EP2937113A1 - Reglereinheit für atemmaske - Google Patents

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EP2937113A1
EP2937113A1 EP15164784.9A EP15164784A EP2937113A1 EP 2937113 A1 EP2937113 A1 EP 2937113A1 EP 15164784 A EP15164784 A EP 15164784A EP 2937113 A1 EP2937113 A1 EP 2937113A1
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Jean-Philippe Sibuet
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B7/00—Respiratory apparatus
    • A62B7/14—Respiratory apparatus for high-altitude aircraft
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B18/00—Breathing masks or helmets, e.g. affording protection against chemical agents or for use at high altitudes or incorporating a pump or compressor for reducing the inhalation effort
    • A62B18/02—Masks

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  • the invention relates to a control assembly for a breathing mask of an aircraft crew member.
  • the different positions of the mode selection button correspond to different modes of operation of the regulator that should be adopted depending on the circumstances.
  • the user usually a pilot, co-pilot or flight engineer must manually select the operating mode appropriate to the circumstances.
  • the regulator When the mode selection button is in the first position, the regulator provides the user, via the respiratory cavity, with respiratory gas (generally almost pure oxygen) undiluted and overpressurized with respect to the ambient air in the cabin of the plane.
  • respiratory gas generally almost pure oxygen
  • This position is best adapted in critical situations. It is usually called “emergency” and allows in particular to avoid the user of the respirator to suffer the harmful effects of toxic fumes due for example to a fire in the cabin of the aircraft.
  • control assemblies provide satisfaction and provide good security
  • the invention aims to further improve the security they provide.
  • the mode selection button comprises at least one projecting portion urging the user to place the mode selection button in the first position.
  • the user could detect the position in which is the mode selection button, especially because of a marking on the mode selection button. Therefore, in a first step the user determined the position in which was the mode selection button (for example by looking at the marking on the button or memory), in a second step the user was thinking to determine in which direction move the mode selection button and in a third step the user was moving. These three stages succeeding one another quickly, this procedure appeared satisfactory.
  • the user therefore places the mode selector button in the first position faster, which improves security and the user does not need to see to position the mode selection button. in the first position.
  • the mode selection button in the second position, when necessary.
  • a slight loss of time in such a situation does not have a significant impact on safety, especially in relation to the gain obtained during an emergency.
  • the mode selection button is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation extending in one direction.
  • the projecting portion of the mode selection button is flush with the adjacent area of the support in the first position.
  • the user positioning his finger in the direction of the axis of rotation will detect the first position by the fact that his finger will be in contact with both the projecting portion of the mode selection button and the adjacent area of the support.
  • the projecting portion of the mode selection button is substantially in the extension of the adjacent zone of the support over a length of at least 1 centimeter, perpendicularly to the axis of rotation.
  • the first position will be particularly characteristic for the user.
  • the user is urged to place the mode selection button in the first position, both from the second position and from the third position, although it is necessary to turn in two opposite directions according to the mode selection button is in the second or third position.
  • the mode selection button comprises a third position, the second position being situated between the third position and the first position.
  • the user is naturally encouraged to move the mode selection button from the third position to the second and the second position to the first position, while preferably can easily locate the second position.
  • pinching the mode select button between thumb and forefinger by respectively pressing the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface moves the mode select button to the first position.
  • the user can thus very quickly and without error set the mode selection button in the first position.
  • the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface are each concave and preferably smooth.
  • the movement of the mode selection button to the first position will be facilitated. It will be understood by smooth that the fingers of the user can easily slide on the bearing surface, at least perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
  • the figures illustrate a breathing mask 100 disposed in a pressurized booth 8 of a commercial aircraft intended to transport crew members and generally also passengers.
  • a device pressurizes the cabin so that it is not lower than a pressurization pressure, generally corresponding to an altitude of between 1,500 meters and 2,400 meters.
  • a pressurization pressure generally corresponding to an altitude of between 1,500 meters and 2,400 meters.
  • the pressure in the cabin is substantially equal to the pressure outside the cabin and decreases until said pressurization pressure is reached.
  • the pressure in the cab is then kept constant until the outdoor outside pressure becomes less than the pressurization pressure.
  • the purpose of the respirator is to provide the user with sufficient oxygen and to be protected from harmful substances in the event of incidents such as depressurization, the presence of toxic gases or the like, preventing cabin occupants from breathing normally. .
  • the respiratory mask 100 comprises a regulation assembly 1 and an oronasal face cover 2.
  • the oronasal face cover is intended to be applied in a substantially watertight manner to the face of a user around his nose and mouth.
  • the oronasal face cover 2 has a breathing cavity 4 in which the user breathes.
