DE2235021A1 - DEVICE TO SUPPORT THE HEAD OF PEOPLE LEAVING A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT, AT HIGH SPEED - Google Patents

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223502 PATENT ADVERTISER DIPL.-PHYS. HEINRICH SEIDS 62 Wiesbaden · Bierstädter Hohe 15 · Postfach 12068 'Telephone (06121) 565382 Postsdiedc Frankfurt / Main 1810 08 · Bank Deutsdie Bank 395 63 72 · Nass. Sparkasse 108 00 30 65

Wiesbaden, 11. July Ty. 72 S / K Sl ¹ . 157

STANLEY AVIAl ¹ IOi; CORPORATION 2501 Dallas Street, Adams Gounty, Aurora, Colorado / USA

Device to support the head of ■ one eye at high speed, especially aircraft, leaving Persons"

Priority: USA from July 22nd 1-971; U.S. patent application i! R. 165 238 *

In order to prevent a person from being thrown out or pulled out of a vehicle moving at relatively high speed, ie above 150 knots or approx To protect the person from injuries.In the known ejection seats, the support for the head is created by a profiled head rest the fjuriftöbalm of the four-thrown person forward into the - '.' u hrtwi nd he ο stretches,

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In comparison with this way of spinning out "there is a Need to support the head of a person exiting a vehicle in a sideways direction. During the critical In the phase of lateral immersion in the surrounding air, the airflow generally becomes sideways against the person's head works. It is therefore desirable to have support in as many directions as possible, which is effective at least over time in which the person is immersed in the surrounding air and in particular during the period in which the air resistance does not act uniformly against the entire body.

In view of the above, it is first and foremost The object of the invention is a novel device for supporting the head of a vehicle at high speed, in particular To create persons leaving the aircraft that protects and supports the head of the person against shear forces from the non-uniform attack of air resistance result. In particular, the head is intended to protect against laterally acting air resistance when a person enters from a vehicle interior be supported in the surrounding air.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that a person to be carried by the person leaving the vehicle, flexible, in an effective, tense support position the head of the wearer . at least one directional support device and

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a clamping device which expands this support device is provided are. The support device and its clamping device can preferably be on the outside of one of the Vehicle leaving person to wear headgear, for example be arranged in a protective helmet.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the device for supporting the head part of a device equipped with a rocket for pulling a person out of a vehicle be, wherein the element connecting the rocket to the person's protective suit, for example a pull cord on the tensioning device attacks for the support device. In such a case, the missile is arranged in an aircraft or other vehicle, that it flies away from the vehicle when it is started. When the pull-out rocket flies away from the vehicle, the pull cord will be released and the support set up for the head to pull the person out of the vehicle and at the same time the head to support the person against the resistance of the surrounding air into which he is immersed when coming out of the vehicle.

I-ii within the scope of the invention may contain one or more elements be provided in the pulled out and cocked position erect a head-supporting collar to provide further support against generally rearward movement dee head to offer. This? Erectile collar is made by the

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the person leaving the vehicle and is normally stowed behind the head of the wearer in the rest position.

Another aspect in connection with the invention "consists therein, the faceplate of a helmet to be worn by the person leaving the vehicle in an advantageous manner from the to bring the open or folded-back position into the position in front of the eyes when the device supporting the head takes effect. The simultaneous closing of a ■ viewing shield with. The effectiveness of the support device for the head is not only important to protect the eyes with safety to be effective, but also an essential meaning in interaction with the head support, because the air resistance is caused by the viewing shield placed in front of the face at the front of the head, i.e. in the area of the face, is significantly reduced and thereby the through the resistance to the forces acting on the head can be significantly reduced. Closing the viewing plate can, for example can be achieved by g ^ en the sight plate The spring preload is locked in the retracted position and this locking is part of the support device for the head i.e. when the clamping device of the supporting device becomes effective releases the viewing plate for closing.

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Further features and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description of an embodiment based on the drawing. Bs show:

FIG. 1 shows a cut-off, partially perspective illustration of a pull-out rocket arranged in an aircraft and a person working with head restraint is equipped according to the invention and is in that position in which the clamping device the head restraint is hooked onto the rocket's towline;

Figure 2 is a partially perspective view showing the person hooking on the pull cord of the pull-out rocket reproduces;

Figures 3, 4 and 5

Perspective representations, the different stages of an extraction process with .ein extraction system and reproduce the headrest device according to FIG. 1; ·

Figure 6 is a schematic.es Sphaubild for a device for Pulling a person out of an aircraft;

FIG. 7 is a partial rear view of a person with a headrest device and protective suit;

Ui ^ UT 8 a partly perspective view showing the left side of the hard hat and the head restraint

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• reflects the direction of a person;

FIG. 9 shows a general front view of a protective suit with a headrest device for one person and

Figure 10 is a partially schematic perspective view showing a construction for closing the Reproduces the sight plate.

