TW202002830A - Motorcycle helmet providing cool and cleaning air - Google Patents

Abstract

A motorcycle helmet providing cool and cleaning air is disclosed. The motorcycle helmet includes: a helmet body, having a window opening and a wearing opening, wherein two sides of the window opening pivotally connect to a goggle; the goggle can pivot to the window opening and seals it; the wearing opening is installed a first connecting device around; there is a ventilation hole on an opening position on the helmet body or the goggle; an ventilation tube with one end connected to the ventilation hole; a PAPR-typed air supplier connected to the other end of the ventilation tube, for providing external air which has been screened to remove particulate matters to the helmet body through the ventilation tube; and a guiding towel made of wind-proof materials, wherein a top end of the guiding towel has a second connecting device and the second connecting device is removably connected to the first connecting device.

Description

Locomotive helmet providing cool and clean air

The invention relates to a locomotive helmet, in particular to a full-cover type locomotive helmet that can provide cool and clean air.

According to a recent report by the Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency, the concentration of fine suspended particulates (PM2.5) emitted by locomotive exhaust may be as high as 730µg/m ³ depending on the vehicle brand and model; while the concentration of fine suspended particulates exposed by locomotive riders when waiting for traffic lights quickly It can reach 460µg/m ³ . The exposure of locomotive riders to fine suspended particulates is significantly higher than other ethnic groups, which is quite detrimental to the health of the body, especially the lungs. In response to the above problems, locomotive riders generally wear masks that can filter fine suspended particles, such as N95 masks to prevent the lungs from inhaling too many harmful substances. However, in addition to the uncomfortable feeling when wearing, many organic smoke and dust will also mix fine suspended particles and stick to other parts of the face, further stimulating the facial skin. At the same time, repeated use of masks can easily accumulate bacteria and become another source of pollution.

The trouble faced by locomotive riders is not just breathing. The regulations oblige riding helmets to wear a helmet. This riding configuration increases the weight of the head (inevitable), makes the heat accumulation of the head difficult to dissipate, and absorbs the sweat of the motorcycle rider, causing the helmet to linger. Smelly smell. As we all know, the types of helmets can be divided into full-face type, face-face type, half face-face type and half face type. Regardless of which helmet is used, although the head injury can be greatly reduced in the event of a car accident, in terms of type, the risk of head injury when wearing a half-hood helmet is 2.57 for a full-face helmet Times (Yu et al. 2011). Due to Taiwan’s climatic conditions, especially in summer, locomotive riders often sacrifice some of their safety and choose face-up, half-face and half-hood helmets in exchange for a little coolness and comfort. Although many manufacturers improve the structure of the helmet to solve the problem of sultry helmets, the present invention discloses a more active way to improve the comfort of the helmet, provide the rider with respiratory protection against fine suspended particles, and also allow The safety of full-face helmets is no longer traded because of discomfort, it is a win-win creation.

At the same time, considering the hazards of fine suspended particles and the problem of conventional safety helmets, there are some previous cases for finding appropriate solutions. Chinese Utility Model No. 2052625U proposes a dust-proof and cold-proof helmet device for cycling or walking. The feature of this device is that a soft, sealed cloth is attached to the lower end of the helmet. When the air pollution is serious or the weather is cold, the zipper on the soft sealing cloth is pulled to death, and the breathing air is purified by the filter sponge, which can effectively prevent dust and cold. Although the patent uses a sealing soft cloth and a filtering sponge to achieve air filtration, the effect is limited. In addition, the waste heat inside the helmet cannot be effectively eliminated, and the problems encountered by locomotive riders are not solved much.

In addition, US Patent Application No. 2017/0136268 proposes a personally powered air respirator. The powered air respirator includes a helmet, a backpack shell, a set of fans, a set of filters for input air, and a hose to guide the output air to the helmet. The advantage of this case is that the dust-filtered air is driven into the helmet by a fan, and the helmet can be changed to a suitable helmet type. However, it is difficult to block the convection of air from under the neck of the locomotive rider by using the product made in accordance with this case in a car array, and it is inevitable to suck in dirty air.

