EP0097514B1 - Ein- und Ausgangsanordnung für schützende Unterstände und Kleidungsstücke - Google Patents

Ein- und Ausgangsanordnung für schützende Unterstände und Kleidungsstücke Download PDF

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EP0097514B1
EP0097514B1 EP83303536A EP83303536A EP0097514B1 EP 0097514 B1 EP0097514 B1 EP 0097514B1 EP 83303536 A EP83303536 A EP 83303536A EP 83303536 A EP83303536 A EP 83303536A EP 0097514 B1 EP0097514 B1 EP 0097514B1
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Roland J. Pilie
Norris E. Schoemaker
Charles K. Akers
Albert S. Baum
Anthony L. Russo
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H1/00—Buildings or groups of buildings for dwelling or office purposes; General layout, e.g. modular co-ordination or staggered storeys
    • E04H1/12—Small buildings or other erections for limited occupation, erected in the open air or arranged in buildings, e.g. kiosks, waiting shelters for bus stops or for filling stations, roofs for railway platforms, watchmen's huts or dressing cubicles
    • E04H1/1277—Shelters for decontamination
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41F—GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS
    • A41F1/00—Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/26—Sliders
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/34—Stringer tapes; Flaps secured to stringers for covering the interlocking members
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/20—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H15/00—Tents or canopies, in general
    • E04H15/20—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure
    • E04H15/22—Tents or canopies, in general inflatable, e.g. shaped, strengthened or supported by fluid pressure supported by air pressure inside the tent
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F7/00—Shielded cells or rooms
    • G21F7/005—Shielded passages through walls; Locks; Transferring devices between rooms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D27/00—Details of garments or of their making
    • A41D27/20—Pockets; Making or setting-in pockets
    • A41D27/201—Pocket closures
    • A41D27/202—Pocket closures with flap-sealed slide fastener
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A44—HABERDASHERY; JEWELLERY
    • A44B—BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE
    • A44B19/00—Slide fasteners
    • A44B19/24—Details
    • A44B19/32—Means for making slide fasteners gas or watertight

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  • This invention relates to the rapid and safe movement of encapsulated individuals and/or materials into and out from protective structures.
  • Encapsulation may consist, for example, of protective garments for personnel or suitable wrappings for packages.
  • Protective structures may consist, for example, of military collective protective systems designed to protect troops from chemical warfare attacks, buildings, aircraft, spacecraft, or even an individual protective garment. Historically, everyone concerned with collective protective structures is aware of the major logistic problems in moving people and objects in and out of shelters.
  • a presently accepted method to be reasonably sure the contamination will not get into such a collective main shelter is by requiring that all entry and egress of personnel be made via an airlock system.
  • the airlock concept requires a minimum of two doorways and a separate intermediate compartment, sufficiently large to accommodate such functions as decontamination, undressing, and storage of contaminated garments.
  • the airlock concept also greatly increases the demand for filtered airforventilating and purging of the airlock compartment. This additional requirement results in a major increase in the size and cost of the air purification equipment necessary to operate the collective protection system.
  • the present invention consists in protective enclosures having apparatus for attaching and detaching and providing passage between the protective enclosures at least one of which is portable, said enclosures comprising enveloping structures having engageable panels adapted to be positioned in opposing relation and having openings therein which are normally closed, at least one of the panels being sufficiently flexible that its one opening can conform to the opening in another panel, the edges of said openings being dimensioned and arranged so as to be substantially coextensive along a given line and being movable or distendable to provide an interconnecting passage between enclsures when the panels thereof are secured together with their openings positioned in opposing relation, and means extending around the edges of the openings for respectively shutting the openings, each shutting means comprising primary fastener means attached along the edges of the opening in its associated panel and adapted for repeated opening and closing of the opening, and secondary fastener means on the exterior of the panel and surrounding and totally covering the primary fastener means, said secondary fastener means being adapted to cooperate with the
  • the invention consists in protective enclosures having apparatus for attaching and detaching and providing passage between the protective enclosures, at least one of which is portable, said enclosures comprising enveloping structures having engageable panels adapted to be positioned in opposing relation and having openings therein which are normally closed, at least one of the panels being sufficiently flexible that its one opening can conform to the opening in another panel, the edges of said openings being dimensioned and arranged so as to be substantially coextensive along a given line and being movable or distendable to provide an interconnecting passage between enclosures when the panels thereof are secured together along the respective edges of their openings when positioned in opposing relation, and means extending around the edges of the openings for respectively shutting the openings, said shutting means comprising mating parts of flexible fasteners extending along the edges of the openings, and slide means having four generally elongated passages including merging parts of said passages at one end of the slide means adapted to receive said parts of the fasteners, said passages separating in the
  • the present invention encompasses a new approach and is able to provide a single- stage rapid entry and egress system.
