EP0874561A1 - Improvements in or relating to helmets - Google Patents
Improvements in or relating to helmetsInfo
- Publication number
- EP0874561A1 EP0874561A1 EP97900262A EP97900262A EP0874561A1 EP 0874561 A1 EP0874561 A1 EP 0874561A1 EP 97900262 A EP97900262 A EP 97900262A EP 97900262 A EP97900262 A EP 97900262A EP 0874561 A1 EP0874561 A1 EP 0874561A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- visor
- helmet
- link
- viewing portion
- links
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A42—HEADWEAR
- A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
- A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
- A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
- A42B3/18—Face protection devices
- A42B3/22—Visors
- A42B3/225—Visors with full face protection, e.g. for industrial safety applications
Definitions
- This invention relates to a helmet and to a visor mounting for a helmet.
- the helmet is intended for use by operatives in industrial environments, e.g. inv the mining or quarrying industries.
- visors provided with visors which can be pivoted upwardly and downwardly between raised and lowered positions are well known.
- Many different types of visor mounting are known in the art in which the visor is pivotally supported or guided at opposite sides of the helmet.
- the present invention seeks to provide a novel type of visor mounting for a helmet providing positive guiding of the visor during movement of the visor between raised and lowered positions.
- a helmet having a visor and visor mounting means for movably mounting the visor to the helmet at each side of the helmet to enable movement of the visor between raised and lowered positions is characterised in that each visor mounting means comprises a four-bar linkage.
- each four-bar linkage comprises a drag- link mechanism.
- the visor has opposite side portions each providing one of the links of the associated four-bar linkage.
- the helmet may include a ring-like supporting element intended, in use, to surround a user's head, one of the links of each four-bar linkage being provided by, or fixed to, opposite side portions of the supporting element.
- one of the moveable links of one of the four-bar linkages actuates an electric switch on movement of the visor into or out of its lowered position.
- a visor mounting for a helmet comprising a visor having opposite side portions, and connection means for connecting the visor side portions to visor supports at opposite sides of the helmet to enable the visor to move between raised and lowered positions, is characterised in that each connection means comprises a pair of connecting links pivotally connected between the visor side portion and the visor support at each side of the helmet and forming therewith a four-bar linkage.
- each four-bar linkage comprises a drag- link mechanism having a stationary link formed by the visor support, a coupler link formed by said side portion of the visor, and crank and lever links provided by said connecting links.
- the drawing shows a helmet 1 having a main frame in the form of a plastics ring-like or circumferential support 2.
- the lower edge of a helmet shell 3 is secured, e.g. bonded, to the support 2 and the sheel and support form a rigid structure.
- a tubular air inlet opening 4 intended to receive a filter element (not shown) and.
- a flexible ducting member 6 positioned close to the inside of the shell 3 connects the opening 4 . to the openings 5.
- the ducting member 6 has a single main inlet chamber 7 connected to the opening 4 and four outlet ducts 8 (only one of which can be seen in the drawing) connected to the openings 5.
- the inlet chamber 7 opens into two intermediate ducts 9 in each of which is received an electric suction fan 10.
- a filter element is arranged in the opening 4
- filtered air is drawn up through the opening 4 and along the ducts of the ducting member 6 before being passed out through the openings 5.
- the support 2 is provided with means for carrying a harness arrangement (not shown) .
- the harness arrangement suitably includes an adjustable headband and webbing (not shown) which sits on the crown of a wearer's head.
- the support 2 also has cheek protecting portions 11 extending downwardly at its opposite sides. Ear defenders (not shown) are also intended to be fitted to opposite sides of the support 2.
- a helmet of this general type is shown in GB-A-2298778.
- the helmet 1 is provided with a visor 20 movable between raised and lowered positions.
- the visor 20 has a bulbous transparent front viewing portion 21 and opposite side portions 22 joined to opposite sides of the support 2 by separate connecting means, generally designated 23.
- Each connecting means 23 comprises a stationary carrier 25 mounted on the support 2 and a pair of rigid connecting links 26 and 27 each pivotally connected at one end to carrier 25 and at its other end to its associated visor side portion 23.
- the connecting means defines a so-called four- bar linkage, in particular a drag-link mechanism, in which the connrcting links 26 and 27 comprise the "crank" and “lever” of the mechanism, the carrier 25 provides the shortest, stationary link of the mechanism and the visor side portion 23 provides a "coupler" of the mechanism.
- the connecting means enable the visor to be moved between raised and lowered positions (as shown) in a controlled and precise manner.
