FR2709234A1 - Work apron, especially for people working in slaughterhouses or butcheries. - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a work apron (1) having an apron body (4) made of steel ring fabric which is tensile in one direction (X) and extendable in a direction (Y) substantially orthogonal to the direction. (X), a belt element (20) with a belt band (21), and a stabilizer element (10) to decrease the extension of the apron body (4) in the area of the attachment points of the belt band. belt. According to the invention, the stabilizing element (10) constituting a partial region of the deck body (4) is made of steel ring fabric, the steel rings of the steel ring fabric of the stabilizing element (10) linked in such a way that this fabric of steel rings is resistant to traction in the direction (Y).

Description

The present invention relates to a work apron, in particular

  for persons working in slaughterhouses or butcheries, with an apron body made of steel rings fabric, in which the steel rings are linked together so that the fabric of steel rings is resistant to pull in a first

  direction and expandable in a second direction extends

  substantially orthogonal to the first direction, with a waist member having at least one waistband extending in the second direction and for applying the work apron to the wearer, the waistband being attachable on respective sides of the apron body, and with a stabilizing element, disposed in the area of the fastening points of the waistband and extending in the second direction, which element is intended to diminish

  extension of the apron body in this area.

  A work apron of this type is known for persons working in slaughterhouses or butcheries. This working apron has, as to its shape, a trapezoidal upper part and a rectangular lower part, the trapezoidal part being placed on the hips and extending to the sternum. The European standard requires that such work aprons made of steel ring fabric must have

  55cm wide, and 60cm long for users

  up to 165cm in size and 75cm for users

  larger size. Known work aprons have the disadvantage that, when used, a tensile stress produced by the belt band of the belt member appears in the second direction, which stress causes an extension of the ring fabric. steel work aprons known in this direction

  cross. This extension decreases the effective extension

  available in the first direction for the protection of the person wearing the work apron, so that in certain circumstances the protective functions prescribed by the future European standard

are more assured.

  In order to prevent this, there is provided in the known working apron a strip of plastic material acting as a stabilizing element, which is threaded into back pockets of the steel ring fabric in the region of the strip. belt serving as a sheath, and is

  fixed together by its ends to this metallic tissue

  than. It is furthermore known that the tensile strength of the steel ring fabric in the region of said sheath can be obtained by injecting a silicone strip into this region, or by providing that a steel wire or a chain is firmly assembled to the fabric of steel rings in the region

  of said sheath by rivets or rings.

  The disadvantage of known stabilizing elements is that this separate part is a problem in terms of hygiene of the work apron, which is very exposed to soiling, because the cleaning of known work aprons is complicated to perform because of the "pockets" present

  between said separate piece and the fabric of steel rings.

  Work aprons in which the stabilizing element

  Another embodiment of the invention is that in the form of a strip of plastic material or a silicone band the disadvantage of having large dimensions in the packaged state, since they can not be folded with sufficient narrowness: must indeed for that

  fold the stabilizer element in a disadvantageous way

  itself, which creates a risk of rupture of this element which can not be underestimated. In addition, the band of material

  plastic or silicone becomes disadvantageously porous over time. Finally, the stabilizing element provided for the known working apron is not advantageous from the point of view of the external appearance.

  In order to avoid these drawbacks, the object of the present invention is to improve the working apron of the aforementioned type so as to obtain in a simple manner a configuration meeting the European standard and allowing more advantageous handling. For a work apron of the type mentioned in the introduction, this object is achieved by providing that the stabilizing element constituting a partial region of the apron body is made of steel rings fabric, and that the steel rings of the fabric of steel rings of the stabilizing element are linked in such a way that this steel ring fabric is resistant to traction in the

second direction.

  According to the invention, it is therefore provided, as for the apron body, a metal fabric in the areas stressed in traction of the work apron, in order to release the traction and prevent extension in the second direction; according to the invention, however, this fabric of steel rings of the stabilizing element is arranged in such a way that the mutually corresponding directions for the stabilizing element on the one hand and for the deck body on the other hand extend perpendicularly between

  they. This measure enables the stabilizing element to be

  solid with the apron body, that is to say by chaining them ring by ring; the same metal fabric for the stabilizing element as for the apron body is preferably used in a particularly advantageous manner. In this way, it is first of all guaranteed in a particularly advantageous manner that the surface of the apron body which is actually available for the protection of the person wearing the work apron corresponds to the requirements of the European standard. In addition, the work apron according to the invention is also distinguished by improved hygiene, since it can be washed better and more simply because of the absence of "pockets" and is thus easier to maintain, which is important from the point of view of manipulation. In addition, the stabilizing element made of metal fabric is not likely to break and does not become porous over time. The work apron according to the invention also allows reduced dimensions in the packaged state, due to the removal, without replacement, of the material web.

  plastic or silicone in the area of the "sheath".