  • This system uses a novel airlockless concept to replace the conventional airlock system now used, for example, in conjunction with collective protection shelters, and enables a person or package equipped with a suitably designed protective garment (or wrapping) to complete the entry process, and also enables. multiple entries and exits to occur simultaneously, while reducing significantly the time required for this operation.
  • This is so because several airlock procedural stages can be eliminated or reduced; such items include decontamination and special storage of the outer garments, purging time for the airlock compartment and body or package decontamination.
  • the simplified approach of the present invention in some respects reduces the entry procedures to a two- dimensional operation from a three-dimensional one, because the entry process only involves the interface between the mating outer surfaces of both the protective garment and the protective shelter.
  • the objective is to "skin" an individual (package) from his (its) protective outer garment (wrapping) and immediately and safely transfer him (it) inside the collective protection shelter, leaving his (its) contaminated garment (wrapping) on the outside.
  • the mating normally closed and preferably covered openings are provided on the garment and on the shelter entrance wall. When mated and each opened, the pair comprises a single opening which provides free, transfer from one contamination-free space to the other.
  • the words “individual”, “personnel” and “garments” are intended to include in their meaning "packages” and "wrappings”.
  • the invention may utilize a combination of mating primary fastener means, such as zippers, and as may be necessary secondary fastener means including flaps with additional or secondary fasteners, such as fabric hook-latch types, located on both the exterior of the shelter entrance wall and the outer protective personnel garment, to cover the primary fasteners as needed.
  • primary fastener means such as zippers
  • secondary fastener means including flaps with additional or secondary fasteners, such as fabric hook-latch types, located on both the exterior of the shelter entrance wall and the outer protective personnel garment, to cover the primary fasteners as needed.
  • This invention also relates to fastener systems themselves, more specifically to those which employ a compatible pair of fasteners.
  • a pair of compatible zipper type fasteners in the performance of the invention, two panels may be simultaneously joined or separated, at the openings in the panels controlled by the fasteners.
  • a slider may combine a pair of fasteners in such a manner that while the fastener pairs are being opened at one end of the slider, opposite adjacent members of those pairs are being joined together at the opposite end.
  • the slide member embraces both fasteners and disconnects the zipper tape pairs in the conventional manner, but then the tape members are twisted or rotated 90° before reattachment. The 90° rotation causes each tape member from one pairto be aligned with a mating tape member from the other pair, to which it is then joined.
  • the sequence of events to accomplish the rapid entry process is thus: (1) approach the shelter entrance, (2) secure garment to the entrance, (3) step into the shelter, (or transfer package into the shelter) and (4) leave the outer garment stored on the outside for reuse.
  • the garment may be designed with the opening extending from the shoulder to approximately the knee, and boot clamps and a mask hook may be provided on the exterior of the shelter compartment to help secure the outer garments to the ouside of the shelter wall. These features also guide the individual mating surfaces of the secondary fasteners to proper alignment and aid the individual in stepping out of the protective garment.
  • boot clamps and a mask hook may be provided on the exterior of the shelter compartment to help secure the outer garments to the ouside of the shelter wall.
  • the individual protective garment is temporarily a part of the shelter outside wall.
  • the inside of both the garment and collective shelter are respectively sealed from the contaminated or non-life sustaining environment as previously described.
  • the sealing effectiveness can be enhanced by positive pressure maintained within the shelter; any airflow (leakage) is thereby from the inside to the outside of the shelter and garment. Only interior garment surfaces would be exposed to the interior structure wall area, thereby precluding transfer of contamination.
  • both interior or primary zipper fasteners can (but need not) be closed, while the garment remains on the exterior of the collective protection structure.
  • protected functions in the shelter e.g. eating, bodily functions, sleeping, etc.
  • the individual can reopen both interior zippers, reenter his garment, close zippers, and separate himself from the collective protection structure while closing the flaps and secondary fasteners, to safely continue his duties in the exterior contaminated environment.
  • a single collective protection compartment can be equipped with several entrance systems, for example with the total equal to the number of personnel it is intended to protect at any one time. The invention thus does not restrict the number of personnel entering or leaving the shelter at any one time, and effectively provides a parallel entry/egress system rather than an essentially serial system.
  • Numerous applications of the basic concept for transferring personnel and equipment from one protected area to another include, entry and egress to military ground vehicles, amphibious vehicles, boats, aircraft and onboard ships. Other applications are casualty handling in the field, and providing for food, drink, and personal hygiene requirements to people in protective garments.
