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EP0197058A1 - Casque de securite, en particulier pour conducteurs. - Google Patents

Casque de securite, en particulier pour conducteurs.

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EP0197058A1
EP0197058A1 EP19850904604 EP85904604A EP0197058A1 EP 0197058 A1 EP0197058 A1 EP 0197058A1 EP 19850904604 EP19850904604 EP 19850904604 EP 85904604 A EP85904604 A EP 85904604A EP 0197058 A1 EP0197058 A1 EP 0197058A1
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Prior art keywords
control
visor
safety helmet
helmet according
pin
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EP0197058B1 (fr
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Artur Fohl
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
    • A42B3/18—Face protection devices
    • A42B3/22—Visors
    • A42B3/221—Attaching visors to helmet shells, e.g. on motorcycle helmets
    • A42B3/222—Attaching visors to helmet shells, e.g. on motorcycle helmets in an articulated manner, e.g. hinge devices

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  • Safety helmet especially a helmet
  • the invention relates to a safety helmet, in particular a helmet for motorcyclists according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the visor rests on the inside or outside of the shell body of the helmet shell and can be folded around fixed pivot points opposite on both helmet sides.
  • end-toothed locking washers are provided to secure or fix the folding position under slight prestress, namely one disk firmly on the helmet shell and the other disk firmly on the visor.
  • the visor is attached from the outside using screws or locking bolts. The actuation is usually carried out by a
  • the small protruding nose located on the visor or on the visor frame itself is fulcrum.
  • the visor is retractable into the helmet shell or in its face cutout and has outwardly displaceable, in turn opposite, pivot points.
  • the visor frame is designed as a film hinge shortly before the pivot bearing points, so that the hinge lies on top of one another via push buttons in the closed position. After releasing the pushbuttons on the right and left, the visor moves outwards out of a lowered position so that it can be folded up unhindered.
  • designs are known in which the visor can be adjusted by means of a handwheel fixed to the helmet, lever mechanisms and Bowden cables.
  • the invention has for its object to improve a safety helmet of the type mentioned in the preamble of claim 1 so that a quick and safe operation of the visor is possible even in an emergency with a simple structural design and overall the utility value is increased.
  • the visor is not axially but radially adjustable and lockable. In this way one has the advantage that the possible variations with regard to the movement of the visor e.g. are very diverse even from a sunken position. There are also considerable advantages with regard to the design and stronger or weaker characteristics of locking fixtures, as a result of which the
  • Visors can be obtained in a variety of positions.
  • a fixed, rotatable swivel bearing and a radially acting control element are present.
  • the control elements in a second, preferred embodiment, there is the possibility of designing the control elements in such a way that the entire visor makes a basic stroke outwards during the first opening movement, so that it can be freely pivoted away over the helmet shell.
  • the control elements or a corresponding control cam are preferably designed in such a way that a fixing position
  • any intermediate positions can be provided within the swiveling or folding path up to the end or open position.
  • the visor can be adjusted automatically by simply folding it down and pressing it in the direction of the head, e.g. by engaging two opposite guide pins in a rear hook of the control cam.
  • the aforementioned first lifting position is e.g. needed when the motorcyclist at a stop or the like
  • control elements e.g. of the control cams and control pins either on the helmet shell or on the visor.
  • the function is not affected.
  • Fig. 1 denotes a helmet shell of a conventional design with a face cutout 2.
  • a visor 3 made of a transparent, for example elastic material, which can be pivoted upwards about a pivot bearing pin into the dash-dotted open position.
  • the pivot bearing for the visor 3 is on both
  • the visor is placed on the outside of the surface of the helmet shell 1.
  • the pivot bearing pin 4 or the pivot bearing in general is arranged so that when opened the visor 3 can pivot freely upward and into the dot- dash position. 5 with a control disk serving as a support for the control elements is referred to, which is shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 in detail.
  • This control disk 5 is fastened with two screws 6 on the two opposite sides of the helmet shell 1. It consists of a resilient plastic.
  • the pivot bearing pin 6 is molded or injection molded onto the side parts 2 'on the inner sides and engages in an eccentrically arranged opening 7 of the control disks, as particularly shown in FIG. 3.
  • control pin 8 is formed on the free legs 3 'of the visor 3 which engages in a control cam 9 in the form of a bearing or control recess in the control disk 5.
  • This control curve 9 runs essentially concentrically to the pivot bearing pin 4 and is formed on the outer side by a resilient section 10 of the control disk 5, which is connected to the rest of the control disk 5 only via the spring bar 11.
  • the control cam 9 which belongs to the resilient section 10, there are locking notches 12, 13 and 14, for example with different locking depths. Due to the resilience of the section 10, the control pin 8 inevitably comes up when the visor is pivoted in the direction of the arrow according to FIG.
  • the first notch 12 is assigned to the closed position of the visor.
  • metallic springs can be provided instead of the self-resilience of the control disk, which in the
  • Control disc can be inserted.
  • Control pin 8 and pivot bearing pin 4 protrude so deeply into the control disk 5, as shown in FIG. 3, that they snap axially due to the normal tension of the preformed visor 3 and no longer require any special axial securing means.
  • the control disk 5 ' has, through a cutout 15 on the circumference, an arcuate resilient edge web 16 which is provided on the outer circumference with locking notches 12, 13, 14.
  • the pivot bearing pin 4 and the corresponding opening 7' are arranged in the center of the control disk 5 ', the control pin 8 in turn being able to lock in the resilient locking notches in different sight positions.
  • Figure 6 again shows a side view of a protective helmet according to the invention in a different embodiment. As the figure shows, the visor 17 is in the closed position in the
  • the visor 17, as shown in particular in FIGS. 12, 13 and 14, consists of an essentially U-shaped frame 18, for example made of elastic plastic, and of a front and curved transparent visor plate 19.
