EP2514485A1 - Maskenkörper mit mehreren, zum Aufweiten angepassten Stufen - Google Patents

Maskenkörper mit mehreren, zum Aufweiten angepassten Stufen Download PDF

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EP2514485A1
EP2514485A1 EP11305481A EP11305481A EP2514485A1 EP 2514485 A1 EP2514485 A1 EP 2514485A1 EP 11305481 A EP11305481 A EP 11305481A EP 11305481 A EP11305481 A EP 11305481A EP 2514485 A1 EP2514485 A1 EP 2514485A1
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mask
support structure
mask body
wearer
blocking means
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Christelle Marchandise
Loïc MILIN
Eric Morne
Blandine Remaud
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Honeywell Safety Products Armor SAS
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Sperian Protection Armor SAS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B23/00—Filters for breathing-protection purposes
    • A62B23/02—Filters for breathing-protection purposes for respirators
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B23/00—Filters for breathing-protection purposes
    • A62B23/02—Filters for breathing-protection purposes for respirators
    • A62B23/025—Filters for breathing-protection purposes for respirators the filter having substantially the shape of a mask

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  • the invention relates to a mask body having several levels adapted to open out.
  • the invention also relates to a mask comprising the above mask body.
  • Masks are used in a wide variety of applications when it is desired to protect a human's respiratory system from particles suspended in the air or from unpleasant or noxious gases.
  • face masks are of two types - a molded cup-shaped form or a flat-folded form. These two types of face masks have different levels of comfort.
  • Masks with molded cup-shaped form generally ensure a high inner volume for the wearer.
  • a high inner volume ensures a better comfort for the wearer of the mask.
  • masks with a flat folded form provide a lower comfort, notably because the inner volume provided by such masks is too small and because masks with a flat folded form are often difficult to set up on the face of the wearer.
  • the document WO2009/038934 describes a mask having a mask body with a support structure that supports a filtration assembly.
  • This mask is close to the molded cup-shaped form, however the support structure comprises horizontal hinges to accommodate the motion of the wearer's jaw.
  • this mask is cumbersome relative to the type of masks with a flat-folded form.
  • More generally each mask with molded cup-shaped form are cumbersome relative to the type of masks with a flat-folded form.
  • the invention aims to offer a less cumbersome mask.
  • a mask body for the protection of the respiratory system of a wearer comprising:
  • Another object of the invention is a mask comprising the above mask body.
  • the mask may have an adjustable headband system.
  • the invention proposes a mask body.
  • the mask body may be part of a mask provided to ensure the protection of the respiratory system of a wearer of the mask. Consequently, the invention also proposes a mask comprising the mask body.
  • the wearer of the mask is preferably human so that the mask is intended to be worn on a human face.
  • the mask body comprises a filtering assembly.
  • the filtering assembly may realize the protection of the respiratory system of the wearer from particles suspended in the air or from unpleasant or noxious gases.
  • the filtering assembly may be an assembly of different layers among which at least one is a filtering layer.
  • the layers of the filtering assembly may be made of non woven material such as melt blown non woven material or spun bond non woven material.
  • the filtering layer is for example made of melt blown non-woven material.
  • the mask body also comprises a support structure.
  • the support structure is made of a more rigid material than the material of the filtering assembly.
  • the support structure could then support the filtering assembly.
  • the support structure serves as a rigid skeleton of the mask body.
  • the support structure ensures a higher rigidity and a longer service life than above-mentionned masks with a flat-folded form which are only formed of non woven material.
  • the support structure have an opened state.
  • the opened state of the support structure corresponds to an opened state of the mask body.
  • the opened state of the mask body is provided as a state of use for the wearer of the mask.
  • the opened state of the structure ensures a high comfort for the wearer similarly to above described masks with molded cup-shaped form.
  • the support structure further have a store state in which the mask body is flat-folded.
  • the flat-folded store state of the support structure ensures that the mask comprising the proposed mask body is less cumbersome than masks with molded cup-shaped form. Besides, the flat folding of the support structure is less cumbersome than the mask of document WO2009/038934 whose support structure can not be flat-folded.
  • the support structure has several levels.
  • the several levels are linked by blocking means. These blocking means are adapted to block the support structure in the opened state and also preferably in the store state. Despite the blocking function of the blocking means, the blocking means are adapted to let a human opening the support structure by simple manipulation. In other words, the blocking means do not impede that the several levels may be move relative one to another to provide the conversion of the mask body from the store state to the opened state.
  • This opening of the mask structure is made along the direction of the breathing of the wearer trough the filtering assembly.
  • the direction of the breathing corresponds to the direction along which the wearer wearing the mask breaths in and out.