  • another protective enclosure may be a pouch or wrapping containing protected items, such as tools or nourishment, or may be for the disposal of waste, or another garment into which a person can transfer.
  • the protection afforded by the shelter compartments and/or garments can be against gaseous or liquid agents, or radiation, excessive heat or cold, harmful to humans, or with respect to an environment which is simply non-supportive of human life.
  • FIG. 1 shows a segment of a panel 10 of a flexible material, in which an elongated slit-like opening is formed, closed by a primary fastener 12 which is illustrated schematically as a zipper, and which may have tabs on both sides for operation from either side of the panel.
  • a primary fastener 12 which is illustrated schematically as a zipper, and which may have tabs on both sides for operation from either side of the panel.
  • a flap 14 Fastened to the panel 12, along one side of the zipper, is a flap 14 which is sealed to the surface of the panel 10 along a line which also defines the hinge of the flap 14.
  • the flap is sufficient in dimension to be folded completely over and beyond the zipper, and the face of the flap which folds toward the panel surface, along with the surface of the panel surrounding the zipper, and onto which the free edges of the flap engage, are provided with a secondary fastener which is indicated by reference numerals 15a and 15b, being the complementary parts of a secondary fastener means which may be, for example, a hook-latch type of fastener such as disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 2,717,437 issued to Velcro S. A. This type of fastener device is per se well known.
  • the flap together with the secondary fastener 15a-15b, provides a secondary fastener means that covers the slit-like opening in the panel and totally surrounds the primary fastener means or zipper 12.
  • the flap 14 totally covers and protects the primary fastener means and the surrounding region covered by the closed flap.
  • two complementary devices such as above described, and shown in Fig. 1, are provided on a pair of protective enclosures, at least one of which is portable and may be a garment or suit, a package, or or a panel on an enclosed vehicle.
  • Figs. 2-5 illustrate the sequence of mating the panels of the two enclosures in order to form quickly a passageway between the enclosures.
  • the upper panel 10A is shown with its flap 14A closed and its primary zipper fastener 12A closed
  • a complementary device including a panel portion or section 10B having a closed primary zipper fastener 12B, and a closed secondary fastener means including flap 14B, is brought into essentially face-to-face or opposing relationship with the panel section 10A.
  • the flaps 14A and 14B are opened.
  • the fastener means on the two panels are arranged in complementary fashion; that is, the hook material on the flap, for example, is aligned with the latch material on the surface of the opposite panel section. These are pressed together, as shown in Fig. 4, thereby providing a rather narrow elongated and totally surrounded protective area 17 as shown in Fig. 4, with the primary fastener zippers still closed.
  • a decontaminate agent can be introduced by, for example, having a suitable decontaminate available within this region in a frangible capsule or the like, should this precaution be necessary.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view which illustrates the attachment of the two panel sections as viewed from the inside of one of the enclosures with the primary fastener or zipper closed
  • Fig. 7 shows this arrangement with the zippers open and the opening flexed apart, thereby providing a passage between the two enclosures which can be distended as necessary to accommodate movement of material and/or personnel through the resultant controlled opening.
  • Fig. 8 illustrates one typical application of the invention wherein personnel are provided with protective garments or suits 20A, 20B, 20C and 20D, each of which includes a helmet portion with a visor, a flap-sealed main opening 22, optional additional smaller flap-sealed openings 23 and 24, together with arms and legs, gloves, and foot coverings (boots) which totally envelop the wearer.
  • a retainer loop 26 may be attached to the top of the helmet part, or other appropriate location on the garment for use as later described.
  • the four garment enclosures provide protection for four persons while they function within the environment outside a protective shelter 30 which includes a panel having appropriate openings 22A that are flap covered and closed, as previously shown and described.
  • the shelter 30 can be a small protective collective enclosure or a vestibule leading into a larger safe shelter.
  • a hook 32 which can be interengaged with the loop 26 on the garment, and inverted guides 33 are provided at the base of the shelter 30 below opening 22A, adapted to receive the two portions of the boot parts of the garments.
  • Fig. 8 the four garments 20A-20D are shown in different stages of use, the person in v garment 20A being independent of the shelter 30 and approaching the closed flap-covered opening 22A.
  • the person in garment 20B is shown attaching the hook to the loop on the helmet part of the garment with the boot parts inserted into the guides 33.
  • the person opens the secondary fastening means (such as flaps 14A and 14B which correspond to the flaps on openings 22 and 22A) and after pressing the flaps together to seal them to the opposite panels, and decontaminating the region uncovered by the flaps if necessary, the person can then open the primary zipper fasteners in the garment, then open the zipper fastener in the panel of the shelter, and step through the resultant open passageway to the interior of the shelter as shown in dotted lines with the garment 20C.