Finally, the new patent No. M518005 of the Republic of China proposes a dustproof safety helmet, which includes a hat body, an exhaust vent and an air suction device. The cap body has an accommodating portion and an air suction port. The air suction port is located at a lower edge of the cap body and a plurality of baffles are arranged at intervals. A window is provided in front of the cap body and communicates with a wearing space, and the air exhaust port is provided at the edge of the cap body window and communicates with the wearing space. The air suction device is accommodated in the accommodating part and has a fan and an air duct, the fan has an exhaust side to communicate with the air outlet and an air suction side, and the opposite ends of the air duct are connected to the air suction side, respectively And suction port. The new structure design can block the dust, suspended particles and moisture in the air from entering the wearing space, and can keep the air inside the cap body clean. However, due to the poor design of the air circulation path inside the cap, the accumulated waste heat is difficult to remove.

Since the conventional technology cannot completely solve the problems encountered in the use of existing locomotive helmets, a new type of full-cover locomotive helmet that can provide cool and clean air is needed. This kind of helmet can solve the problem of fine suspended particles when the motorcycle rider breathes, and can effectively dissipate the heat accumulated in the head, further reducing the sweat generated by the motorcycle rider, causing the odor that the helmet is lingering.

This paragraph extracts and compiles certain features of the invention. Other features will be revealed in subsequent paragraphs. Its purpose is to cover the spirit and scope of the additional patent application scope, various modifications and similar arrangements.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a full-cover locomotive helmet that can provide cool and clean air. The locomotive safety helmet includes: a safety helmet body with a window opening and a set of openings, a protective lens is pivotally connected to both sides of the window opening, the protective lens can pivot to the window opening and seal the window opening , The sleeve ring is provided with a first connection device, a vent hole is provided at an opening position on the safety helmet body or the protective lens; a vent tube, one end of the vent tube is connected to the vent hole; a powered clean air breathing A protective (PAPR-typed) air supply machine is connected to the other end of the vent tube to filter fine suspended particles from outside air, and then passes it through the vent tube to the inside of the safety helmet body; and a deflector towel for It is made of airtight material and has a second connection device on its upper end, which can be detachably connected with the first connection device. When the first connection device and the second connection device are connected, the deflector towel surrounds the neck of the user wearing the locomotive helmet more than one turn, and guides the air inside the helmet body to be discharged to the lower end thereof.

According to the present invention, the position of the vent opening may be behind the top of the helmet body, the helmet body close to the user's chin, or one of the two sides of the protective lens. The power supply rate of the power-purifying breath-protecting gas supply machine can be between 60 liters/minute and 100 liters/minute. The second connecting device may be a devil felt with a hook-shaped structure or a devil felt with a ring structure. The first connection device may be a devil felt with a ring structure or a devil felt with a hook structure corresponding to the second connection device.

Preferably, the material of the diversion towel can be polypropylene (PP, Polypropylene) synthetic fiber, polyester (Polyester) fiber, or melt-blown polypropylene. The material of the diversion towel can also be knitted fabric or functional fabric composed of elastic fabric and plain woven fabric. Further, a layer of waterproof film may be coated on the outside of the diversion towel, and the waterproof film may be a polyethylene (PE, polyethylene) film. The length from the upper end to the lower end of the deflector towel is not shorter than 28 cm.

In some embodiments, the power-purifying breath-protecting gas supply can be connected to a portable secondary battery pack or a locomotive battery as a source of power. After the user puts on the locomotive safety helmet, the filtered air can flow into the safety helmet body through the user's head, and transfer the heat to the outside air through the deflector towel. The deflector towel may further include a fixing device for fixing the deflector towel to surround the neck of the user wearing the motorcycle helmet more than one turn. The fixing device can be a set of zippers, a plurality of snaps or a set of devil felt.