  An advantageous additional configuration of the invention provides that the work apron according to the invention has two pairs of appendages for the belt band of the belt element, so that the

  length of the work apron according to the invention, that is to say

  to say its extent in the first direction, can be adapted very easily to different sizes of people wearing the work apron. So he is

  advantageously provided that the stabilizing element

  provided in the invention extends, in the longitudinal direction of the working apron, at least from the upper end of the upper appendage to the lower end of the lower appendage among the two appendages provided on a longitudinal side of the work apron according to the invention. But it can also be expected that a separate stabilizing element, made of metal fabric and configured in the form of a strip, is associated with each of the two pairs of appendages for the belt band. Other details of the invention emerge from the embodiment which is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

  FIG. 1 represents an exemplary embodiment

a work apron, and

  FIG. 2 is an enlarged representation of detail II of FIG.

  The exemplary embodiment, shown in FIG. 1, of a generally designated work apron 1 is

  essentially divides into a trapezoidal upper

  dale 2 and a rectangular lower portion 3; it is preferably provided that the longitudinal extent of the working apron in a first direction denoted X is 60 or cm, from the upper edge 2b of the trapezoidal portion

  2 to the lower edge 3a of the rectangular portion 3.

  In a corresponding manner, the working apron 1 preferably measures 55 cm in a second direction denoted by Y, from the longitudinal edge 3c, from the left in the figure

  1, from the rectangular portion 3 to its longitudinal edge

  nal 3d right in Figure 1. An apron body 4,

  formed by the trapezoidal part 2 and the rectangular part

  3, is made of stainless steel ring fabric, preferably chromium-nickel steel or other special steel, the individual steel rings of this steel ring fabric, apart from a region of the body of

  apron 4 constituting a stabilizing element 10,

  chaining such that the metal fabric of the deck body 4 is tensile-resistant, i.e., non-stretchable, in the first direction X, while it is

  expandable in the second direction Y, extending substantially

  orthogonally to the first direction X. Such a fabric of steel rings is familiar to specialists for known work aprons, so that others

  his explanations are superfluous here.

  That being so, what is important is the configuration of the region of the apron body 4 which constitutes the stabilizing element 10. As shown schematically in FIG. 2, the steel ring fabric of this region is configured such that it is resistant to traction in the second direction Y and preferably extensible in the first direction X. Thus, in a manner

  particularly advantageous, compensation by the

  stabilizer 10 of the traction exerted by a "sheath" or belt band 21 of a belt member 20 on the apron body 4 when the work apron 1 is put in place and in particular while it is worn, so that there is no longer any detrimental shortening of the longitudinal extent of the work apron 1

  described. The steel rings fabric of the stabilizing element

  10 is intercalated ring by ring in the steel ring fabric, which is oriented perpendicular thereto,

  other parts of the apron body 4.

  With regard to FIG. 2, it should also be mentioned that this figure, as already briefly mentioned above, is only a schematic representation of the steel ring fabric in region II of FIG. In the schematic representation of FIG. 2, no particular attempt has been made to faithfully reproduce the orientation of the rings of the steel ring fabric. FIG. 2 only serves to show that the stabilizing element 10 and the parts 2 and 3 of the deck body 4 are made in the form of a surface

  continuous, the steel ring fabric of the trapezoidal

  2 and the rectangular part 3 and the corresponding steel ring fabric of the stabilizing element being, as already mentioned, arranged so that mutually corresponding directions, respectively resistant to traction or extensible,

  extend substantially orthogonally between them.

  The configuration described above of the work apron 1 is obtained in a particularly simple manner

  by the fact that we use for the configuration of the

  The stabilizer 10 has the same metallic fabric as the remainder of the apron body 4, but it is expected that this metal fabric will be turned 90, so that, as already mentioned, the the tensile and extensible directions of the steel ring fabric of the apron body 4 and the stabilizing element 10 extend orthogonally between

they in pairs.

  The work apron 1 described presents two

  appendices 5a, 5b for the "sheath" 21, which are respectively

  made in the form of metal loops V or U and which are fixed on the longitudinal edges 10a and 10b of the stabilizing element 10. It is advantageously

  provided here that Appendices 5a, 5b are arranged on the

  stabilizer 10 and not on the adjacent parts of the deck body 4, so that there is no adverse tilting effect, made possible by the different properties of the metal fabric in these two regions. Another possible configuration of the work apron 1 described provides that the latter presents, in addition

  appendices 5a, 5b already mentioned, two other appendices

  these, not shown in Figure 1 and arranged offset from the previous in the first direction X, which are intended for fixing the "sheath" 21 of the belt member 20 to a height less than that of the appendices 5a, 5b. This measure has the advantage that the

  apron 1 can thus be adapted particularly

  easily to different sizes of people wearing this apron. The stabilizing element 10 is made in this case of a width such that it extends, or since

  the edge 2a, from the upper end of the appendages

  these 5a, 5b, to the lower end of the appendages

  additional benches below appendages 5a, 5b.

  But it is also possible to provide a separate stabilizing element 10 made in the form of a strip for each pair

of appendices 5a, 5b.