  • the regulating assembly 1 comprises a support 10, a mode selection button 20 and a regulator.
  • the support 10 is in the form of a housing in which the regulator is arranged.
  • the support 10 has a gas supply orifice 6 A breathing apparatus for receiving the end of a hose for connecting the regulator to a source of respiratory gas substantially containing oxygen.
  • the regulator comprises three modes of operation.
  • the first operating mode called “emergency” mode
  • the regulator feeds the breathing cavity 4 only with respiratory gas until a slight excess pressure is reached in the breathing cavity 4 relative to the ambient pressure of the cabin air, this overpressure is generally between 3 mbar and 30 mbar.
  • this overpressure value is hardly felt by the user. Beyond 10 to 12mbar, overpressure requires a substantial additional effort to the user to breathe which is quickly felt by the user.
  • the regulator supplies the breathing cavity 4 only with respiratory gas until it reaches substantially the ambient pressure.
  • it is generally useful to provide for stopping the supply of the respiratory cavity before the breathing cavity reaches the ambient pressure, so that there is a very slight depression (a few tenths of a mbar to a few mbar) in the respiratory cavity 4
  • the third respiratory mode differs from the second respiratory mode in that the breathing cavity 4 is supplied with respiratory gas diluted with air, generally ambient air, the proportion of which is usually a function, in particular, of the pressure in the cabin 8.
  • the mode selection button 20 has a first position shown in FIGS. Figures 2A , 3A , 4A commander to the regulator to operate in the first mode.
  • the mode selection button 20 has a second position shown in FIGS. figures 1 , 2B , 3B , 4B commander to the regulator to operate in the second mode.
  • the mode selection button 20 has a third position shown in FIGS. Figures 2C , 3C , 4C commander to the regulator to operate in the third mode.
  • the mode selection button 20 is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation Z.
  • the axis of rotation Z extends substantially vertically when the user holds his head vertically, so that the mode selection button 20 extends under the support 10.
  • the mode selection button 20 could be placed differently, especially on the in front of the support 10 and / or with an axis of rotation extending substantially horizontally.
  • the mode select button may translate instead of pivoting.
  • the three positions of the mode selection button are discrete positions materialized by notches.
  • the mode selection button 20 has a bottom and a peripheral edge. Entries EMGCY, 100% and N are carried both on the bottom and at two laterally opposite locations on the peripheral edge of the mode select button 20 in the illustrated embodiments. Three markers, a mark 11a on the bottom and two lateral marks 11b, 11c are optionally arranged on the support 10 to display the mode selection position 20 and therefore the operating mode of the selected regulator. In particular, the lateral marks 11b and 11c allow a person disposed next to the user to know the operating mode of the selected regulator. A cross check between pilot and co-pilot in particular is easy.
  • the mode selection button 20 has a first projecting portion 22 and a second projecting portion 24 diametrically opposite to the axis of rotation Z.
  • the first projecting portion 22 protrudes, radially from the axis of rotation Z, with respect to a first adjacent zone 12 of the support 10 which is offset relative to the first projecting portion 22 in the direction of the axis of rotation Z and in the immediate vicinity of the mode selection button 20.
  • the mode selection button 20 is moved to the first position EMGCY, the first projecting portion 22 approaching the first adjacent area 12, in a direction perpendicular to the Z axis of rotation
  • the first protruding portion 22 of the mode selection button is flush with the first adjacent zone 12 of the support 10.
  • at least a portion of the first projecting portion 22 is in the extension of the first adjacent zone 12 of the support 10, so that the user will be able to touch with the same finger simultaneously the first projecting portion 22 of the mode selection button 20 and the first adjacent zone 12 of the support 10, which will give him a tactile indication that he has selected the first mode of the regulator .
  • the first projecting portion 22 has a first bearing surface 23 extending substantially radially to the axis of rotation Z and the second projecting portion 24 has a second bearing surface 25 extending substantially radially to the axis of rotation. Z rotation.
  • the first bearing surface 23 and the second bearing surface 25 are intended to receive for one the thumb and the other preferably the index of the user.
  • a user pinching movement causes the application of forces F 23 , F 25 directed towards each other respectively on the first bearing surface 23 and the second bearing surface 25 of the selection button which tends to rotate it to the first position EMGCY, as illustrated by the arrows R.
  • This movement is advantageously favored by the concave shape of the first bearing surface 23 and the second bearing surface 25, perpendicularly (in other words in a plane perpendicular to) the direction of the axis of rotation Z.
  • this movement is advantageously favored by the fact that the fingers of the user can respectively slide on the first bearing surface 23 and the second bearing surface 25 as the fingers of the user approach.