Through the design of the helmet body, snorkel, power scavenging breathing protective air supply 30 and diversion towel 40, filtered clean air can be provided to the user, and in the circulation process, the tropical To achieve the purpose of comfort.

The present invention will be described more specifically by referring to the following embodiments.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a locomotive helmet providing cool and clean air according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 illustrates a bottom view of a helmet body 10 and a guide The flat appearance of the flow towel 40 opening. The locomotive safety helmet disclosed by the present invention includes the aforementioned safety helmet body 10, a ventilator 20, a powered air purifying breathing protection (PAPR-typed) air supply machine 30 and the aforementioned deflector towel 40. The functions, appearances and inter-relationships of these components are described below.

The helmet body 10 is a main body used for protecting the head safety of the locomotive helmet. According to the appearance type classification, the locomotive helmet is a full-cover type. Since the focus of the present invention is to provide clean air for the user and take away the heat emitted by the head of the locomotive rider in the helmet body 10, a part of the detailed structure of the helmet body 10 can be the same as any conventional technology. Not emphasized. Therefore, the scope of the hard hat body 10 may include, but is not limited to, outer anti-friction protection materials, shock-absorbing padding, belts, head cushions, ear protectors, protective lenses, protective lens fixtures, overhead cushions, neck guards, Guards, ear cushions, etc.

Compared with the existing helmet body structure, the helmet body 10 is characterized by having a window opening 101, a set of openings 102, and an optional vent 103, in addition, there is no internal and external communication channels . This design is used to effectively isolate the air circulation inside and outside of the helmet body 10, thereby preventing the rider from inhaling the air without removing fine suspended particles. Each of the window opening 101 has a pivoting device 110 on both sides (due to the angle of view, only the pivoting device 110 on one side of the window opening 101 is shown), which can pivotally connect a protective lens 11. The protective lens 11 can be pivoted to the window opening 101 and seal the window opening 101 (the situation shown in FIG. 1 is that the protective lens 11 has been pivoted to the window opening 101 and seals the window opening 101, so the appearance of the two Actual overlap). When the protective lens 11 is rotated away from the window opening 101, the air inside and outside the helmet body 10 can convect. The socket 102 is an opening for the user's head to enter the helmet body 10. In practice, a part of the space of the socket 102 may be occupied by a cushion 104. The socket 102 is surrounded by a first connecting device 105, which is a tool for tightly connecting with the deflector towel 40. Its appearance and detailed functions will be described in the text below.

As mentioned above, the vent 103 of the hard hat body 10 is selectively opened. If the vent hole 103 is not provided in the hard hat body 10, it can also be provided in the protective lens 11. For convenience of explanation, the position of the vent 103 is referred to as an opening position. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the opening position is behind the top of the hard hat body 10 (relative to the user's visual direction). According to the present invention, in another embodiment, the opening position may be when the safety helmet body 10 is close to the user's chin (as shown by the oblique line in Figure 5); in yet another embodiment, the opening position is also It may be on one of the two sides of the protective lens 11 (as shown in the oblique ellipse in FIG. 6). Different opening positions will produce different internal air circulation effects of the safety helmet body 10, and the description of the internal air circulation will be disclosed below.

