TWI729788B - Mask structure and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mask structure and a manufacturing method thereof have a mask body, a first ear strap has two first ends and a first body, and each first end is combined with the mask body in a welding manner, and the first ear straps are attached to the mask body. Made of elastic webbing; a second ear strap with two second ends and a second body, each second end is combined with the mask body by welding, and the second ear strap is made of elastic webbing Thus, the second body part is combined with the first body part in a welding manner, so that the first ear strap and the second ear strap are combined into one body to form a head-wearing mask.

Description

Mask structure and manufacturing method thereof

The present invention is related to the mask structure, and particularly refers to a mask that can be changed from a head-worn type to an ear-hook type.

Pandemic infectious viruses have the characteristics of being easy to spread and causing large-scale infections, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and new coronaviruses (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia, COVID-19) many years ago. It is worth noting that the virus of new coronavirus pneumonia The incubation period is generally as long as 14 days, and even in some cases, the incubation period can reach 24 days, and effective detection cannot be achieved by relying on symptom screening. Even people who have no fever, no signs of infection, or only mild signs of infection can easily be infected. Infecting the virus to others, and after the outbreak in Wuhan, China, quickly spread to many countries around the world, forming a global pandemic.

For densely populated, confined spaces and places with poor air circulation, or close conversations between people, there is a high risk of infection. Therefore, the safest way to prevent the epidemic is to wash your hands frequently, and often use alcohol or hypochlorite. In addition to acid water disinfection, medical masks are worn at all times to avoid infection due to droplets.

There are many types of masks on the market, but general medical masks, surgical masks, and N95 masks are mostly ear-hook masks. Wearing ear-hook masks for a long time will press on the supra-ear muscles and behind the ears for a long time due to the ear-hook elastic cords. Muscles, make the user feel pain and discomfort behind the ears. Although there are many small tricks in the market, such as folding a small piece of gauze, toilet paper or cotton ball into a long strip of elastic earbands to increase the contact area of the skin to help disperse ear pressure and relieve pain, it is a pity that in addition to alleviating discomfort The effect is not good, the toilet paper or gauze needs to be replaced many times, and the ease of use is still insufficient.

In view of this, how to solve the above-mentioned problems is the primary problem to be solved by the present invention.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a mask structure, which not only has the advantages of a head-worn mask, but also has the effect of changing from a head-worn mask to an ear-hook mask.

In order to achieve the foregoing objective, the present invention provides a mask body, including: a mask body; a first ear strap with two first ends and a first body, and each first end is welded to the mask body In combination, the first ear strap is made of elastic webbing.

A second earband has two second ends and a second body. Each second end is joined to the mask body by welding. The second earband is made of elastic webbing. The second The body is combined with the first body in a welding manner, so that the first ear strap and the second ear strap are combined into one body.

Preferably, the first body has a first welding position, the second body has a second welding position, and the first welding position is in contact with the second welding position and is welded to make the first body And the second body are combined into one body.

Preferably, the mask body has a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side facing the first longitudinal side.

Preferably, the first end of the first earband is combined with the first longitudinal side, and the second end of the second earband is combined with the second longitudinal side.

Preferably, one of the first ends of the first earband is coupled to the first longitudinal side, the other first end is coupled to the second longitudinal side, and one of the second ends of the second earband One end is coupled to the first longitudinal side, and the other second end is coupled to the second longitudinal side.

Preferably, the two first ends of the first earband are respectively coupled to the upper ends of the first longitudinal side and the second longitudinal side, and the two second ends of the second earband are respectively coupled At the lower end of the first longitudinal side and the second longitudinal side.

Preferably, one of the first ends of the first earband is coupled to the upper end of the first longitudinal side, and the other first end is coupled to the lower end of the second longitudinal side, and the second ear One of the second ends of the strap is connected to the lower end of the first longitudinal side, and the other second end is connected to the upper end of the second longitudinal side, the first ear strap and the second ear strap are arranged It is X-shaped.

