915,106 A
  • Filed: 02/26/1988
  • Issued: 04/10/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Safety apparatus for use in an airplane or the like, comprising:

  • mask means adapted to be fit against the face of a person and including structure presenting, when so fitted, a chamber adjacent the nose and mouth region of said person for the reception of a breathable gas mixture;

    means for delivery of said breathable gas mixture to said chamber, including means operably coupled with said mask means for delivery of pressurized oxygen thereto, and regulator means for mixing atmospheric air with said pressurized oxygen to form the gas mixture;

    an extensible, inflatable strap element operably connected with said mask means and extendable from a fully deflated position corresponding to a relatively low pressure therewithin which is substantially ambient pressure to a fully inflated position corresponding to full inflation pressure therewithin, andinflation control means operatively interconnecting said oxygen delivery means and said strap element, comprising manually controlled structure for selective inflation of the strap element to said full inflation pressure in order to extend the strap element to said fully inflated position to permit fitting thereof over the head of the person, and for deflation of the element to engage the head of the person to hold the mask in said fitted position, said inflation control means further including inflation level-maintaining means for selectively establishing and maintaining the level of inflation of the strap element at an intermediate gas pressure less than said full inflation pressure and greater than said relatively low pressure, said inflation level-maintaining means having structure for maintaining said intermediate gas pressure within said strap element without manual manipulation of said inflation control means.

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