One end of the vent tube 30 is connected to the vent hole 103, and the other end is connected to the powered clean air breathing protection type air supply machine 30. The shape and material of the vent tube 30 are not limited, and it is preferably a hose, such as a PVC (PolyVinyl Chloride) hose or an EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) hose, so that the user can flexibly rotate the head without limitation. The power-purifying breathing-protecting air supply machine 30 is an air supply device for power-filtering breathing protective equipment (Powered Air Purifying Respirator, PAPR). Power filter breathing protector is a kind of high-efficiency particulate filter breathing protector. The blower carried by the individual provides the air needed by the wearer to breathe. The blower and battery are usually attached to the wearer's belt or the back of the hood. The blower Take the air containing pollutants to the high-efficiency filter media and filter to filter out fine suspended particles. If it is used with an adsorption tank, it can also remove some gaseous pollutants at the same time. Generally speaking, the power-purifying breathing-protecting air supply machine 30 may include a main body, a high-efficiency filter, a waist belt, a flow indicator, and the like, and the present invention does not limit its detailed structure. However, in order to be able to effectively provide power, the power-purifying breath-protecting gas supply machine 30 can be externally connected with a portable secondary battery pack or a locomotive battery (not shown) as a source of power. The function of the power clean air breathing protection type air supply machine 30 in the locomotive helmet of the present invention is to filter the outside air into fine suspended particles, and then transmit it to the inside of the helmet body 10 through the vent pipe 20. The air supply rate of the power-purifying breathing-protected air supply machine 30 varies from brand to brand. In order to effectively provide cool and clean air without causing excessive accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ) in the hard hat body 10, it has been experimentally confirmed that the air supply rate of the powered clean air breathing protective air supply machine 30 is preferably between Between 60 liters/minute and 100 liters/minute.

The deflector towel 40 (whose plane is unfolded as shown in the lower part of FIG. 2) is made of a material that is impervious to wind, and has a second connection device 401 on its upper end, which can be detachably connected to the first connection device 105 The purpose of the connection is to install the diversion towel 40 after the user puts on the helmet body 10, so as to prevent the fixed diversion towel from being caught in the helmet body 10 by the head. When the first connection device 105 and the second connection device 401 are connected, the deflector towel 40 can wrap around the neck 50 of the user wearing the motorcycle helmet more than once, as shown in the cross-sectional view of the use state at the top of FIG. 4. Since there is a constant flow of clean air from the helmet body 10 to form a stable airflow, in order to guide the airflow and prevent the inflow of dirty air outside the helmet body 10, the deflector towel 40 is used to guide the air inside the helmet body 10 to it Discharged at the lower end, while blocking external air convection.

In this embodiment, the plane of the diversion towel 40 is a rectangular design, and the second connecting device 401 at the upper end thereof is a devil felt with a hook-like structure or a devil felt with a ring-shaped structure. Therefore, the first connecting device 105 It may be a devil felt with a ring structure corresponding to the second connecting device 401 or a devil felt with a hook structure. That is, if the second connection device 401 is a devil felt with a loop structure, the first connection device 105 has a hook-shaped devil felt; if the second connection device 401 is a devil felt with a hook structure, the first The connecting device 105 has a devil felt with a ring structure. Since the first connection device 105 is located at the lower edge of the helmet body 10, the deflector towel 40 can effectively connect with the helmet body 10 and prevent outside air from flowing into the helmet body 10 by using the devil felt structure.

In this embodiment, the material of the diversion towel 40 may be polypropylene (PP, Polypropylene) synthetic fiber, for example, a commercially available cover towel (Neckerchief) is used; the material of the diversion towel 40 may also be polyester (Polyester) For the fiber, for example, a commercially available scarf (Scarf) is used; the material of the diversion towel 40 may be a melt-blown polypropylene, for example, a middle layer filter in the mask structure (Filter). In addition to petrochemical products, the diversion towel 40 may also use natural textiles or blended products. For example, the material of the diversion towel 40 may be a knitted fabric or a functional fabric (soft shell material) composed of an elastic fabric and a plain woven fabric. Of course, if the airtightness is not good enough, the deflector towel 40 may be coated with a waterproof film, such as polyethylene (PE) film. It should be noted that the length of the diversion towel 40, as shown by H at the bottom of FIG. 2, must have a certain length, because the external wind speed will blow up the diversion towel 40, so that the diversion towel 40 cannot effectively block the ride Airflow while driving. Observed from the experimental data, the length design of the deflector towel 40 needs at least 28 cm or more to effectively block the airflow when riding. That is, the length H from the upper end to the lower end is not shorter than 28 cm.