  • the first bearing surface 24 and the second bearing surface 25 are smooth and / or have a low coefficient of friction. .
  • the second projecting portion 24 of the mode selection button 20 is flush with a second adjacent zone 14 of the support 10 which is substantially in the extension of the second projecting portion 24, in the direction of the axis of rotation Z .
  • the first projecting portion 22 and the second projecting portion 24 project relative to the first adjacent area 12 and the second adjacent area 14 respectively, radially to the axis of rotation Z.
  • the second position 100% being located between the third position N and the first position EMGCY, during the movement of the mode selection button 20 from the third position N towards the first position.
  • EMGCY position the first projecting portion 22, in particular the first bearing surface 23, is moved to the first adjacent area 12 and the second projecting portion 24, in particular the second bearing surface 25, is moved to the second area adjacent 14.
  • the second projecting portion 24, in particular the second bearing surface 25, flush with the second adjacent zone 14 the user will touch with the same finger simultaneously the second projecting portion 24 of the mode selection button 20 and the second adjacent zone 14 of the support 10, which will give it a tactile indication that he selected the second mode of the regulator. It can then continue the rotational movement of the mode selection button 20 to the first position EMGCY, as described above, or interrupt it according to its desire, from only tactile indications.
  • the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that in the first EMGCY position of the mode select button 20, the mode select button 20 has no projecting portion radially to the axis of rotation Z with respect to an adjacent zone of the support which would be in the immediate vicinity and offset in the direction of the axis of rotation Z.
  • the first EMGCY position of the mode selection button 20 is therefore particularly characteristic for the user.
  • the second projecting portion 24 protrudes, radially from the axis of rotation Z, with respect to a second adjacent zone 14 of the support 10 which is offset relative to the second projecting portion 24 in the direction of the axis of rotation Z and in the immediate vicinity of the mode selection button 20.
  • the mode selection button When the mode selection button is in the second position 100% and the user presses the first projecting portion 22 and / or the second projecting portion 24 to rotate the mode selection button 20, the second position 100% being an extreme position, the user can only rotate the mode selection knob 20 in one direction (clockwise on the Figure 4B ), to the first position EMGCY.
  • the mode selection knob 20 When the mode selection knob 20 is moved from the second position 100% to the first position EMGCY, the first projecting portion 22 is moved to the first adjacent area 12 and the second projecting portion 24 is moved to the second adjacent area 14.
  • the first projecting portion 22 is flush with the first adjacent zone 12 in the direction of the axis of rotation Z and the first projecting portion 22 is in the extension of the first adjacent zone 12 in the direction of the axis of rotation Z, on a length L of at least 1 cm, preferably at least 2 cm perpendicularly to the direction of the axis of rotation Z.
  • the second projecting portion 24 is flush with the second adjacent zone 14 in the direction of the axis of rotation. Z rotation and the second projecting portion 24 is in the extension of the second adjacent zone 14 in the direction of the axis of rotation Z.
  • a first secondary projecting portion 26 protrudes, radially from the axis of rotation Z, with respect to a first adjacent secondary area 16 of the support 10 which is offset from the first secondary projecting portion 26 in the direction of the axis of rotation Z and in the immediate vicinity of the mode selection button 20.
  • the mode selection button When the mode selection button is in the third position N and the user presses the first secondary projecting portion 26 and / or the second secondary projecting portion 28 to rotate the mode selection button 20, the third position N being an extreme position, the user can only rotate the mode selector knob 20 in one direction (counterclockwise on the figure 4C ), to the first position EMGCY.
  • the third position N is opposite to the second position 100%.
  • the first position EMGCY is located between the second position 100% and the third position N.
  • the mode selection knob 20 When the mode selection knob 20 is moved from the third position N to the first position EMGCY, the first secondary projecting portion 26 is moved to the first adjacent secondary area 16 and the second secondary projecting portion 28 is moved to the second adjacent area secondary 18.
  • the first secondary projecting portion 26 is flush with the first secondary adjacent zone 16 in the direction of the axis of rotation Z and the first secondary projecting portion 26 is in the extension of the first secondary adjacent zone 16 in the direction of the axis of rotation.
  • rotation Z over a length L of at least 1 cm, preferably at least 2 cm perpendicular to the direction of the axis of rotation Z.
  • the second secondary projecting portion 28 is flush with the second secondary adjacent zone 18 according to the direction of the axis of rotation Z and the second secondary projecting portion 28 is in the extension of the second secondary adjacent zone 18 in the direction of the axis of rotation Z.
  • the mode selection button could in particular be mobile in translation.

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