Face protector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10022273-B2
Application number	US-201615388390-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2016
Priority date	Apr 22, 2016
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a face protector provided with a transparent film sheet to protect a viewing window of any one working mask selected from a safety face shield or a welding helmet. One or more transparent film sheets are inserted into a gap between the surface of the upper part of the viewing window and the bent inner surface of an upper support brim and thus combined with the surface of the viewing window, thereby preventing contaminants, paints, slag or metal particles, which may contaminate the viewing window during a working process, from being attached to the viewing window, securing a worker's clear view to increase worker safety, and to greatly extending the working mask.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A face protector provided with a transparent film sheet to protect a viewing window of any one working mask selected from a safety face shield or a welding helmet, wherein: the transparent film sheet is in a gap between an outer surface of the viewing window and a bent inner surface of an upper support brim, formed above the viewing window, and combine with the outer surface of the viewing window;
the transparent sheet is formed of any one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene and polycarbonate, and includes a plurality of fixing holes; and
the upper support brim includes a plurality of fixing protrusions formed below a fixing rib on the bent inner surface of the upper support brim, and the transparent film sheet is fixed to the outer surface of the viewing window by inserting the fixing protrusions of the upper support brim into the plurality of fixing holes of the transparent film sheet; wherein the fixing hole includes fixing projections formed at both ends of an entrance of the fixing hole, and an inner recess formed between the fixing projections to receive said protrusion; furthermore comprising a plurality of the transparent film sheets are stacked and fixed to the viewing window configured to be removed one by one.

2. The face protector according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent film sheet is fastened to the outer surface of the viewing window, and the fixing protrusions are formed integrally with the upper support brim.

3. The face protector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the fixing holes of the transparent film sheet formed by through hole that extending through a thickness of the transparent film sheet.

4. The face protector according to claim 1 , wherein the viewing window is one selected from a viewing window of the safety face shield, a viewing window of the welding helmet and a viewing window of goggles.

5. The face protector according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent film sheet has a thickness of 0.1 to 0.3 mm.

6. The face protector according to claim 1 , wherein, when the transparent film sheet is combined with an upper part of the viewing window to fix the transparent film sheet, the fixing holes of the transparent film sheet are fitted into one selected from an upper surface, the upper part and left and right surfaces of the viewing window.

Assignees

• Otos Wing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huh Moon Young

Classifications

• A61F9/025

  Special attachment of screens, e.g. hinged, removable; Roll-up protective layers · CPC title

• A61F9/065

  use of particular optical filters (A61F9/022, A61F9/062 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61F9/06 Primary

  Masks, shields or hoods for welders · CPC title