  The belt element 20 of the working apron 1 can be made in the form of a carrier belt called "X", as shown in Figure 1, a first

  belt band 22a of the belt element 20 extends

  from an upper fastening element 7b disposed on the right side of the deck body 4 at the upper end of the trapezoidal portion 2 of the deck body 4, to a fastening element 8a on the left side of the deck body 4 In a corresponding manner, a second belt band 22b of the belt element 20 then extends from the upper left fastening element 7a to a fastening element.

lower right 8b.

  But we can also, in a way that is not

  In this embodiment, the belt element 20 is produced in the form of a so-called "Y-shaped" carrier belt, in which two belt strips 22a, 22b each extending from one of the two upper fastening elements 7a, 7b, 7b extend over the shoulders of the person wearing the work apron 1, are gathered on the back and continue down between the shoulder blades in the form of a single belt, which is attached to a circumferential belt cooperating with

  the lower fastening elements 8a, 8b.

  The working apron 1 illustrated here has, on the upper edge 2b of its trapezoidal portion 2, an additional stabilizing element 30 which serves, in accordance with the requirements of the European standard, to ensure that the upper part of the working apron 1 always extends on the user's sternum. This element can be configured in a manner analogous to the stabilizing element 10 described above. But we can

  also realize this element in the known manner until

  when in the form of a plastic strip, a silicone strip or an elastic ring element,

  whereas in this region there is no practical

  no tensile stress on the working apron 1 in the second direction Y.

Claims (15)

  1.-Work apron, in particular for persons working in slaughterhouses or butcheries, with an apron body (4) made of fabric of steel rings, in which the steel rings are linked together such that whereby the steel ring fabric is tensile-resistant in a first direction (X) and extensible in a second direction (Y) extending substantially orthogonal to the first direction (X), with a belt element ( 20) having at least one waistband (21) extending in the second direction (Y) and for applying the work apron (1) against the wearer, the waistband (21) being fixed on respective sides (3c, 3d) of the apron body (4), and with a stabilizing element (10) disposed in the area of the fastening points of the waistband (21) and extending into the second direction (Y), which element is intended to decrease the extension of the body of   apron (4) in this zone, characterized in that the element   stabilizing element (10) constituting a partial region of the apron body (4) is made of ring fabric   of steel, and in that the steel rings of the fabric of   steel rings of the stabilizing element (10) are linked together   in such a way that this fabric of steel rings is resistant   both in traction in the second direction (Y).   2. Work apron according to claim 1, characterized in that the steel ring fabric of the stabilizing element (10) is extensible in the first direction (X).   3. Work apron according to claims 1   and 2, characterized in that the steel ring fabric used for the stabilizing element (10) is the same fabric of steel rings as for the rest of the deck body (4), but is rotated of 90 compared to this latest.   4. Work apron according to one of the claims   1 to 3, characterized in that the stabilizing element (10) is in the form of at least one strip-shaped element extending in the second direction (Y) from a longitudinal side (3a). apron body (4)   to its other longitudinal side (3b).   5. Work apron according to one of the claims   1 to 4, characterized in that at least one pair of appendages (5a, 5b) for fastening the belt band (21) of the belt member (20) of the work apron (1) , is provided on the longitudinal edges (10a,   b) the stabilizing element (10).   6. Work apron according to claim 5, characterized in that two pairs of appendages (5a, 5b) are provided on the longitudinal sides (10a, 0lob) of the stabilizing element (10) of the work apron (1). ), and in that the stabilizing element (10) extends, in the first direction (X), from the upper end of each appendix (5a, 5b) of the first pair up to   the lower end of each appendix of the second pair.   7. Work apron according to claim 5, characterized in that a separate stabilizing element (10) is provided for each pair of appendages (5a, 5b) of the   belt band (21) of the belt element (20).   8. Work apron according to one of the claims   1 to 7, characterized in that the belt element (20) is in the form of an X-belt carrying two additional belt strips (22a, 22b) which respectively extend from two fasteners (7a, 7b) arranged at the upper end of the apron body (4) to other   fastening elements (8a, 8b) of the deck body (4).   9. Work apron according to claim 8, characterized in that the other fastening elements (8a, 8b) are arranged on the longitudinal sides (10a, 10b) of the stabilizing element (10).   10. Work apron according to one of the claims   1 to 7 or 9, characterized in that the belt element (20) is in the form of a Y-belt carrier.   11. Work apron according to one of the claims   1 to 10, characterized in that the apron body (4)   comprises a trapezoidal part (2) and a rectangular part gular (3).   12. Work apron according to claim 11, characterized in that the working apron (1) has a length of at least 60 cm in the first direction (X) and a width of at least 55 cm in the second direction ( Y).   13. Work apron according to one of the claims   1 to 12, characterized in that another stabilizing element (30) is arranged on an upper edge (2a) of   the trapezoidal part (2) of the work apron (1).   14.-apron work according to one of the revendica-   1 to 13, characterized in that the ring fabric   steel of the deck body (4) and / or the stabilizing element   sateur (10) is made of stainless material.   15.-Work apron according to claim 14, characterized in that the stainless material is steel   special as a chromium-nickel steel.