  • the visor plate 19 is simple
  • Ver. aken connected to the frame 13, for which purpose the visor plate 19 has resiliently formed latching hooks 20 which releasably ver with corresponding latching elements or latching edges 21 within a receiving point 22 in the frame 18.
  • This visor plate 19 is easily exchangeable or interchangeable and has a folding handle 23 in the center of its underside.
  • a swivel bearing pin 24 and a control pin 25 are formed at a distance from one another on each side of the free leg of the frame 18.
  • the helmet shell 1 ' has at the edge of the face cutout 2 'a slightly drawn-in edge 26, on which the visor 17 in the closed position lies essentially flush against the helmet shell 1', as shown in FIG. In the closed position (extended lines), the visor 17 does not essentially project beyond the outer surface of the helmet shell 1 '.
  • Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 again illustrate the control device or control elements for the targeted movement of the visor
  • each control disc 28 located in a recess 27 of the helmet shell 1 'and fastened by screws 6 has two essentially L-shaped control cams 29 and 30, the pivot bearing pin 24 in the control curve 29 and the control pin 25 in the control curve 30 is arranged and guided.
  • FIG. 10 shows, at least the pivot bearing pin 24 projects beyond the control cam 29 in the control disk 28 and has an abutment 31 at the projecting end, by means of which the pivot bearing pin 24 is prevented from sliding out of its guide.
  • both the pivot bearing pin 24 and the control pin 25 have smooth-running rollers 32, with which the guidance in the control cams 29 and 30 takes place smoothly.
  • Figures 7 show through '9, extends the
  • Control curve 29 in the direction of the face section 2 '.
  • this control cam 29 has a fixing point in the form of a Fixing notch 33 for the closed position of the visor 17.
  • the pivot bearing pin 24 is located near, but not entirely at the front end of the control cam 29, as shown in FIG. 8. Concentric to this point
  • the frame 18 of the visor 17 is supported approximately in the middle with a molded cam 34 on the helmet shell 1 ', so that move the outer frame ends 18 'downward in the direction of the arrow according to FIGS. 6 and 11.
  • Pin 25 is arranged at a distance b from the pivot bearing pin 24.
  • the inclined surface 38 can also be any other angle of attack.
  • a depression in the form of the locking notch 29 is advantageously arranged in this position, so that this lifting position is fixed.
  • the above-mentioned excess length of the control cam 29 ensures that the spring 35 in this position keeps the visor 17 in this fixing position.
  • the latter has the aforementioned further fixing notches 40 and 41. These fixing notches can be larger or smaller as required, ie have a larger or smaller detent depth,
  • FIG. 9 shows the arrangement in the open position of the visor 17.
  • the visor 17 is pivoted downward and closed in the lower end position by shifting in the head direction.
  • the control and pivot bearing journals come or come automatically into the closed, locked position and thus into the starting position by the visor frame or visor plate being placed on the helmet shell 1 '.
  • the control disk 28' is designed very similarly to the control disk according to FIGS. 6 to 9, only that on the upper limit
  • cam 34 which rests approximately in the center of the helmet so that when it moves in the direction of the arrow as a result of the lever arm 44, a tipping point is formed which detaches the visor 17 in the area of the control disk in the direction 37. l lowers. The same effect can also be achieved if on
  • Frame end is pressed immediately in the direction 37 '.
  • the frame 18 is extended like a spoiler at 44 in accordance with FIG. 11, so that the opening process is initiated by pressing in the direction 5 37 'and at the same time the pivotal movement of the visor 17 starts up by pushing further.
  • screw-on surfaces 45 are provided on the lateral boundaries of the helmet shells 1 ', which have recesses 46 which are suitable for the extended execution of the
  • a tilting cam which interacts with the edge of the face section and which, when the visor is lifted, represents a tilting point in the center of the helmet in accordance with the stroke movement a.
  • the pivot bearing pin 24 comes outside the recess or fixing notch 33 and can be together with the
  • each rocking cam 61 having an associated
  • FIG. 19 shows in section the recess 62, which has a support surface 63 on the upper edge.
  • the tilt cams are formed on the bead-like edge 64 of the visor 17 '.
  • the arrangement and design ( _ of the control disk 28 with control cams, pivot bearing pin and control pin is identical to the embodiment according to FIGS. 6 to 9.
  • the tilting cams 61 engage in the recesses 62 with play.
  • the visor 17 15 is actuated in the direction 60, this is supported depending on the twisting of the visor frame
  • the visor 17 ' is shifted outward on one side by the stroke 65, so that the tilting cam 61 on this side outer shell has a distance 66.
  • the same process is repeated on the opposite side of the helmet, where the tilting cam 61 likewise disengages, ie is unlocked, and the visor 17' is released in the same way via the springs 35 according to FIGS. 6 to 9 after unlocking has taken place flashed off by the measure 65.
  • the visor 17 ' is again parallel to its starting position and can now be pivoted up into the open position.
  • the pivot bearing pin 24 'simultaneously represents the tilting cam, in each case on the side of the helmet shell 1'.
  • special tilting cams and recesses according to the example described above are omitted. The only difference to
  • the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 6 to 9 consists in that the control cam 30 'for the control pin 25' has a fixing point 67 in the form of a semicircular recess, in which the control pin 25 'is locked and held in the closed position of the visor 17 " the other control curve 29 'for the pivot bearing pin 24' is a smooth, uninterrupted slide track 68 on which the pivot bearing pin 24 'is supported. If the visor 17 "is pivoted in the direction 60 according to FIG. 15, the pivot bearing pin 24' is supported on the aforementioned slide path
  • FIGS. 23 and 24 show a variant with respect to the 2_ holder of the visor 17 illustrates.
  • means are provided to prevent the visor 17 from becoming detached from the helmet shell even when the visor 17 is roughly handled.
  • the pivot bearing pin 24 projects beyond the control disk 28 and is provided with a corresponding groove
  • the pivot bearing pin 24 "according to FIGS. 23 and 24 has an incision 69 which is within the material thickness of the control disk 28". located. Locked in this incision 69
  • control disk 28 ′′ has a small opening 70 at the level of the incision 69, into which a tool, for example a match 71, can be inserted and thus the spring