It is not difficult to obtain an in-depth understanding of the above-mentioned objects and advantages of the present invention from the detailed description of the selected embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

10: Mask body

11: The first longitudinal side

12: second longitudinal side

13: The first lateral side

14: second lateral side

20: The first ear strap

21: first end

22: The first body

221: first welding position

30: second ear strap

31: second end

32: The second body

321: second welding position

41: The first welding point

42: second welding point

43: third welding point

44: Fourth welding point

45: Fifth welding point

Figure 1 is a plan view of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a use state diagram (1) of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a use state diagram (2) of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is the use state diagram (3) of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the manufacturing process of the mask structure of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the third embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to Figure 1. The figure shown in the figure is the first embodiment selected in the present invention. This is for illustrative purposes only and is not limited by the embodiment in the patent application.

The mask structure provided by the first embodiment of the present invention is mainly composed of a mask body 10, a first ear strap 20, and a second ear strap 30. The mask body 10 is composed of a three-layer structure. Among them, the outermost layer in contact with the external space is a waterproof layer that prevents liquid from penetrating, and is made of polyester, nylon, or other suitable fibers; the middle layer is made of high-density, Porous fibrous materials, such as melt blown cloth, to form a filter layer with a filtering effect; and the innermost layer in contact with human skin is made of hydrophilic material, which allows the user to breathe through the water vapor The function of the mask body 10 of the present invention is the same as that of a general commercially available flat medical mask body, and will not be repeated here.

The mask body 10 is in the shape of a rectangular sheet, and has a first longitudinal side 11 and a second longitudinal side 12. The first longitudinal side 11 and the second longitudinal side 12 are arranged opposite to each other. The mask body 10 There is a first lateral side 13 and a second lateral side 14 facing the first lateral side 13. In this embodiment, the first longitudinal side 11 and the second longitudinal side 12 is the short side of the mask body 10, and the first lateral side 13 and the second lateral side 14 are the long sides of the mask body 10.

The first earband 20 has two first ends 21 and a first body 22, the first body 22 has a first welding position 221, the first welding position 221 is located in the middle of the first body 22 Position; the second earband 30 has two second ends 31 and a second body 32, the second body 32 has a second welding position 321, the second welding position 321 is located in the second body 32 The middle position; the first ear strap 20 and the second ear strap 30 are made of elastic webbing, in this embodiment, the elastic webbing is knitted with non-woven fabric and elastic material (Spandex), in other implementations In an example, the elastic webbing can be cut from an elastic non-woven fabric formed by meltblown or spunbond.

The first earband 20 and the second earband 30 are welded and combined with the mask body 10 by ultrasonic compression or thermocompression to form a five-welding point mask. The following describes how to separate them. Five welding points are formed; one of the first ends 21 of the first ear band 20 is welded and combined with the upper end of the first longitudinal side 11 to form a first welding point 41; and the first ear band The other first end of 20 21 and the lower end of the first longitudinal side 11 are welded together to form a second welding point 42; by means of the two second ends 31 of the second earband 30, they are respectively connected to the second longitudinal side The upper end and the lower end of 12 are combined to form a third welding point 43 and a fourth welding point 44; it is worth noting that the first ear band 20 and the second ear band 30 intersect so that the The first welding position 221 on the first body portion 22 is in contact with the second welding position 321 on the second body portion 32 and the welding process is performed to form a fifth welding point 45, by which the fifth welding point 45 , The first ear strap 20 and the second ear strap 30 are combined with each other to form a whole body to form a head-wearing mask.

Please refer to Figure 2. In the first embodiment of the present invention, in actual use, since the first ear strap 20 and the second ear strap 30 are combined with each other and then connected together to form a head-wearing mask, the mask user can Changing the earbands 20 and 30 originally hung on the ears to wear on the head can effectively solve the problem of discomfort behind the ears caused by long-term wearing of ear-hook masks, and achieve the purpose of improving the comfort of use.

