66 results about "Personal protection equipment" patented technology

Systems and methods for monitoring and personal protection equipment promoting worker safety are disclosed. According to an aspect, a system for promoting the safety of workers comprises a digital imaging device positioned to capture one or more images of a predetermined viewing area. Further, the system comprises an image processor operatively associated with the digital imaging device. The image processor is configured to determine whether a person is within the predetermined viewing area of the digital imaging device. The image processor is further configured to determine whether the person is not wearing required personal protection equipment. Additionally, the image processor is configured to generate a message or control signal in response to determining the person is within the predetermined viewing area of the digital imaging device and determining the person is not wearing the required personal protection equipment.

A system and method for alerting operators of mobile equipment to the presence of people in monitored areas around the periphery of the mobile equipment they are operating is provided. The system includes an RFID detection system which is installed on the mobile equipment and alerts the operator to the presence of people wearing Personal Protection Equipment containing RFID safety tags. The system also includes a tag programming system which allows RFID safety tags to be created. The system also includes a tag testing system which allows a person to test the functionality of the RFID safety tags contained in the personal safety equipment they are wearing. The system also includes RFID personal safety equipment such as 3D safety vests and RFID hardhats which contains RFID safety tags. The 3D safety vests also include enhanced 3D visual markings.

Systems and methods for detecting and verifying the adequacy of personal protective equipment needed by a person to complete a potentially hazardous task.

An all weather hood with adjustable cuff openings around each ear to accommodate earmuffs designed to provide hearing protection. Earmuffs are put on first, then the hood is pulled on over them and the ear cuffs are adjusted snugly around each earmuff. Also acts as a liner for safety helmets with attached hearing protection earmuffs. The helmet is worn over the hood, then the earmuffs are pulled down passing through the hood ear cuff openings to be placed directly over the ears. The hood ear cuffs are then adjusted snugly around each earmuff. Provides superior hearing protection compared to liners worn under hearing protection earmuffs and provides superior weather protection compared to liners worn over hearing protection earmuffs. The hood, when combined with a safety helmet having attached hearing protection earmuffs, work together as a single unit of personal protection equipment (PPE), for simple and efficient operation.

In a switchgear cabinet, the line side power conductors upstream of the main breaker are surrounded with are attenuating / extinguishing channels and protective conduit in a location prior to the conductor's attachment to the main breaker. Thus, passive arc attenuation can be had prior to the breakers, Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) levels can be predicted and controlled, and the need for action by circuit breakers during an arcing event is substantially lessened.

Antimicrobial compositions including at least one acid and at least one anionic surfactant are provided. In particular, food contact antimicrobial compositions including at least one acid and at least one anionic surfactant provide a no-rinse compositions efficacious against Norovirus, having acceptable use solution pH that do not require use of personal protective equipment (PPE), are surface compatible and do not leave residues on treated surfaces are provided. Methods of cleaning a surface with the compositions are also provided.

The invention discloses individual protective equipment and a management system thereof. The individual protective equipment can provide a user with necessary protection in a dangerous environment and is characterized by being capable of communicating with a reader. The individual protective equipment comprises an identification element and a body, wherein the identification element is arranged on the body and comprises at least one piece of information, the reader can read the information to identify the individual protective equipment, and the use time of the individual protective equipment in the dangerous environment is accumulated by the communication of the identification element and the reader. The individual protective equipment can effectively provide the user with necessary protection in the dangerous environment. The individual protective equipment and the management system can accumulate the use time of the individual protective equipment and record the use experience and can provide safety use information by evaluation, calculation and analysis of an information system so as to enable the user to judge the time for changing the individual protective equipment, thereby achieving effective protection.

The invention provides a nuclear and biochemical protecting square cabin for sea and land uses, comprising a cabin body. The cabin body is divided into a working area, an airlock room and a gas filtration and ventilation area, wherein the working area is connected with the airlock room and the gas filtration and ventilation area, respectively; the working area and the airlock room are enclosed by airtight walls; a gas filtration and ventilation device is arranged in the gas filtration and ventilation area, and a military overhead air-conditioner is arranged outside the gas filtration and ventilation area; the airlock room comprises a first airtight door, a second airtight door, a first pressure discharge valve and a second pressure discharge valve; and a pressure gradient is formed between the airlock room and the working area through the first pressure discharge valve and the second pressure discharge valve. With the adoption of the nuclear and biochemical protecting square cabin for sea and land uses, a higher and stable hyperpressure value in the cabin can be quickly created, so that rescuers can quickly and safely carry out various works in the cabin without using individual protective equipment.

