摘要 |
For a firefighter or for an emergency rescue worker, a protective ensemble comprises a protective garment, such as a protective coat, a face mask, which mounts a respirator having an exhalation valve, a housing member, which is coupled to the exhalation valve, and a flexible conduit, which is coupled to the housing member for conducting exhaled gases from the exhalation valve of the respirator into a space within the protective garmen t. In one contemplated embodiment, the space within the protective garment is a space between layers of the protective garment. In an alternative embodiment , the space within the protective garment is a space between the protective garment and inner clothes of a wearer of the protective ensemble and between the bare skin of the wearer where said skin is not covered by inner clothes of the wearer.
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