Please refer to Figures 3 and 4. In addition, if a mask user wants to use an ear-hook mask, he only needs to use the fifth welding point 45 (the contact point between the first welding position 221 and the second welding position 321) , Cut or cut along the longitudinal direction (as shown in Figure 3), the first ear strap 20 and the second ear strap 30 that were originally connected as a whole can be separated, changing from a head-wearing mask to an ear Hanging masks (as shown in Figure 4) are multi-purpose, multi-functional, and can meet different wearing needs.

Please refer to Figure 5, the manufacturing method of the mask structure of the present invention includes the following steps: 1. Provide a mask body 10 with a three-layer structure; 2. Provide the first ear strap 20 and the first ear strap made of elastic webbing Two ear straps 30; 3. Lay the mask body 10 flat on the workbench, and then position the two first ends 21 of the first ear straps 20 on the first longitudinal side 11, and the second ear straps The two second ends 31 of 30 are positioned on the second longitudinal side 12; 4. The first body 22 of the first ear strap 20 is in contact with the second body 32 of the second ear strap 30 And positioning; 5. The first end 21 is joined to the first longitudinal side 11 by means of ultrasonic compression or thermal compression to form the first welding point 41 and the second welding point 42, and at the same time Each of the second ends 31 is joined to the second longitudinal side 12 to form the third welding point 43 and the fourth welding point 44, and at the same time the first welding position 221 and the second welding position 321 The contact points are combined by welding to form a whole body; what should be particularly noted here is that in the fifth step, during the processing steps of ultrasonic compression or thermal compression, five welding points can be produced at the same time, which can greatly shorten The time of the welding process has the effect of reducing the time cost, thereby improving the production efficiency of the mask. In addition, the user can also choose to first complete the welding process of the first to fourth welding points 41, 42, 43, 44, and then finish the processing method of the fifth welding point 45.

Please refer to Fig. 6, which shows the second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that one of the first ends 21 of the first earband 20 is connected to the second embodiment. One longitudinal side 11 is joined at the upper end, the other first end 21 is joined at the upper end of the second longitudinal side 12, and the two second ends 31 of the second ear band 30 are respectively Combined with the lower ends of the first longitudinal side 11 and the second longitudinal side 12, it means that the first end 21 and the first body 22 of the first ear strap 20 are located on the upper half of the mask body 10 The two second ends 31 and the second body 32 of the second ear strap 30 are located on the lower half of the mask body 10 and are in the shape of an inverted U. This embodiment is similar to In the first embodiment, the first welding position 221 on the first body 22 and the second welding position 321 on the second body 32 are also contacted and welded to form a five-welding point mask. Its function and effect are the same as those of the first embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

Please refer to Figure 7. The figure shown in the figure is the third embodiment selected by the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that the two first ends 21 of the first ear strap 20 are connected to the second The upper end of a longitudinal side 11 and the lower end of the second longitudinal side 12 are combined to form an oblique arrangement from upper left to lower right, and one of the second ends 31 of the second earband 30 is connected to the first One longitudinal side 11 is joined at the lower end, and the other The second end 31 is combined with the upper end of the second longitudinal side 12 and is arranged diagonally from bottom left to top right. The first ear strap 20 and the second ear strap 30 are combined with the mask in an X-shaped manner On the body 10, the intersection of the first ear band 20 and the second ear band 30 (the contact point of the first welding position 221 and the second welding position 321) forms a fifth welding point 45 after welding. The functions and effects of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, and will not be repeated here.

Please refer to Figure 8. The figure shown in the figure is the fourth embodiment selected by the present invention. From this embodiment, it can be seen that the manufacturing method of the five-welding point mask is not limited to flat masks, but can also be applied. The mask body 10 is a three-dimensional mask, such as N95, N99, FFP1, FFP3 or other three-dimensional masks.