  • the garment (such as 20D) is then left attached to the exterior of the shelter, hanging in position, preferably with the primary or zipper fasteners closed, available for further use by the same or other personnel.
  • the compartment 52 has a back panel 56 with an opening 57 and a bottom panel 58 with a controlled opening 59 which is shown open, attached to a garment from which an injured person is being removed by attendants operating within the safety of the compartment 52.
  • a further immobilized person is shown lying on the ground with his protective garment in place.
  • the attendants can direct the movement of the vehicle such that the compartment 52 is located over the immobilized person outside, then the compartment can be lowered and the opening 58 aligned with the closed opening on the garment of the immobilized person.
  • the bottom panel 58 may be provided with integral arm and glove attachments (not shown) to enable personnel within compartment 52 to manipulate the fasteners as necessary to perform this task.
  • Fig. 11 illustrates use of the same vehicle and compartment, having been brought into face-to-face relation with a shelter 60 which may be the vestibule to a field hospital.
  • the opening 57 on the back of the compartment 52 has been mated with a like opening in a side wall panel of the shelter 60.
  • the attendants can then remove the personnel which have been collected from the field, on stretchers if necessary as shown, through the resultant opening into the safe and life-sustaining interior of the shelter 60.
  • FIG. 12 and 13 another form of the invention is shown in connection with a shelter compartment 70, the near wall of which is broken away to reveal in an end wall 72 a panel 74 which is surrounded on three sides by a two stage fastener 75, as previously described, the panel 74 remaining connected along its bottom to the larger wall 72 of the compartment.
  • a rectangular box- shaped cover or wrapping 76 which has a like panel 77 surrounded by a two stage fastener 78 of the same outline configuration as the fastener 75.
  • the wrapping 76 is brought into contact with the compartment wall 72, the primary and secondary fasteners are open, and the panels 74 and 77 can be drawn into the compartment 72, providing an opening through which a container or other item 80 can be brought into the compartment or moved out of the compartment and secured within the wrapping 76. It is also possible, should there be a need to do so, to provide the primary and secondary fasteners on each of the fastener members 75 and 78 with a fourth side and to provide releasable slides on the primary zipper fasteners. With such an arrangement the panels 74 and 77 can be completely removed if desired.
  • Figs. 14-22 show embodiments of fasteners having complementary mating parts which can be engaged to interconnect them without exposing any enclosed volumes to the external environment.
  • the embodiment in Fig. 14 is shown as a multi-piece member, but it is understood that it is integrated as a single component.
  • the slide member 120 of the fastener system will be examined as three segments.
  • the first segment 125 receives two joined tape member pairs through contiguous channels 121 and 122 and contiguous channels 123 and 124.
  • the first segment 125 is of conventional design as described in U.S. Patent 2,229,216 in which the contiguous channels 121-124 diverge at the exit end of the first segment.
  • each of the four channels 1.21-124 is twisted approximately 90° in a helical fashion about a vertical axis thus realigning the tape members into new pairs for entry into the third segment.
  • the third segment 135 of the slide member is basically identical in structure with the first segment.
  • the orientation of the third segment though is different, having been rotated 180° about a horizontal axis and 90° about a vertical axis with respect to the first segment's position. Due to this orientation, the third segment will join the individual tape members into new pairs as described later.
  • the channels merge as 121 and 123,122 and 124, in the third segment guiding the tape members together.
  • channels 121 and 123 are now contiguous, as are channels 122 and 124.
  • Fig. 15 is a perspective view of the integrated component described as three separate segments in Fig. 14.
  • the channels 121, 122, 123, 124 are clearly illustrated in this view depicting the path of the tape members through the slide member.
  • the pairs of fasteners which each comprise two tape members (111, 112 and 113, 114 respectively) and compatible interlocking parts 115, are inserted into the slide member embodiment previously described in Figs. 14 and 15.
  • the tape members are joined by the interlocking parts, here exemplified by zipper teeth although it is understood that the interlocking parts can be of many types.
  • These tape members are paired 111 with 112 and 113 with 114 before entry into the slide member 120.
  • the tape pairs 111, 112 and 113,114 are disconnected as a result of the diverging channels.
  • the tape members are no longer connected pairs but instead are four separate members in the process of being twisted or rotated, yet all the tape members are captured and protected from the external environment.
  • the 90° twist of the separate members results in new pairs; the new arrangement pairs tape 111 with 113 and tape 112 with 114.