A multi purpose personal protection equipment kit is described, comprising a thermometer strip, a pack of tissue, a disinfectant wipe, an antimicrobial wipe, and a mask. In another embodiment, the kit further comprises instructions for use.

The invention relates to the field of personal protection equipment and provides a sealing support component used for an anti-haze face mask. The sealing support component comprises a support piece and a seal ring. The support piece is of a sheet structure made of a rigid material and provided with a plurality of gas flow channels allowing gas to flow through. The seal ring is made of an elastic material and wraps the edge of the sealing support component. The invention further provides the anti-haze face mask provided with the sealing support component. The sealing support component providedby the invention can have a fixing and supporting effect on a filter element, and accordingly, the filter element in the anti-haze face mask is not prone to deforming; and in addition, a one-way valveis arranged on the sealing support component, the one-way valve does not need to be dismounted in the replacing process of the filter element, and therefore, the steps of mounting and dismounting ofthe filter element are simplified.

Nanotube compositions may be employed in many different forms alone, and / or with surfactants, with antiviral metals, with antigens, and / or with various drugs to control pathogens like viruses e.g., SARS COVID-2, bacteria, mold, fungi, chemical or biological agents etc in masks or other personal protection equipment. The personal protection equipment such as masks reduce, control, absorb, deactivate, detoxify, and / or kill the pathogens such that a pathogen or pathogens deleterious effects are reduced and / or eliminated to a user of the mask.

The present invention provides a use of a thermoplastic composition for manufacturing a personal protection equipment for personal ballistic, stab and knife protection, wherein the thermoplastic composition comprises at least a first thermoplastic polymer that has a melting point different to the melting point of a second thermoplastic polymer. Further, the present invention provides a personal protection equipment comprising a plurality of ballistic fabric layers, and at least one thermoplastic composition for use in ballistic applications, wherein the thermoplastic composition comprises at least a first thermoplastic polymer as set forth above.

A system and method for alerting operators of mobile equipment to the presence of people in monitored areas around the periphery of the mobile equipment they are operating is provided. The system includes an RFID detection system which is installed on the mobile equipment and alerts the operator to the presence of people wearing Personal Protection Equipment containing RFID safety tags. The system also includes a tag programming system which allows RFID safety tags to be created. The system also includes a tag testing system which allows a person to test the functionality of the RFID safety tags contained in the personal safety equipment they are wearing. The system also includes RFID personal safety equipment such as 3D safety vests and RFID hardhats which contains RFID safety tags. The 3D safety vests also include enhanced 3D visual markings.

The invention discloses a testing method for the shock wave attenuation rate of an explosive-removal personal protective device. The testing method comprises the following steps that (1) the explosive-removal personal protective device is put on a human body model, a free field pressure senor or a wall face pressure sensor is installed on the outer portion of the explosive-removal personal protective device, and the external shock wave overpressure value P0 when an explosion occurs is obtained; (2) a free field pressure senor or a wall face pressure sensor is installed in the human body model, the internal shock wave overpressure value P1 when the explosion occurs is obtained, and thus calculation formula of the shock wave overpressure attenuation rate of the explosive-removal personal protective device is D1=(P1-P0) / P0*100%. The testing method has the advantages that references can be provided for quantizing the shock wave resisting performance test of the explosive-removal personal protective device, and a reliable testing means can be provided for the comparison of two protective devices. The testing method further has the advantages that background noise is removed, and the maximum value of a curve is found.

A new concept of the LCD light-switching optical filter allowing for very high, electrically controlled, continuously variable light attenuation (up to ≧100,000) optimized / symmetrized for the light incidence along the normal to the LCD plane is proposed. The new LCD light-switching optical filter also exhibits very low light attenuation dependence for the oblique incidence of light within a limited cone of angles off the normal incidence direction in compliance with the international safety and quality regulation EN 379 for personal protection equipment.According to the invention the problem is solved by specific, novel modification of the general principle of highly twisted nematic LCDs, allowing for the adaptation of the light transmission / driving voltage characteristics to specific requirements of the driving electronics as well as “symmetrizing” the overall optical birefringent properties, which in turn results in a high degree of their angular compensation.