  • the direction of the breathing is the direction going from the wearer's mouth towards the exterior.
  • the structure of the mask body then opens out from the level of the support structure being the closest of the wearer's face towards the direction opposite to the wearer.
  • the level of the support structure being the closest of the wearer in the opened state is called the base level.
  • the conversion of the structure body from the store state to the opened state corresponds to the removal of the levels away from the base level and from the face of the wearer.
  • the direction of the opening of the support structure may be defined with respect to the setting up potision of the mask on the wearer, the mask body is preferably open out before the setting up of the mask on the wearer.
  • Such an opening out of the support structure of the mask body allows that in the store state, several levels of the support structure may be in the vicinity of the base level ensuring that the store state of the support structure may be flat-folded. Further the opening out of the mask body ensures the provision of a high inner volume and the base level may be shaped to fit with the face of the wearer.
  • Figure 1 shows a perspective view from the bottom of an embodiment of a mask 10 close to the store state.
  • This mask 10 is formed of the mask body 20 and have adjustable headband system formed by headbands 18 and adjusting rings 12 for the headbands 18.
  • Figure 2 shows a perspective view from top of the mask 10 in an opened state.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show the several levels 42, 44 and 46 of the support structure 40 of the mask 10. As illustrated for each level, the support structure 40 comprises a hoop, preferably an annular hoop.
  • FIG. 2 The state of the mask shown in figure 2 corresponds to an opened state, however, the mask 10 may be more opened as illustrated in figure 3.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show perspective views of the mask 10 and of the mask body 20 in a full opened state of the mask. According to figure 3 , in such a full opened state, the distance L1 between the levels 42 and 44 and the distance L2 between the levels 44 and 46 may each be of at least 30 mm.
  • the filtering assembly 22 extends between each of the levels 42, 44 and 46. Accordingly, when the mask 10 is opened towards the exterior, i.e. away from the base level 42, the filtering assembly 22 unfolds between each of the levels 42, 44 and 46. This unfolding of the filtering assembly 22 allows to have a large chamber inside the mask and to move away the filtering assembly 22 from the mouth of the wearer, which contributes to the comfort of the wearer.
  • Figure 5 shows a back view of the mask 10 in an opened state, illustrating the higher inner volume obtained by the mask.
  • figure 5 shows that the base level 42 may comprise a seal 48 provided to ensure a good airtightness between the wearer 80 and the mask 10, when the mask is in the set up position on the wearer 80. This further contributes to the comfort of the wearer of the mask.
  • the setting up position of the mask corresponds to the position of the mask shown in figure 6 .
  • the wearer 80 wears the mask 10 over its mouth and nose, the setting up being facilitated by the adjustable headband system whose headbands 18 surround the head of the wearer.
  • the words “side”, “front”, “bottom”, “top”, “back” and “three-quarter” used to qualify the different view of the mask 10 in this description are all relative to the orientation of the mask 10 in the set up position as shown in figure 6 .
  • the direction of breathing of the wearer here corresponds to a direction perpendicular to the front plane.
  • the filtering assembly 22 may extend inside the annular hoop of the level 46.
  • the hoop of the level 46 may be a solid hoop. This solid hoop facilitates the disposition on the mask body of a valve 24.
  • the valve 24 being disposed at the level 46 is the farthest from the wearer's mouth in the set up position, in order to provide a better comfort.
  • the valve 24 may be disposed in the middle of the level 46 so that it intersects the direction of breathing when the mask is being worn.
  • the valve may be disposed directly on the filtering assembly extending inside the annular hoop of the level 46.
  • Figures 7A and 7B show the support structure 40 of the proposed mask body respectively in the store state and in the opened state.
  • the support structure 40 here includes only the adjustable rings 12 of the adjustable headband system.
  • each level may substantially lie in a plane.
  • the feature of substantially lying in a plane for a level means that the height of each level represents less than 10% of the greatest length of the level.
  • the greatest length of the level 46 may be greater than 90 mm whereas the height of the level may be less than 9 mm.
  • the planes in which each level substantially lies are preferably perpendicular to the direction of the breathing of the wearer of the mask.
  • the levels 42, 44 and 46 are flat-folded, i.e. for every set of two contiguous levels, the hoops of these levels substantially lie on a common plane.
  • the feature of substantially lying in a common plane for two contiguous levels means that the distance between the two contiguous levels represents less than 10% of the greatest length among the two levels.
  • the distance between the level 44 and the level 46 may be less than 6mm, whereas the greatest length among the levels 44 and 46 may be greater than 100mm.
  • the distance between the level 42 and the level 44 may be less than 8mm, whereas the greatest length among the levels 42 and 44 may be greater than 160mm.