  • the interlocking parts 115 of the tape members engage to join the tape pairs as just described.
  • FIG. 17 Another embodiment is set forth in Fig. 17. Its design and operation is similar to that in Fig. 15 but the slide member involves two separate sections, the secondary tab or slide 140 and the main tab or slide 145, rather than a single integrated piece. Since the embodiment is similar to that described in Figs. 14-16, like numbers with a prime notation are applied to like parts.
  • the secondary slide 140 is used as a regular zipper slide, so the fastener tapes which it controls can be opened and closed in conventional fashion.
  • the primary slide 145 also can be used as a conventional slide to open and close the fastener on the panel with which it remains; see Figs. 18 and 19.
  • the parts of channels 123' and 124' in the primary and secondary slides are designed to match and, along with channels 121' and 122', receive tape members from a second panel and guide them through the tabs.
  • channels 122' and 124' Without tape members in channels 122' and 124' however the primary slide simply opens and closes the fastener.
  • the channels 121', 122', 123', and 124' in the combined slide perform the 90° rotation of the tape members to form new tape pairs.
  • Figs. 18-21 illustrate the mechanics of the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 17.
  • Tape members 111' and 112' joined by interlocking parts 115' are shown inserted in the main slide 145 with female end terminals 150 and 151 protruding from channels 121' and 122' at the bottom of Fig. 18.
  • tape members 113' and 114' are shown inserted in the secondary slide 140 with flexible male zipper terminals 155, 156 extending below channels 123' and 124'.
  • the male terminals are designed for insertion into the main parts of channels 123' and 124' in the main slide and are of small enough diameter and sufficient flexibility to pass easily through the channels.
  • FIG. 20 shows the connection that occurs once the male terminals 155, 156 pass through the main slide channels and insert into the female terminals 150, 151. Once connected in this manner the combination main slide and secondary slide perform just like the embodiment of Figs. 14-16.
  • the realigning of the pairs is further illustrated in Fig. 21 which shows the reversal of the connections of the tape members.
  • a locking device (not shown) joining the main and secondary slides 145 and 140, to prevent their inadvertent separation and resultant exposure of enclosed volumes to the exterior environment.
  • Fig. 22 illustrates another embodiment of the invention in which the central portions of the main slides 120 or 145 are constructed as a shell comprising two identical end pieces 160 attached to and separated by four identical pieces side 162 (two inverted).
  • the end pieces 160 are rotated 90° with respect to each other, and each contain channels 121", 122" and 123" 124" for receiving the fastener tapes. These channels can be lengthened and merged, as in Fig. 15, if desired.
  • the end pieces have a ledge 163 which receives the ends of the side pieces 162, and all of these are united, for example with a suitable adhesive.
  • Such a construction has certain cost advantages from a manufacturing cost standpoint, as will be clear to those skilled in this art.

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1. Schutzumhüllungen aufweisende Vorrichtung zum Befestigen und Lösen der Schutzumhüllungen und zum Schaffen eines Durchgangs zwischen den Schutzumhüllungen, wobei zumindest eine der Schutzumhüllungen tragbar ist, wobei die Umhüllungen Hüllstrukturen mit miteinander in Eingriff bringbaren Bahnen (10A, 10B) umfassen, die in sich gegenüberliegender Relation positionierbar sind und Öffnungen aufweisen, die normalerweise geschlossen sind, wobei zumindest eine der Bahnen ausreichend ftexibei ist, so daß ihre eine Öffnung der Öffnung in einer anderen Bahn entsprechen kann, wobei die Kanten der Öffnungen so dimensioniert und angeordnet sind, daß sie sich entlang einer vorgegebenen Linie im wesentlichen gemeinsam erstrecken und daß sie bewegbar oder ausdehnbar sind, um einen Verbindungsdurchgang zwischen Umhüllungen zu bilden, wenn deren Bahnen mit ihren Öffnungen in gegenüberliegender Relation befindlich aneinander befestigt sind, und Einrichtungen (12A, 14A; 12B, 14B), die sich um die Kanten der Öffnungen herum erstrecken, um die entsprechenden Öffnungen zu schließen, wobei eine jede Schließeinrichtung eine erste Verschlußeinrichtung (12A oder 12B) umfaßt, die entlang den Kanten der Öffnung der ihr zugeordneten Bahn (10A, 10B) befestigt ist und zum wiederholten Öffnen und Schließen der Öffnung ausgelegt ist, und eine zweite Verschlußeinrichtung (14A oder 14B) an der Außenseite der Bahn, die die erste Verschlußeinrichtung umgibt und vollständig abdeckt, wobei die zweite Verschlußeinrichtung (14A) dazu ausgelegt ist, mit der zweiten Verschlußeinrichtung (14B) an der Außenseite einer anderen Bahn derart zusammenzuwirken daß die Bahnen (10A, 10B) mit gegeneinander ausgerichteten Öffnungen aneinander befestigt werden können und daß ein kontrolliertes Öffnen der ersten Verschlußeinrichtung (12A, 12B) ermöglicht wird und so ein Durchgang zwischen den Innenräumen der einander zugeordneten Umhüllungen gebildet wird.