During national crisis as virus pandemics, bio-terrorism, chemical pollution, a response is to lock down all the economy, with several % GDP loss, or to convince population to wear, reasonably, appropriate individual anti-virus and bacterial protection accessories, made of a full head and shoulders protection mask, equipped with air ventilation and processing unit, and gloves, and body protection foil, for single or multiple use, and get minimal economic losses. The air processing unit may be developed a modular structure, starting from a simple filtered fan, with air suction on top of the head, flowing air over the face, for low probability of contamination environments, upgraded to a more complex unit including heat pipe, catalytic organic matter reduction, oxygen generator and closed circuit breathing unit, that may be integrated into a full body personal protection equipment by extending the functions of temperature, humidity and pressure control to full body, for hazardous environments.

The invention discloses an electromagnetic shielding vapor sealing zipper and a preparation method thereof. The electromagnetic shielding vapor sealing zipper comprises a composite conductive base cloth, a chain, a copper alloy pulling head, an upper stop, a lower stop, an upper sealing head and a lower sealing head, wherein the chain consists of sprockets which are fixed on the composite base cloth and coupled with one another; the upper end of the chain and the upper stop are fixed on the upper sealing head in a vulcanization moulding, injection moulding or casting moulding mode; the lower end of the chain and the lower stop are fixed on the lower sealing head in a vulcanization moulding, injection moulding or casting moulding mode; and the copper alloy pulling head is arranged on the chain. The electromagnetic shielding vapor sealing zipper has the advantages that: electromagnetic radiation can be effectively shielded; anti-static performance, blocking performance and fire resistance are high; no residue glue is on the surface of the zipper prepared by the method, so that the product is not polluted and clean and attractive appearances of the zipper and the product are not influenced; the blocking sealing effect is good; and the wide application range includes large-scale and minitype electronic equipment electromagnetic radiation-resistant sealing protection, individual protection equipment and ammunition package.

The present invention involves the use of nanoporous carbons derived from partially or fully demetalized metal carbides in personal protection equipment for the irreversible absorption / adsorption of both broad and specific targeted gases. These materials have been specifically processed to provide enhanced effective loadings against specific harmful volatile organic compounds.

Nanotube compositions may be employed in many different forms alone, and / or with surfactants, with antiviral metals, with antigens, and / or with various drugs to control pathogens like viruses e.g., SARS COVID-2, bacteria, mold, fungi, chemical or biological agents etc in masks or other personal protection equipment. The personal protection equipment such as masks reduce, control, absorb, deactivate, detoxify, and / or kill the pathogens such that a pathogen or pathogens deleterious effects are reduced and / or eliminated to a user of the mask.

The subject matter of the invention is a harness for attachment to a person to be secured, in particular a climbing harness or personal protective equipment, having a hip belt, a leg belt, and a belay loop, whereinthe hip belt and / or the leg belt each have an eyelet on both sides,the belay loop has at each of its end areas a rectangular buckle and a triglide, andthe belay loop is guided at its respective end areas through the respective triglide, the respective end of the belay loop is guided through the respective rectangular buckle, and is connected to the respective end area of the belay loop, so that the respective triglide and rectangular buckle are arranged spaced apart from one another, and by guiding the respective triglide initially through the respective eyelet and subsequently through the respective rectangular buckle, the respective end area of the belay loop is fixable at the respective eyelet.

The invention discloses an automatic taking-off personal protective equipment robot which comprises a platen. Four corners at the bottom end of the platen are all fixedly connected with supporting legs. A glove taking-off device is installed on the left side of the upper end face of the platen. A mask taking-off device is installed on the right side of the glove taking-off device. A goggle taking-off device is installed on the right side of the mask taking-off device. An unzipping mechanism is installed on the right side of the goggle taking-off device. A zipper front clamping mechanism is installed on the right side of the unzipping mechanism. A sleeve pulling-down mechanism is arranged between the unzipping mechanism and the zipper front clamping mechanism. The overall automation degreeof the robot is high, manpower is replaced by mechanical arms to take off the dirtiest equipment on the outermost layer such as gloves, masks, goggles and protection suits, infection of medical workers is effectively reduced, safety of the medical workers is effectively guaranteed, in addition, the taking-off efficiency is improved, the prospect is good, and popularization is easy.

