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Equipment for protecting personnel from contamination

US4741332A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 19, 1985
Grant dateMay 3, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA62B7/12
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A protective breathing equipment for a crew member of an aircraft comprises a demand regulator supplied with pressurized oxygen and with dilution air taken from the living space of the crew. The regulator is connected to a breathing mask for the crew member. A protective hood supplied with filtered ventilation air is provided for location over the head of the crew member. The regulator has a housing containing the regulating mechanisms and an intake for dilution air and is surrounded by a case defining a protective space about the housing. The space is fed with filtered air under an overpressure of the same order as that which prevails in the hood.

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