2. Schutzumhüllungen aufweisende Vorrichtung zum Befestigen und Lösen der Schutzumhüllungen und zum Schaffen eines Durchgangs zwischen den Schutzumhüllungen, wobei zumindest eine der Schutzumhüllungen tragbar ist, wobei die Umhüllungen Hüllstrukturen mit miteinander in Eingriff bringbaren Bahnen (10A, 10B) umfassen, die in sich gegenüberliegender Relation postionierbarsind und Öffnungen aufweisen, die normalerweise geschlossen sind, wobei zumindest eine der Bahnen ausreichend flexibel ist, so daß ihre eine Öffnung der Öffnung in einer anderen Bahn entsprechen kann, wobei die Kanten der Öffnungen so dimensioniert und angeordnet sind, daß sie sich entlang einer vorgegebenen Linie im wesentlichen gemeinsam erstrecken und daß sie bewegbar oder ausdehnbar sind, um einen Verbindungsdurchgang zwischen Umhüllungen zu bilden, wenn deren Bahnen entlang den entsprechenden Kanten ihrer Öffnungen in gegenüberliegender Relation befindlich aneinander befestigt sind, und Einrichtungen (115, 120), die sich um die Kanten der Öffnungen herum erstrekken, um die entsprechenden Öffnungen zu schließen, wobei die Schließeinrichtung zusammenpassende Teile flexibler Verschlüsse umfaßt, die sich entlang den Kanten der Öffnungen erstrecken, sowie Gleiteinrichtungen (120), die vier im allgemeinen langgestreckte Durchgänge (121,122,123, 124) aufweisen einschließlich zusammenführender Teile dieser Durchgänge an einem Ende der Gleiteinrichtung, die dazu ausgelegt sind, die genannten Teile der Verschlüsse aufzunehmen, wobei sich die Durchgänge im mittleren Teil der Gleiteinrichtung teilen und Teile aufweisen, die unterschiedliche Durchgänge an dem gegenüberliegenden Ende der Gleiteinrichtung zusammenführen, um die Verschlüsse in benachbarte Relation mit den zusammenpassenden Teilen derart zu bringen, daß ein Teil eines jeden Verschlusses mit einem gegenüberliegenden Teil des anderen Verschlusses in Eingriff gebracht wird, indem die Gleiteinrichtung gleichzeitig entlang den Verschlüssen bewegt wird und die zusammenpassenden Teile der Verschlüsse nach und nach getrennt und die Teile mit gegenüberliegenden Teilen des anderen Verschlusses verbunden werden, wodurch das Verbinden und/oder das Trennen der Kanten der zwei Öffnungen vollzogen wird, um einen ausdehnbaren Durchgang durch die Bahnen auszubilden und/oder zu verschließen, wobei dieser Durchgang durch die Teile der zwei verbundenen Verschlüsse definiert ist.
3. Schutzumhüllungen nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die tragbare Umhüllung ein von einer Person zu tragendes Kleidungsstück (20A) ist.
4. Schutzumhüllungen nach Anspruch 3, wobei sich die Öffnung (22) des Kleidungsstückes über dessen Vorderseite erstreckt und eine ausreichende Größe aufweist, um den Durchgang einer Person zu ermöglichen.
5. Schutzumhüllungen nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, wobei die oder eine andere Schutzumhüllung ebenfalls ein Kleidungsstück ist, in das die Person umsteigen kann.
6. Schutzumhüllungen nach Anspruch 3 oder 4, wobei die oder eine andere Umhüllung ein Raum (30) ist, in den die Person umsteigen kann.
7. Schutzumhüllungen nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Raum eine Vielzahl von Öffnungen (22A) aufweist, von denen eine jede dazu ausgebildet ist, mit einem Schutz-Kleidungsstück (20A) verbunden zu werden.
8. Schutzumhüllungen nach Anspruch 6 oder 7, mit einer Aufhängeeinrichtung (32) an der Außenseite des Raums (30) nahe einer jeden Öffnung (22A) zum Halten eines Kleidungsstücks (20A) in Position bezüglich der hiermit verbundenen Bahnen, während eine innerhalb des Bekleidungsstücks befindliche Person dieses räumt.
