EP1277652A1 - Habit de plongée pour plongeurs avec isolation thermique amélioré - Google Patents

Habit de plongée pour plongeurs avec isolation thermique amélioré Download PDF

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EP1277652A1
EP1277652A1 EP02425451A EP02425451A EP1277652A1 EP 1277652 A1 EP1277652 A1 EP 1277652A1 EP 02425451 A EP02425451 A EP 02425451A EP 02425451 A EP02425451 A EP 02425451A EP 1277652 A1 EP1277652 A1 EP 1277652A1
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Carlos Godoy
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
    • B63C11/04—Resilient suits
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
    • B63C11/04—Resilient suits
    • B63C2011/046—Wet suits, or diving vests; Equipment therefor

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  • the present invention relates to a wet suit for underwater activities.
  • wet suits for scuba divers are made of such waterproof and heat-insulating materials as neoprene. It is also known that, with exclusion of special uses (i.e. professional use at considerable depth and/or in very cold water and/or for very long periods of time, where the suits used are absolutely waterproof and do not permit the infiltration of water), it is not essential that a diving suit should be absolutely watertight, the water being rather allowed to infiltrate between the body and the suit and to form a film that - due to the effect of the body heat - will rapidly increase in temperature. It is however very important that interchanges between the water contained between the diver's body and the suit and the outside water should be reduced to a minimum.
  • the greater or lesser heat insulation of a diving suit will therefore depend on the presence or absence of appropriate constructional measures intended to hinder or slow down the circulation of the water between the inside and the outside of the suit.
  • the measures adopted for this purpose may be more or less efficient and sophisticated and will therefore have different effects on the production cost of the suit.
  • One of the channels through which water succeeds in infiltrating particularly readily is constituted by the zip fasteners, especially the front zip (head cowl and breast piece), which is generally the largest zip of the suit and at times also the only one. Notwithstanding the provision of a covering flap extending the entire length of this zip, it is not possible to prevent the infiltration of water through it.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a wet suit for scuba divers in which communication between the outside and the interspace between body and suit will be prevented, thus appreciably limiting the possible water replacement and therefore also heat removal from within the suit.
  • Another aim of the present invention is to provide a diving suit of the aforementioned type in which the water that succeeds in infiltrating through the front zip will remain confined in an interspace within the suit and will not therefore come into contact with the diver's body.
  • the wet suit for scuba divers in accordance with the present invention, which comprises a front portion consisting of two flaps that can be opened to permit the suit being put on, said flaps being joined together by means of a zip fastener, and is characterized by the fact that with said front portion there is associated an elastic and impermeable laminar diaphragm of a size sufficient to cover the entire front portion of the suit, so that it will come to be interposed between said front portion and the diver's body when the suit is worn.
  • the wet suit 1 has a front portion 2 consisting of two flaps 2a and 2b connected to each other by means of a central zip fastener 3, so that the suit can be put on or taken off when the zip fastener is open.
  • a front portion 2 consisting of two flaps 2a and 2b connected to each other by means of a central zip fastener 3, so that the suit can be put on or taken off when the zip fastener is open.
  • flaps 2a and 2b extend from the trouser portion of the suit - not shown in the figure - and are connected to the sides 1c of the suit by means of seams 4 and to shoulder pieces 1d of the suit by means of seams 5.
  • the suit also comprises a head cowl 6 that extends in the manner of a collar from front portion 2 and shoulder pieces 1d of the suit.
  • Zip fastener 3 extends also along the collar portion of the head cowl, so that the cowl can likewise be completely opened.
  • a lining flap 7 that completely covers the zip fastener. This flap is sewn to the part 2a or 2b of the front portion of the suit.
  • another lining flap 8 that is likewise intended to limit water infiltrations through the facial part of the zip fastener.
  • an elastic laminar diaphragm 9 advantageously made of neoprene or some other equivalent material, that is connected to the suit more or less in the positions of seams 4, while it has a free upper edge 9a at the level of the shoulders and the neck.
  • diaphragm 9 is connected to the inside of suit 1 by means of a glued joint 11 and sewn internally by means of a waterproof seam.
  • Diaphragm 9 is extremely soft and flexible, so that the suit can be put on without difficulty and will adhere to the diver's breast. With a view to making it even easier to put on the suit in accordance with the invention, diaphragm 9 can be advantageously provided with a zip fastener 10 extending a significant length from free edge 9a of the diaphragm.
  • the thermal efficiency of the suit in accordance with the invention is only minimally reduced by the presence of zip fastener 10, because zip fastener 10 will be screened by the upper parts of flaps 2a and 2b as soon as they are connected to each other.
  • the place of the zip fastener could be taken by a Velcro-type fastening. Zip 3 could likewise be replaced by such a fastening.
  • the water that passes through zip fastener 3 will no longer come into direct contact with the diver's body, but remains confined in an inner space of the suit comprised between diaphragm 9 and flaps 2a and 2b of the front portion of the suit.
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IT2001FI000061U ITFI20010061U1 (it) 2001-07-18 2001-07-18 Muta per subacqueo a tenuta termica migliorata

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WO2017178730A1 (fr) * 2016-04-15 2017-10-19 Decathlon Combinaison pour activité aquatique

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FR864502A (fr) * 1939-09-13 1941-04-29 Perfectionnements aux vêtements de sauvetage et de protection
CH665184A5 (en) * 1984-09-05 1988-04-29 Peter Bamert Diving suit - has additional vest both made of foam coated woven plastic tissue
DE29620991U1 (de) * 1996-12-04 1997-02-27 Beluga Tauchsport Gmbh Tauchanzug aus wasserdichtem Material
WO1999052765A2 (fr) * 1998-04-14 1999-10-21 O'neill, Inc. Combinaison isothermique amelioree a enfiler par le col

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US7913317B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2011-03-29 John Gordon Wet/dry suit with knitted wool layers
CN102910273A (zh) * 2012-10-08 2013-02-06 杨昌达 干式保暖潜水服
CN102910273B (zh) * 2012-10-08 2015-03-11 杨昌达 干式保暖潜水服
WO2017178730A1 (fr) * 2016-04-15 2017-10-19 Decathlon Combinaison pour activité aquatique
FR3050174A1 (fr) * 2016-04-15 2017-10-20 Decathlon Sa Combinaison pour activite aquatique
US10729188B2 (en) 2016-04-15 2020-08-04 Decathlon Suit for aquatic activity

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