  • the respective hoop of two contiguous levels may be concentric.
  • the hoop of the levels 44 and 46 are concentric.
  • the figure 1 only showing a mask in a near store state the hoop of the base level 42 is not concentric to the hoops of the other levels 44 and 46.
  • the flat-folded store state may be considered as a state where for every set of two contiguous levels, the hoops of these levels substantially lie on a common plane or are contiguous one to another.
  • the mask 10 may be a mask used intermittently i.e. the mask may be not be continuously worn.
  • the mask body 20 may be converted from the opened state to the store state. This converting of the mask body 20 back to the store state allows the wearer 80 to store the mask in a less cumbersome state than the opened state.
  • the mask 10 may then be efficiently stored until a further use of the mask for which the wearer 80 will convert again the support structure 40 from the store sate to the opened state.
  • the support structure 40 may also be reusable. Indeed, after the use of the filtering assembly 22 during all its life time (which could be only 8 hours), the filtering assembly 22 may be removed between the various level of the support structure so as to be replaced by a new filtering assembly.
  • Figures 7A and 7B are scaled and correspond to a preferred embodiment of the support structure 40.
  • Distance E corresponds to the distance between the upper face of the level 42 and the upper face of the level 44, either in the store state (Ec) or in the opened state (Ee).
  • Distance D corresponds to the distance between the upper face of the level 44 and the upper face of the level 46, either in the store state (Dc) or in the opened state (De).
  • Distance C corresponds to the distance between the lower face of the level 42 and the upper face of the level 46, either in the store state (Cc) or in the opened state (Ce).
  • Distance B corresponds to the distance between the lower face of the level 42 and the upper side of the valve 24, either in the store state (Bc) or in the opened state (Be).
  • Distance A corresponds to the distance between the lower part of the adjusting rings 12 and the upper side of the valve 24, either in the store state (Ac) or in the opened state (Ae).
  • distance Dc in the store state, distance Ec may be around 7,8 mm, distance Cc may be around 26,9 mm, distance Bc may be around 39,7 mm and distance Ac may be around 50,07 mm.
  • distance De may be around 35,6mm, distance Ee may be around 39,4 mm, distance Ce may be around 80,94 mm, distance Be may be around 93,8 mm and distance Ae may be around 104,14 mm.
  • the term "around XXX mm" used to described a distance disclose the use of the distance more or less 10% and the use of the distance more or less 0,5mm.
  • the blocking means adapted to open out the support structure 40 may comprise hinges 52.
  • figures 8A, 8C, 8D, 8E and 8F show sketches of the support structure 40 of the mask for various embodiment of blocking means.
  • Figure 8B shows the sketch of the support structure with hinges 52 in the blocking means. In all these sketches, only the hoop for each level 42, 44 and 46 are shown together with a schematic representation of the blocking means.
  • the support structure may have two blocking means between each contiguous levels, i.e. between levels 42 and 44 and between levels 44 and 46. Between each two contiguous levels, the two blocking means are preferably opposite one to another as illustrated in figures 8A and 8D to 8E .
  • figure 8B with intermediate hinges 52 is the preferred embodiment of the blocking means and corresponds to the embodiment of the blocking means shown in figures 4 , 7A and 7B . Multiple variants of this embodiment with intermediate hinges 52 may be envisaged.
  • the hinges 52 bend inwardly into the mask in the store state.
  • the hinges 52 may also bend outwardly of the mask in the store state.
  • Figures 12A and 12B then show a variant of the blocking means of figures 11A and 11B with the hinge 52 bending outwardly in the store state.
  • Figures 13A and 13B then show a variant of the blocking means of figures 9A and 9B with the hinge 52 bending outwardly in the store state.
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WO2009038934A1 (en) 2007-09-20 2009-03-26 3M Innovative Properties Company Filtering face-piece respirator support structure that has living hinges
US20100154806A1 (en) * 2008-12-18 2010-06-24 3M Innovative Properties Company Expandable face mask with reinforcing netting
US20100229871A1 (en) * 2009-06-17 2010-09-16 Gustav David Marx Pop-open respiratory etiquette device

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US1502450A (en) * 1919-06-30 1924-07-22 William H Wood Respirator
US2378929A (en) * 1942-06-29 1945-06-26 American Optical Corp Respirator
WO2009038934A1 (en) 2007-09-20 2009-03-26 3M Innovative Properties Company Filtering face-piece respirator support structure that has living hinges
US20100154806A1 (en) * 2008-12-18 2010-06-24 3M Innovative Properties Company Expandable face mask with reinforcing netting
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EP3865168A1 (de) * 2013-08-05 2021-08-18 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited Schnittstelle
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