BREATHING EQUIPMENT FOR AIRCREW

摘要

A breathing apparatus for aircrew comprising a rigid outer shell (4) in which a flexible face-piece (3) is received whose periphery is adapted to make a seal with the pilot's face. The face-piece incorporates an inspiratory and expiratory valve and the outer shell has means (5,32) for attaching it at a fixed distance from the wearer's face. The face-piece also includes extendable means (20) a bladder (30) automatically operable to press the periphery of the face-piece (3) towards the pilot's face to improve the seal therewith when gas at a pressure above that required for normal breathing is supplied to the facemask, the extendable means reconfiguring as a result thereof. Transparent viewing means (31) are either mounted on the rigid outer shell (4) in the wearer's line of sight or can be formed as a viewing window (31) incorporated in a flexible NBC hood (30) or a full face protective helmet.