9. Schutzumhüllungen nach Anspruch 2 oder einem von Anspruch 2 abhängigen vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei die Gleiteinrichtung einen trennbaren zweiten Schlitten (140) umfaßt, der mit einem der Verschlüsse zusammenarbeiten kann und in der Lage ist, mit der Hauptschlitteneinrichtung (145) verbunden zu werden, um die übertragung der Verschlußteile zu unterstützen und um auf die Teile eines der Verschlüsse unabhängig von der Hauptschlitteneinrichtung einzuwirken.
10. Verschlußeinrichtung zum Verbinden und Trennen eines Paares von Bahnen, mit ersten und zweiten Bandgliedern (111, 112), die ineinandergreifen, um ein Verschlußpaar (115) zu bilden, das an einem der Bahnen befestigt werden kann und hierin eine Öffnung definiert, mit dritten und vierten Bandgliedern (113, 114), die ineinandergreifen, um ein zweites Verschlußpaar (115) zu bilden, welches an einer Öffnung in der anderen Bahn befestigt werden kann und hierin eine Öffnung definiert, wobei die einem jeden Paar von Bandgliedern zugeordneten ineinandergreifenden Teile so sind, daß ein Bandglied eines jeden Paares zur Verbindung mit jedwedem gegenüberliegenden Bandglied des anderen Paares kompatibel ist, mit einem länglichen Gleitglied (120) mit gegenüberliegenden Enden und auch mit ersten (121), zweiten (122), dritten (123) und vierten (124) Kanälen, die sich von einem Ende bis zum anderen Ende hindurcherstrecken, um die Bandglieder und deren zugeordnete ineinandergreifende Teile über Verbindungs und Trennbewegungen aufzunehmen und zu führen, wobei die ersten und zweiten Kanäle (121, 122) an einem Ende des Gleitgliedes zusammenführende Abschnitte aufweisen, worin die ineinandergreifenden Teile der ersten und zweiten Bandglieder (111, 112) beim Eintritt in dieses Ende des Schlittens außer Eingriff gebracht werden, um die ersten und zweiten Bandgliederzu trennen, oder worin die ineinandergreifenden Teile beim Verlassen des genannten einen Endes des Gleitgliedes in Eingriff kommen, um die ersten und zweiten Bandglieder zu verbinden, wobei die dritten und vierten Kanäle (123,124) an dem einen Ende des Gleitgliedes zusammenführende Abschnitte aufweisen, worin die ineinandergreifenden Teile der dritten und vierten Bandglieder (113, 114) beim Eintritt in dieses Ende des Schlittengliedes außer Eingriff kommen, um die dritten und vierten Bandgliederzu trennen, oderworin die ineinandergreifenden Teile beim Verlassen des einen Endes des Schlittengliedes in Eingriff kommen, um die dritten und vierten Bandglieder zu verbinden, wobei die vierten Kanäle im Gleitglied getrennte mittlere Abschnitte aufweisen, um alle vier Bandglieder voneinander beabstandet zu führen, wobei die ersten und dritten Kanäle (121,123) am anderen Ende des Schlittengliedes zusammenführende Abschnitte. aufweisen, worin die ineinandergreifenden Teile der ersten und dritten Bandglieder (111, 113) beim Eintritt in das andere Ende des Gleitgliedes außer Eingriff kommen, um das erste und dritte Bandglied zu trennen, oder worin die ineinandergreifenden Teile beim Verlassen des anderen Endes des Gleitgliedes in Eingriff kommen, um die ersten und dritten Bandglieder zu verbinden, und wobei die zweiten und vierten Kanäle (122, 124) am anderen Ende des Gleitgliedes zusammenführende Abschnitte aufweisen, worin die ineinandergreifenden Teile der zweiten und vierten Bandglieder (112, 114) beim Eintritt in das andere Ende des Gleitgliedes au8er Eingriff kommen, um die zweiten und vierten Bandglieder zu trennen, oder worin die ineinandergreifenden Teile beim Verlassen des anderen Endes des Gleitgliedes in Eingriff kommen, um die zweiten und vierten 8andglieder zu verbinden.
