EP0874561B1 - Improvements in or relating to helmets - Google Patents

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EP0874561B1
EP0874561B1 EP97900262A EP97900262A EP0874561B1 EP 0874561 B1 EP0874561 B1 EP 0874561B1 EP 97900262 A EP97900262 A EP 97900262A EP 97900262 A EP97900262 A EP 97900262A EP 0874561 B1 EP0874561 B1 EP 0874561B1
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Jacques William Forrest
Lee George Bulbrook
Colin Andrew Paton
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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

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  • This invention relates to a helmet according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a visor mounting for a helmet.
  • the helmet is intended for use by operatives in industrial environments, e.g. in 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.
  • visor mountings in the form of four-bar linkages as disclosed, for example, in FR-A-2,395,718, FR-A-3,717,046 and EP-A-0,668,029.
  • these known visor mountings are generally concerned with moving a visor between raised and lowered positions at the front of a helmet and are not concerned with guiding the visor when it is desired to move the visor between a lowered position at the front of a helmet and a fully retracted raised position over a wearer's head.
  • 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 a fully retracted raised position over a wearer' head and a lowered position at the front of the helmet.
  • a helmet as claimed in the ensuing claim 1.
  • the visor mounting means are arranged so that the visor is inside the helmet shell when the visor viewing portion, which is preferably bulbous, is in the raised position.
  • 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 the visor mounting being as claimed in the ensuing claim 7.
  • 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 shell and support form a rigid structure.
  • a tubular air inlet opening 4 intended to receive a filter element (not shown) and at the front of the support there are a number of tubular openings 5.
  • 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-2 298 778.
  • 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 connecting 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.
  • 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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Abstract

A visor mounting for a helmet (1) comprising support means (2) for providing a visor support (25) at each side of the helmet and a four-bar linkage (25-27) at each side of the helmet for movably mounting a visor (20) to the visor supports (25) to enable the visor to be moved between lowered and raised positions. The invention also relates to a helmet provided with a visor mounting.

Description

This invention relates to a helmet according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a visor mounting for a helmet. Typically, but not exclusively, the helmet is intended for use by operatives in industrial environments, e.g. in the mining or quarrying industries.
Helmets 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. For example it is known to provide separate pivots at each side of the helmet or to provide fixed pins at each side of the helmet which are received in arcuate slots in side portions of the visor to guide the visor during movement between its raised and lowered positions.
It is also known to provide visor mountings in the form of four-bar linkages as disclosed, for example, in FR-A-2,395,718, FR-A-3,717,046 and EP-A-0,668,029. However these known visor mountings are generally concerned with moving a visor between raised and lowered positions at the front of a helmet and are not concerned with guiding the visor when it is desired to move the visor between a lowered position at the front of a helmet and a fully retracted raised position over a wearer's head.
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 a fully retracted raised position over a wearer' head and a lowered position at the front of the helmet.
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a helmet as claimed in the ensuing claim 1.
Conveniently the visor mounting means are arranged so that the visor is inside the helmet shell when the visor viewing portion, which is preferably bulbous, is in the raised position.
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.
Conveniently 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.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a visor mounting for a helmet, the visor mounting being as claimed in the ensuing claim 7.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with particular reference to the accompanying drawing, the sole figure of which is a sectional view of a helmet according to the present invention.
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 shell and support form a rigid structure. At the rear of the support 2 there is a tubular air inlet opening 4 intended to receive a filter element (not shown) and at the front of the support there are a number of tubular openings 5. 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. When 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-2 298 778.
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 connecting 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. As can be seen in the drawing, 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. Alternatively, the stationary link could even be fixed to, or form part of, the shell 3.

Claims (8)

  1. A helmet (1) comprising a helmet shell (3), a visor (20) having a front viewing portion (21) and opposite side portions (22) and visor mounting means (26,27) at each side of the helmet for movably mounting the visor to the helmet to enable movement of the visor viewing portion (21) between a raised position and a lowered position at the front of the helmet, each visor mounting means comprising a stationary link (25) fixed relative to the helmet shell (3), a coupler link formed by a respective side portion (22) of the visor and crank and lever links (26,27) connecting the stationary and coupler links, the links being constructed and arranged so that the coupler link is positioned in a forward position when the viewing portion (21) is in the lowered position and a rear position when the visor viewing portion is in the raised position, characterised in that each visor mounting means (26,27) is arranged so that the coupler link is positioned in front of the stationary link when the visor viewing portion (21) is in the lowered position and is positioned behind the stationary link when the visor viewing portion (21) is in its raised position, the coupler link moving over the stationary link and the front viewing portion moving in an arcuate path in close proximity to the helmet shell on movement of the visor viewing portion between its raised and lowered positions, the front viewing portion, in use, being moved over a wearer's head as the front viewing portion is moved into or out of the raised position.
  2. A helmet according to claim 1, characterised in that the visor mounting means are arranged so that the visor (20) is inside the helmet shell (3) when the visor viewing portion (21) is in the raised position.
  3. A helmet according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the visor viewing portion (21) is bulbous.
  4. A helmet according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterised in that the helmet includes a ring-like supporting element (2), intended, in use, to surround a user's head, the stationary link of each four-bar linkage being provided by, or fixed to, opposite side portions of the supporting element.
  5. A helmet according to claim 4, characterised in that a lower edge of the helmet shell (3) is fixed to the supporting element (2).
  6. A helmet according to any of the preceding claims, characterised in that a movable link (27) of one of the four-bar linkages actuates an electric switch (30) on movement of the said front viewing portion (21) into and/or out of its lowered position.
  7. A visor mounting for a helmet having a helmet shell (3), the visor mounting comprising a visor (20) having a front viewing portion (21) and opposite side portions (22), and connection means (26,27) for connecting the visor side portions (22) to visor supports (25) at opposite sides of a helmet to enable movement of the visor viewing portion (21) between a raised position and a lowered position at the front of the helmet, each connection means (26,27) comprising a drag-link mechanism having a stationary link (25) formed, when the visor is mounted on a helmet, by a visor support (25) of the helmet, a coupler link formed by said side portion (22) of the visor, and crank and lever links (26,27) connecting the stationary and coupler links, the links being constructed and arranged so that, when a visor is mounted on a helmet, the coupler link is positioned in a forward position when the visor viewing portion (21) is in the lowered position and a rear position when the visor viewing portion (21) is in the raised position, characterised in that each connecting means (26,27) is arranged so that, when the visor is mounted on a helmet, the coupler link is positioned in front of the stationary link when the visor viewing portion (21) is in the lowered position and is positioned behind the stationary link when the visor viewing portion (21) is in its raised position, the coupler link moving over the stationary link and the front viewing portion moving in an arcuate path in close proximity to the helmet shell on movement of the visor viewing portion between its raised and lowered positions, the front viewing portion, in use when mounted on a helmet, being moved over a wearer's head as the front viewing portion is moved into or out of the raised position.
  8. A visor mounting according to claim 7, characterised in that the visor viewing portion is bulbous.
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