Then go back to Figure 1. When the user puts on the hard hat body 10, installs the diversion towel 40, and starts the power-purifying breathing protective air supply machine 30, the outside air passes through an air inlet 301 of the power-purifying breathing protective air supply machine 30 After entering, the powered air purifying breathing protective air supply machine 30 removes pollutants and fine suspended particles, and then flows along the virtual arrow direction through the vent tube 20 into the upper portion of the safety helmet body 10. After the heat of the user's head is taken away, it then flows down the safety helmet body 10 along the space between the protective lens 11 and the user's face. Then, this air flows out of the safety helmet body 10 and is guided downward by the deflector towel 40 until it is discharged outside the deflector towel 40. That is, after the user puts on the locomotive helmet, the filtered air flows into the helmet body 10 past the user's head, and transfers the heat to the outside air through the deflector towel 40. The purpose of providing cool and clean air for locomotive riders is achieved. When it is cold, the filtered air can also be guided through the duct so that it first flows over the hot surface of the engine to increase the temperature.

In accordance with the spirit of the present invention, there are other options for the location of the opening, which will be described below for different aspects. Please refer to FIG. 5, which illustrates the position of the vent 103 and the direction of airflow in another embodiment. The left side is the side view of the helmet body 10, and the right side is the top view of the helmet body 10. Since the position of the opening is when the safety helmet body 10 is close to the user's chin, the filtered and clean air will follow the vent tube 20 and enter into the safety helmet body 10 from the side. After entering the hard hat body 10, the air will move along the side of the face to the upper part of the hard hat body 10 (the position of the back of the head), taking away the heat of the user's head. Next, as in the previous embodiment, air flows along the space between the protective lens 11 and the user's face, and below the helmet 10. Finally, this air flows out of the safety helmet body 10 and is guided downward by the deflector towel 40 until it is discharged outside the deflector towel 40. Compared with the previous embodiment, this design needs to destroy the body structure of the helmet, and is not suitable for the modification of the existing helmet body. .

Please refer to FIG. 6 again, which shows the position of the vent hole 103 and the direction of airflow in yet another embodiment. The left side is the side view of the hard hat body 10, and the right side is the top view of the hard hat body 10. Since the opening is located on one of the two sides of the protective lens 11, the clean and cool air after filtering will enter the side of the safety helmet body 10 along the vent tube 20. After entering the hard hat body 10, air will not reach the upper part of the hard hat body 10 and take away the heat of the user's head. Conversely, air will flow along the eyes and cheeks to the space between the protective lens 11 and the user's face, and will turn to flow below the helmet body 10. Finally, this air flows out of the safety helmet body 10 and is guided downward by the deflector towel 40 until it is discharged outside the deflector towel 40. Compared with the previous embodiment, the airflow of this design has a narrower flow range and the heat of the head is more likely to accumulate, which is suitable for use when riding a motorcycle in winter.

Due to the circumference of the human body, it gradually increases from below the neck. If the length H of the diversion towel 40 is designed to be longer, the diversion towel 40 with a fixed width may not be able to effectively reach" around the neck of the user wearing the motorcycle helmet The purpose of "above". Therefore, in another embodiment, the design width of the deflector towel 40 may gradually increase from the upper end to the lower end, as shown in FIG. 3. In order to ensure that both sides of the diversion towel 40 can be effectively closed, a fixing device 402 can be added on both sides of the diversion towel 40 to fix the diversion towel 401, so as to ensure that it can "around the neck of the user wearing a motorcycle helmet" (As shown in the bottom of Figure 4). In practice, the fixing device 402 may be a set of zippers, a plurality of snaps, or a set of devil felt.

Although the present invention has been disclosed as above in the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention shall be subject to the scope defined in the attached patent application.