11. VerschluBeinrichtung nach Anspruch 10, wobei das Gleitglied einen Hauptschlitten (145) und einen Sekundär-Schlitten (140), der vom Hauptschlitten lösbar ist, umfaßt, wobei der Sekundär-Schlitten erste und zweite zusammenführende Kanäle (123', 124') aufweist, die in der Lage sind, mit dem Hauptschlitten entlang den mittleren Abschnitten seiner ersten und zweiten Kanäle zusammenzupassen und die an einem Ende des Sekundär-Schlittens zusammengeführt sind, um die ersten und zweiten Bandglieder zu verbinden und zu trennen, wobei erste und zweite männliche Enden (155, 156) an einem Ende des dritten und vierten 8andglieds befestigt sind und erste und zweite weibliche Enden (150, 151) an einem Ende der ersten und zweiten Bandglieder befestigt sind und einen ausreichend kleinen Durchmesser aufweisen, um durch die ersten und zweiten Kanäle des Hauptschlittens hindurchzugelangen und mit den ersten bzw. zweiten weiblichen Enden in Eingriff zu kommen.
12. Verfahren zum Schaffen eines sicheren Durchgangs zwischen zwei Schutzumhüllungen, von denen zumindest einer tragbar sein kann und die hierin befindlichen Personen oder Gegenständen eine geschützte Umgebung gewähren, wobei die Umhüllungen Hüllstrukturen mit 8ahnen (10A, 10B) mit hierin befindlichen Öffnungen umfassen und zumindest eine der Bahnen ausreichend flexibel ist, damit ihre eine Öffnung der Öffnung in einer anderen Bahn entspricht, wobei die Öffnungen so dimensioniert und angeordnet sind, daß sie sich im wesentlichen gemeinsam erstreckdn, wenn die Bahnen gegenüberliegend angeordnet sind, und zwischen den Umhüllungen ein Verbindungsdurchgang schaffen, wobei das Verfahren die Schritte umfaßt, das Schließen einer jeden Öffnung mittels Verschlußeinrichtungen (12A, 12B) zu steuern, welche hieran befestigt sind und für ein wiederholtes Öffnen und Schließen ausgelegt sind, sowie mittels Laschen (14A, 14B), die die Verschlußeinrichtungen bedecken und ebenfalls für ein wiederholtes Öffnen und Schließen ausgelegt sind, die Laschen (14A, 14B) zu öffnen und die Lasche an jeder Bahn in Eingriff zu bringen mit der gegenüberliegenden Bahn, um die Bahnen um die Verschlußeinrichtungen (12A, 12B) herum zu verbinden, und dann die auf diese Weise eingeschlossenen beiden Verschlußeinrichtungen zu öffnen, um zwischen den beiden Umhüllungen einen Durchgang zu bilden.
13. Verfahren zum Schaffen eines sicheren Durchgangs zwischen zwei Schutzumhüllungen, von denen zumindest eine tragbar sein kann und die hierin befindlichen Personen oder Gegenständen eine geschützte Umgebung gewähren, wobei die Umhüllungen Hüllstrukturen mit Bahnen mit Öffnungen hierin umfassen und zumindest eine der Bahnen ausreichend flexibel ist, damit ihre eine Öffnung der Öffnung in einer anderen Bahn entspricht, wobei diese Öffnungen so dimensioniert und angeordnet sind, daß sie sich im wesentlichen gemeinsam erstrecken, wenn sich die Bahnen gegenüberliegen, und die Öffnungen zwischen den Umhüllungen einen Verbindungsdurchgang schaffen, wobei das Verfahren die Schritte umfaßt, das Schließen einer jeden Öffnung mittels Verschlußeinrichtungen (111, 112; 113, 114) zu steuern, die an den entsprechenden Bahnen befestigt sind und dazu ausgelegt sind, mittels einer Gleiteinrichtung (120) wiederholt geöffnet und geschlossen zu werden, welche mit den Verschlußeirrichtungen in Eingriff bringbar ist, die Gleiteinrichtung mit allen Verschlußeinrichtungen in Eingriff zu bringen und die Gleiteinrichtung in eine Richtung zu bewegen, um die Verschlußeinrichtungen (111,112) der einen Bahn und auch die Verschlußeinrichtungen (113, 114) der anderen Bahn untereinander in Eingriff zu bringen, wodurch die Öffnungen in den Bahnen bei getrennten Bahnen geschlossen werden, und die Gleiteinrichtung mit allen Verschlußeinrichtungen in Eingriff zu bringen und die Gleiteinrichtung in die entgegengesetzte Richtung zu bewegen, um die Gleiteinrichtungen (111, 112) der einen Bahn mit den Gleiteinrichtungen (113, 114) der entsprechend anderen Bahn in Eingriff zu bringen, wodurch die Bahnen mit einander verbunden werden und ein Durchgang durch die verbundenen Bahnen geöffnet wird.
14. Verfahren nach Anspruch 13, wobei die Verschlußeinrichtungen beim Schritt des Untereinanderverbindens der Bahnen um ungefähr 90° verdreht werden.
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