Ventilation system for a protective suit
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1. A ventilation system for a protective suit, including in combination:
- a protective suit to cover the user'"'"'s body;
a face piece to cover at least the nose or mouth of the user;
an air purifying respirator to draw air from outside the protective suit through a filter, and to supply filtered breathing air via a breathing hose to a space within the face piece, and to supply filtered ventilating air via a ventilating hose to the interior of the protective suit;
a ventilation valve in the ventilating hose automatically operable to close the ventilation valve only during periods of high breathing demand to counter a pressure drop inside the face piece.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a ventilation system for a protective suit for use in hazardous environments. In a further aspect it concerns the protective suit itself. An air purifying respirator draws air from outside the protective suit through a filter, supplies filtered breathing air via a breathing hose to a space within the face piece, and supplies filtered ventilating air via a ventilating hose to the interior of the protective suit. A ventilation valve in the ventilating hose automatically closes only during periods of high breathing demand to counter a pressure drop inside the face piece.
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1. A ventilation system for a protective suit, including in combination:
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a protective suit to cover the user'"'"'s body;
a face piece to cover at least the nose or mouth of the user;
an air purifying respirator to draw air from outside the protective suit through a filter, and to supply filtered breathing air via a breathing hose to a space within the face piece, and to supply filtered ventilating air via a ventilating hose to the interior of the protective suit;
a ventilation valve in the ventilating hose automatically operable to close the ventilation valve only during periods of high breathing demand to counter a pressure drop inside the face piece. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A gas tight protective suit to cover a user'"'"'s body, the suit comprising:
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a rear extension;
a pump unit worn in a harness, the pump unit worn in a harness being held in the rear extension; and
a port in the rear extension for air to be drawn in from outside the protective suit by an air purifying respirator;
wherein an air-tight connection is made around the port when a filter is properly connected to the pump unit so that no air may pass through the port without passing through the filter;
the gas tight protective suit further comprising a ventilation system including a protective suit to cover the user'"'"'s body;
a face piece to cover at least the nose or mouth of the user;
an air purifying respirator to draw air from outside the protective suit through a filter, and to supply filtered breathing air via a breathing hose to a space within the face piece, and to supply filtered ventilating air via a ventilating hose to the interior of the protective suit;
a ventilation valve in the ventilating hose automatically operable to close the ventilation valve only during periods of high breathing demand to counter a pressure drop inside the face piece.
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