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Abstract

Le casque de sécurité comprend une enveloppe (1) et une visière (3), maintenue de manière mobile de chaque côté de la découpe pour le visage (2), pour qu'on puisse la remonter, et pouvant être disposée et bloquée dans une position correspondant à la partie supérieure de ladite découpe (2). L'invention prévoit l'existence d'un élément de commande (5, 8, 9) fonctionnant radialement par rapport à l'axe de repliement et servant à supporter, de manière mobile, la visière (3) lors de son repliement; l'élément de commande contrôle le repliement au moyen d'une pièce de guidage, et la visière (3) peut être réglée dans au moins deux positions extrêmes.
EP19850904604 1984-09-18 1985-09-16 Casque de securite, en particulier pour conducteurs Expired EP0197058B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT85904604T ATE48744T1 (de) 1984-09-18 1985-09-16 Sicherheitshelm, insbesondere sturzhelm.

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DE3434214 1984-09-18
DE3434214 1984-09-18
DE19843441078 DE3441078A1 (de) 1984-09-18 1984-11-09 Sicherheitshelm, insbesondere sturzhelm
DE3441078 1984-11-09

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EP0197058A1 true EP0197058A1 (fr) 1986-10-15
EP0197058B1 EP0197058B1 (fr) 1989-12-20

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AU (1) AU574850B2 (fr)
BR (1) BR8506929A (fr)
DE (1) DE3441078A1 (fr)
WO (1) WO1986001694A1 (fr)

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DE3441078A1 (de) 1986-03-27
WO1986001694A1 (fr) 1986-03-27
AU4860785A (en) 1986-04-08
BR8506929A (pt) 1986-12-23
EP0197058B1 (fr) 1989-12-20
DE3441078C2 (fr) 1993-07-15
AU574850B2 (en) 1988-07-14

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