- One of the links may be designed to operate an electric switch 30, e.g. a microswitch, for activating the electric fans 10 as the visor is moved into its lowered position.
- the link 27 is not straight but is specially shaped to enable it to operate the switch 30 before coming into contact therewith.
- the corresponding link on the other side of the helmet need not of course be so shaped since a switch 30 is only provided at one side of the helmet.
- the corresponding pivot axes for the corresponding pivots of the two connecting means at each side of the helmet will preferably be aligned with each other.
- the stationary links of each four-bar linkage may, instead of being provided by the carrier 25, be formed as an integral part of the circumferential support 2.
- the stationary link could even be fixed to, or form part of, the shell 3.
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- Helmets And Other Head Coverings (AREA)
- Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
- Catalysts (AREA)
- Glass Compositions (AREA)
- Surgical Instruments (AREA)
- Devices That Are Associated With Refrigeration Equipment (AREA)
- Addition Polymer Or Copolymer, Post-Treatments, Or Chemical Modifications (AREA)
- Treatment Of Water By Ion Exchange (AREA)
- Blow-Moulding Or Thermoforming Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
- Organic Insulating Materials (AREA)
- Inorganic Insulating Materials (AREA)
- Electric Double-Layer Capacitors Or The Like (AREA)
Abstract
Description
Claims
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GBGB9600022.9A GB9600022D0 (en) | 1996-01-03 | 1996-01-03 | Improvements in or relating to helmets |
GB9600022 | 1996-01-03 | ||
PCT/GB1997/000009 WO1997024938A1 (en) | 1996-01-03 | 1997-01-03 | Improvements in or relating to helmets |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
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EP0874561A1 true EP0874561A1 (en) | 1998-11-04 |
EP0874561B1 EP0874561B1 (en) | 2000-09-20 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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EP97900262A Expired - Lifetime EP0874561B1 (en) | 1996-01-03 | 1997-01-03 | Improvements in or relating to helmets |
Country Status (8)
Country | Link |
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EP (1) | EP0874561B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE196406T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU1385597A (en) |
DE (1) | DE69703148T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2150211T3 (en) |
GB (2) | GB9600022D0 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1997024938A1 (en) |
ZA (1) | ZA9610940B (en) |
Family Cites Families (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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SE408851B (en) * | 1977-07-01 | 1979-07-16 | T G Palmaer | DEVICE IN THE SAFETY HELMET OR A SIMILAR CARRYING BODY |
CA1101755A (en) * | 1978-02-10 | 1981-05-26 | Canadian Patents And Development Limited | Safety helmet for miners |
FR2716089B1 (en) * | 1994-02-16 | 1996-05-10 | Ouest Negoce Achats Materiaux | Protective helmet with a visor, particularly useful as a construction helmet. |
FR2717046B1 (en) * | 1994-03-08 | 1998-11-20 | Suif Fernand Albert | Device for guiding a protective visor retracted into a helmet. |
GB2298778B (en) * | 1995-03-17 | 1998-04-22 | Thetford Moulded Prod Ltd | Improvements in protective helmets |
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1996
- 1996-01-03 GB GBGB9600022.9A patent/GB9600022D0/en active Pending
- 1996-12-30 ZA ZA9610940A patent/ZA9610940B/en unknown
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1997
- 1997-01-03 ES ES97900262T patent/ES2150211T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1997-01-03 AU AU13855/97A patent/AU1385597A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1997-01-03 DE DE69703148T patent/DE69703148T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1997-01-03 GB GB9813685A patent/GB2323771B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1997-01-03 EP EP97900262A patent/EP0874561B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1997-01-03 AT AT97900262T patent/ATE196406T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1997-01-03 WO PCT/GB1997/000009 patent/WO1997024938A1/en active IP Right Grant
Non-Patent Citations (1)
Title |
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See references of WO9724938A1 * |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
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AU1385597A (en) | 1997-08-01 |
ATE196406T1 (en) | 2000-10-15 |
GB2323771A (en) | 1998-10-07 |
DE69703148T2 (en) | 2001-02-15 |
ES2150211T3 (en) | 2000-11-16 |
GB2323771B (en) | 1999-03-31 |
WO1997024938A1 (en) | 1997-07-17 |
GB9813685D0 (en) | 1998-08-26 |
ZA9610940B (en) | 1997-06-30 |
DE69703148D1 (en) | 2000-10-26 |
EP0874561B1 (en) | 2000-09-20 |
GB9600022D0 (en) | 1996-03-06 |
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