DE9011019U1 - Device for drying one-piece protective suits - Google Patents

Description

DipL-Phys. M. Becker .·*'": ·: ^fi^ii * ^:

Patent Attorney Telephone mm 600306

July 19, 1990 A 4475 - v-str

Richard Tschwerwitsehks GmbH Plastic equipment construction and Exhaust air technology

Dieselstrasse 21

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Device for drying one-piece protective suits

The invention relates to a device for drying one-piece protective suits with attached footwear, gloves and face mask or helmet, as well as at least one closable slot-like opening, with upward-facing air guide tubes that can be inserted into the leg and arm parts and are open at least at the free end, which protrude upwards and outwards from a vertically running supply tube that can be connected to a compressed air source, and with a support frame for hanging up a protective suit to be dried.

A device having these features is known from DE-OS 19 12 835.

These air guide pipes are to be inserted individually through a slot-like opening in the arm and arm parts of a protective suit and then connected to the connection piece of a supply pipe which is also to be accommodated in the protective suit. The supply pipe can be connected to a compressed air source via a hose line.

Before the pipes are inserted into the protective suit, the suit must be hung on a special support frame in such a way that the face mask or helmet of the protective suit hangs downwards.

This device therefore requires a number of complicated and time-consuming measures to be carried out before it is ready for use for drying protective suits. In addition, it is structurally complex and therefore expensive to manufacture.

The invention is based on the object of specifying a device with the features explained at the outset, which is characterized by structural simplicity and easy operation.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the air guide pipes and the supply pipe together form a hanging stand for holding an item of clothing and in that the supply pipe is arranged on a support base which has an air guide channel connected to the supply pipe and the compressed air source.

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According to the invention, the air guide pipes and the supply pipe together form a hanging stand on which a protective suit to be dried can be hung. The Armurid leg pieces of the opened protective suit can be easily pulled in via the upward-facing air guide pipes. The device can then be connected to the compressed air source to ventilate the inside of the suit.

It is advantageous to provide the air guide pipes on the supply pipe so that they are removable, in particular pluggable, so that the device can be easily folded up for transport purposes, for example. In addition, this allows a large number of such devices to be kept in storage in a small space, especially in production operations.

The support base is advantageously formed by a horizontally arranged and rotationally secure receiving tube which has several lockable connections for one supply pipe each along an upper surface line. It is therefore possible to dry several protective suits simultaneously using just one support base.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, a fan is provided as a compressed air source, whereby it is advantageous to connect a heating register downstream of this.

By equipping the device with such an aerator, it is ready for use at any time, independent of a stationary compressed air system.

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Further advantageous embodiments of the device are the subject of subclaims.

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Fig. 1 is a side view of the device, Fig. 2 is a front view of the device.

The device shown has a chassis 10 on which a support base in the form of a preferably U-shaped, horizontally arranged pipe 12 is fixed. Both pipe legs 14 and 16 each have two or more connections arranged at a distance from one another on an upper surface line in the form of upright pipe sockets 18 and 20, which can each be closed by means of a cover 22.

A supply pipe 24 can be inserted into the pipe sockets 18 and 20.

The supply pipes 24 fork at the free end, whereby the fork legs 28 and 30 together with pipe sections 32 and 34 that can be inserted into them each form a ventilation pipe, which each accommodates a leg part 36 or 38 of a protective suit 40 to be dried, indicated by a dot-dash line.

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The supply pipes 24 have, at a distance below their fork in the plane defined by their fork legs 28 and 30, two opposing connecting pieces 42 and 44 extending obliquely upwards and outwards, into which a ventilation pipe 46 or 48, respectively, which is open at least at the top, can also be inserted, each of which accommodates an arm part 50 or 52 of the protective suit 40.

Accordingly, the face mask or helmet 54 of the protective suit 40 is located hanging below on the hanging stand 56 formed by the various tubes 28, 32; 30, 34; 42, 46 and 44, 48.

Protective suits 40 can be hung up particularly quickly and easily if they are equipped with a slit-like opening on the side that extends from one boot to the shoulder area and can be closed with a zipper, for example.

The numeral 58 designates an electric fan as a whole, which is arranged between the two pipe legs 14 and 16 closed at the end on the chassis 10 and is connected to the curved connecting piece 60 of the support pipe 12.

The fan 58 can preferably be used to generate a warm or cold air flow, which is introduced into the protective suit 40 via the pipes 28, 32; 30, 34; 42, 46 and 44, 48 to dry it out. The chassis 10, which forms a handcart for example, is equipped with a handle 10' for pushing, with holding devices being provided on this in particular (not shown) for the preferably upright arrangement and holding of the removable pipe sections 32, 34; 46 and 48.

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It is clear that the device described is also suitable for drying other items of clothing, for example for drying shoes or boots or gloves, trousers and possibly coats, for which the ventilation pipes 46 and 48 must be removed from the supply pipe.

Claims (8)

Schutza tv sayings Device for drying one-piece protective suits with attached footwear, gloves and face mask or helmet, as well as at least one closable slot-like opening, with upward-facing air ducts, plugged into the leg and arm parts, open at least at the free end, which ventilate upwards and outwards from a vertically running supply pipe that can be connected to a compressed air source, and with a support frame for hanging up a protective suit to be dried, characterized, that the air guide pipes (32, 34; 46, 48) and the supply pipe (24) together form a suspension stand for receiving a protective cover (40) and that the supply pipe (24) is arranged on a support base (support pipe 12) which has an air guide channel connected to the supply pipe (24) and the compressed air source (fan 58). 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the air guide pipes (32, 34; 46, 48) are arranged in a removable manner on the swells of a connecting piece (28, 30, 42, 44) of the supply pipe (4), whereby those which take up the air guide pipes (32 and 34) for the leg parts (36 and 38) form a fork (fork leg 25, 20) of the supply pipe (24). 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the support base is formed by a horizontally arranged support tube (12) which has at least two closable connections (pipe sockets 18, 20) for one supply pipe (24) each, spaced apart along an upper surface line. 4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the supply pipes (24) are each removably inserted into a connecting piece (pipe piece 18, 20) of the support pipe (12). 5. Device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the support tube (12) is U-shaped or ring-shaped. 6. Device according to one of the preceding claims 3 to 5, characterized in that the support tube (12) is fixed on a chassis (10). 7. Device according to claim 6, characterized in that the chassis (10) has holding devices for holding air guide pipes in an upright position. 8. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a fan (58) is provided as the compressed air source. S. Device according to claim 8, characterized in that a heating register is connected downstream of the fan (58).