From the above description, it is not difficult to find that the advantage of the present invention is that by hanging the first ear strap 20 and the second ear strap 30 on the head, it can effectively solve the problem that the wearing time of the conventional ear-hook mask is too long. For a long time, it is easy to cause pain behind the ear or stress on the ear for a long time, which may cause tightness of the surrounding muscles. Furthermore, the unique five-fusion point mask manufacturing method provided by the present invention can use existing equipment and raw materials to produce a mask with both head-wearing and ear-hook functions, without the need for additional purchases of new masks. Production machinery has the advantage of greatly reducing production costs.

However, the disclosure of the above embodiments is only used to illustrate the present invention, and not to limit the present invention. Therefore, any change in numerical values or replacement of equivalent elements should still belong to the scope of the present invention.

In summary, when it is possible for those who are familiar with this technique to understand that this invention can clearly achieve the aforementioned purpose, it has actually complied with the provisions of the Patent Law, so they file an application in accordance with the law.

10: Mask body

11: The first longitudinal side

12: second longitudinal side

13: The first lateral side

14: second lateral side

20: The first ear strap

21: first end

22: The first body

221: first welding position

30: second ear strap

31: second end

32: The second body

222: second welding position

41: The first welding point

42: second welding point

43: third welding point

44: Fourth welding point

45: Fifth welding point

Claims (10)

A mask structure, which contains: A mask body; A first ear strap with two first ends and a first body, each of the first ends is combined with the mask body by welding, and the first ear strap is made of elastic webbing; A second ear strap has two second ends and a second body, each of the second ends is joined to the mask body by welding, the second ear strap is made of elastic webbing, and the first The two body parts are combined with the first body part in a welding manner, so that the first ear strap and the second ear strap are combined into one body. The mask structure according to claim 1, wherein the first body has a first welding position, the second body has a second welding position, the first welding position is in contact with the second welding position and Welding is performed to combine the first body and the second body into one body. The mask structure according to claim 1, wherein the mask body has a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side facing the first longitudinal side. The mask structure according to claim 3, wherein the first end of the first ear strap is combined with the first longitudinal side, and the second end of the second ear strap is combined with the second longitudinal side. The mask structure according to claim 3, wherein one of the first ends of the first ear strap is coupled to the first longitudinal side, and the other first end is coupled to the second longitudinal side, and the first end is coupled to the second longitudinal side. One of the second ends of the two ear straps is coupled to the first longitudinal side, and the other second end is coupled to the second longitudinal side. The mask structure according to claim 5, wherein the two first ends of the first ear strap are respectively coupled to the upper ends of the first longitudinal side and the second longitudinal side, and the second ear strap The two second end portions are respectively coupled to the lower end portions of the first longitudinal side edge and the second longitudinal side edge. The mask structure according to claim 5, wherein one of the first ends of the first ear strap is coupled to the upper end of the first longitudinal side, and the other first end is coupled to the second longitudinal side One of the second ends of the second earband is joined to the lower end of the first longitudinal side, and the other second end is joined to the upper end of the second longitudinal side, the first ear The belt and the second ear belt are arranged in an X shape. A method for manufacturing a mask includes the following steps: Provide a mask body; Provide a first ear strap and a second ear strap made of elastic webbing; The two first ends of the first earband are positioned on a first longitudinal side, and the two second ends of the second earband are positioned on a second longitudinal side: A first body of the first ear strap is in contact with and positioned with a second body of the second ear strap; Weld each of the first ends to the first longitudinal side, and each of the second ends to the second longitudinal side, and the first body and the second body The intersections are joined by welding to form a whole. As described in claim 8, wherein the welding of the first ear strap and the second ear strap to the mask body, and the welding of the first body and the second body are performed by ultrasonic compression or Simultaneous welding by means of thermocompression. As described in claim 8, wherein the first ear strap and the second ear strap are first welded to the mask body, and then the first body part and the second body part are welded.

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