10 ‧ ‧ ‧ helmet helmet 11 ‧ ‧ ‧ protective lens 20 ‧ ‧ snorkel 30 ‧ ‧ ‧ power clean air breathing protective air supply machine 40 ‧ ‧ ‧ diversion towel 101 ‧ ‧ ‧ window opening 102 ‧ ‧ ‧ sets Set port 103‧‧‧Ventilation hole 104‧‧‧Cushion pad 105‧‧‧ First connecting device 110‧‧‧Pivot connecting device 301‧‧‧ Inlet port 401‧‧‧ Second connecting device 402‧‧‧ Fixing device 50‧‧‧Neck H‧‧‧Length

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a locomotive safety helmet according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 shows a downward-looking state of a safety helmet body and a plane state of a diversion towel, and FIG. 3 shows another diversion Fig. 4 shows the different appearances of the diversion towel around the neck of the motorcycle rider, Fig. 5 shows the position of one vent and the direction of airflow, and Fig. 6 shows the position of another vent and the direction of airflow.

10‧‧‧ Hard hat body

11‧‧‧Protective lenses

20‧‧‧Snorkel

30‧‧‧Powered gas-purifying breathing protective gas supply machine

40‧‧‧Diversion towel

101‧‧‧Window opening

103‧‧‧ vent

110‧‧‧Pivot device

301‧‧‧Air inlet

Claims (14)

A locomotive helmet that provides cool and clean air includes: a helmet body with a window opening and a set of openings, a protective lens is pivotally connected to both sides of the window opening, and the protective lens can be pivoted to the window opening Seal the opening of the window, a first connection device is provided on the sleeve ring, a vent hole is provided at an opening position on the safety helmet body or the protective lens; a vent tube, one end of the vent tube is connected to the vent Stomata; a power clean air breathing protection (PAPR-typed) air supply, connected to the other end of the vent tube, used to filter fine suspended particles from outside air, and then transmitted to the inside of the helmet body through the vent tube; And a deflector towel, made of a material that is impervious to wind, and has a second connection device at its upper end, the second connection device can be detachably connected to the first connection device; wherein when the first connection device is connected to the first When the two consecutive devices are connected, the deflector towel surrounds the neck of the user wearing the locomotive helmet more than one turn, and guides the air inside the helmet body to be discharged to the lower end thereof. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the opening is located behind the top of the helmet body, the helmet body is close to the user's chin, or one of the sides of the protective lens. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the air supply rate of the power-purified breathing-protected air supply machine is between 60 liters/minute and 100 liters/minute. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the second connection device is a devil felt with a hook-like structure or a devil felt with a ring-shaped structure. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the patent scope, wherein the first connection device is a devil felt with a ring structure or a devil felt with a hook structure corresponding to the second connection device. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the patent scope, wherein the material of the diversion towel is polypropylene (PP, Polypropylene) synthetic fiber, polyester (Polyester) fiber, or melt-blown polypropylene. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the patent scope, wherein the material of the diversion towel is knitted fabric or a functional fabric composed of a combination of elastic fabric and plain woven fabric. The locomotive safety helmet as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the deflector towel is coated with a waterproof film on the outside. The motorcycle helmet as described in item 8 of the patent application scope, wherein the waterproof membrane is polyethylene (PE, polyethylene) membrane. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the length from the upper end to the lower end of the deflector towel is not less than 28 cm. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the power purifying breathing protective gas supply machine is connected with a portable secondary battery pack or a locomotive battery as a source of power. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the patent scope, wherein after the user puts on the locomotive helmet, the filtered air flows into the helmet body through the user's head, and transfers heat through the deflector towel Into the outside air. The locomotive helmet as described in item 1 of the patent scope, wherein the deflector towel further includes a fixing device for fixing the deflector towel to surround the neck of the user wearing the locomotive helmet more than one turn. The locomotive helmet as described in item 13 of the patent application scope, wherein the fixing device is a set of zippers, a plurality of snaps or a set of devil felt.

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