Device, method, and system for nanoparticle capture, tracking, and / or detection. A functional paper-based platform is modified with capture ligands to create binding sites for nanoparticles. According to an embodiment, nanoparticle binding produces visual images of the particle content and distribution on the modified sensing surface, which provides capabilities for both NP sequestration and real-time detection. According to an embodiment the system may be utilized for environmental decontamination, fabrication of personal protective equipment, field monitoring, and epidemiological studies. The availability of inexpensive and easy-to-use quantitative methods can facilitate rapid assessment and measurement of NPs concentration and the level of exposure for large scale toxicological and epidemiological testing

This invention provides antibacterial and antiviral compositions and methods. The compositions possess prolonged and powerful antibacterial / antiviral functions under light exposure and even under completely dark conditions, while daylight exposures could recharge the functions repeatedly. In some embodiments, compositions of the invention can be employed in personal protective equipment (PPE) such as face masks, biologically self-cleaning air and water filters, medical devices, and products. The biocidal PPE can prevent transmission of infectious diseases such as Ebola and respiratory viruses. In some embodiments, compositions of the invention can be employed in food protectant materials to provide antimicrobial and antiviral bio-protection during food transportation and storage.

A module air curtain and recirculation system that can be incorporated into various tables and workstations that provides 1) an effective air curtain between individuals, 2) a reduction of harmful viruses and 3) the ability for two or more people to be in close proximity without having to wear personal protective equipment such as face masks.

Disclosed herein are personal protection equipment systems which provide improved protection from infectious agents, and can be constructed and distributed in high volume during public health crises, such as global pandemics where supplies become limited and bioterrorism events where public panic and uncertainty can provide additional obstacles to conventional protective measures. Methods of implementing protective equipment are also disclosed herein. The protective biohazard equipment disclosed herein can be made in a short amount of time at a low cost using readily available materials.

The present invention relates to bodysuits for use as personal protective equipment comprising a torso portion comprising a front side; a back side including a sealable port through which a wearer can enter and exit the bodysuit when donning or doffing the bodysuit, respectively; a waist region; a neck opening; a pair of upper limb openings; and a pair of lower limb openings; two arm portions each extending from one of the upper limb opening; and two leg portions each extending from one of the lower limb opening and methods for the removal of such body suits.

The invention relates to passive arc protection for main breaker line side power conductors. In a switchgear cabinet, the line side power conductors upstream of the main breaker are surrounded with arc attenuating / extinguishing channels and protective conduit in a location prior to the conductor's attachment to the main breaker. Thus, passive arc attenuation can be had prior to the breakers, Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) levels can be predicted and controlled, and the need for action by circuit breakers during an arcing event is substantially lessened.

The present invention relates to a carbon-based material for use in a piece of personal protective equipment and an air filtration system. The carbon-based material may function as a filter by providing a tortuous path for a pathogen to traverse. The carbon-based material may be used as a carbon-based heater that can reach a pathogen inactivation threshold temperature to enable heat inactivation of one or more pathogens. In embodiments where a piece of personal protective equipment includes a carbon-based heater, an insulating layer may be included to attenuate the temperature generated by the carbon-based heater from the face of a user.

The invention discloses a PPE protection safety education learning system. The system comprises a cloud service platform, a data acquisition module, a video teaching module, a real object assessment module, a VR assessment module and an assessment management module. According to the invention, three-item primary assessment rating processing can be carried out on the learning and assessment conditions of the learner, and a corresponding subsequent learning assessment plan is provided according to the assessment rating, so that the learner can consolidate learning knowledge in time; forgetting or mistake and omission of PPE protection safety knowledge caused by the fact that a learner does not use personal protection equipment for a long time after examination is finished are avoided; when the personal protection equipment is updated, learners who have passed the assessment can know the updating material in time; according to the invention, comprehensive assessment and rating processing can be carried out on the learner, the mastering condition of the learner on the personal protection equipment can be more comprehensively known, and the real condition of the learner about PPE protection safety education learning can be completely and timely mastered.