In the drawing, in particular in FIG. 1, there is a power drive Equipped device for pulling out an occupant, for example a crew member, from an aircraft or another vehicle is shown which has a device according to the invention for supporting the head of those leaving the vehicle Person contains and is generally designated 20. The device for supporting the head is designated by 21. The device 20 includes a traction rocket 22, which via a motion transmitting expandable flexible connection, for example a pull cord 24 is connected to a suitable protective suit or a suitable belt system 26, which is of the respective Person is to be carried. Before use, the rocket 22 is stowed in the vehicle, for example as for an airplane 28 with a lateral exit opening 30 (see also FIG. 4). The missile 22 may be stowed in a crew or passenger compartment 32 of the aircraft 28 as shown. The opening 30 can be closed by a door, not shown

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to be removed before leaving the aircraft "is started. The removal or opening of the door, not shown, can take place in a manner known per se (cf. US Pat 3 361 397). The missile 22 can also be known per se Construction (see US Pat. No. 3,424,409, first embodiment). A missile launcher 34, which is part of the Forming device 20 can be of known construction (see US Pat. No. 5,424,409, first embodiment). The k-launcher i54 is designed so that the missile 22 is ballistic for flight is started along a path which extends through the opening 30 and in a lateral direction with respect to the aircraft 28.

As shown in Figure 1, the unit of missile 22 and launcher 34 mounted in the space 32 by means of suitable support brackets 36. The carrier tabs 36 can be rigidly attached to a suitable Construction element 38, for example a fuselage bulkhead, of the aircraft 28 can be attached. As known (U.S. Patent 3,424,409) The starting device 34 includes a rigid housing 40 which has a pair of launch tubes 42 at diametrically opposite Sides of missile 22 carries. Start-AusSpusstangen 44 for the Missiles are slidably received in these launch tubes 22 and can be separated from the missile 22 in order to store them in their jammed Able to hold. The launch tubes 42 are rigid with the carrier

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gerlaschen 36 and the housing 40 connected. Conventional cartridges, not shown, mounted in the housing 40 and forming part of the starting device 34 are ignited by a conventional ignition mechanism (see Figure 6). Of the Firing mechanism 48 is used to ignite the rocket launch cartridges by pulling a pull-out operating handle 50 (Figure 6) actuated. The expanding gases created by the ignition of the rocket launch cartridges enter the launch tubes 42 and act on the inner ends of the ejector rods 44 around the entirety of the rocket 22 and ejector tubes 44 force-catapulted along the line of flight on which the missile 22 is set. As best in Figure 1 1 and 3, the missile 22 has a nozzle assembly 52, which is arranged at the front end of the missile housing and has a housing with a hollow nose cap, which is a pair of rearward and outward directed nozzles 54 and 56 carries. The result of burning the propellant stored in the rocket Generated gases are expelled through nozzles 54 and 56 to effectively propel missile 22 through the air.

The head support device and a connecting element, for example a pull cord 58 both form part of the device 24. One end of the pull line 58 is hinged 59 at the rear, i.e. opposite that of the nozzles 54 and 56 End of missile 22 attached. The other end

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the pull line 58 ends in a connector 60 in the manner of a Snap hook and is detachably connected to this connecting piece 60 with the device 21 supporting the head. The den The head-supporting device 21 provides a connection transmitting the movement as a tensioning device between the pull line 58 and the belt system 26 in such a way as to continue is explained in detail below.

To initiate the extraction process Mt of the device described so far, hsfä; the person who wants to leave the vehicle puts their head-supporting device .21 with the connecting piece 60. on the pull cord 58 and positions themselves at the opening 30, after the door (not shown) has been removed, around an unobstructed outlet to allow from the flight fence. This person then pulls the handle 50 in order to launch the rocket 22 in the unfired state from its stowed position in the space 32. The rocket 22 may be mounted so that its launch path is inclined upward at an acute angle with respect to the horizontal plane. Ii ¹ Ur this type of extraction may require that the person kneels in the opening 30, to be located below the starting path of the rocket 22nd The Dtart trajectory of the rocket 22 runs through the opening 30 and laterally away from the aircraft, as shown in FIG. 3. -

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As a result of the unignited take-off flight of the rocket 22 through the opening 30 and away from the aircraft 28, the pull line device becomes 24 stretched. When the pull line device approaches the stretched state in which it transmits a tensioned motion Forms connection between the rocket 22 and the person leaving the plug stuff, it actuates an ignition mechanism 62 (Figure 3)> which forms part of the missile. The actuation of the ignition mechanism causes the ignition of the Rocket propellant. The ignition mechanism 62 and the manner in which it ignites the rocket propellant causes are known (see US Pat. Nos. 3,424,409 and 3,361,397).

As a result of the ignition of the rocket propellant, the rocket 22 begins its actual powered flight away from it Airplane 28 (see Figure 4). The pulling force of the ignited rocket is generated via the pull line arrangement 24, which is now already tensioned on the protective suit or the belt system 26 and thus transferred to the respective person to this person through the opening 30 and away from the aircraft along the flight path of the missile. The person flies at a distance behind the Missile 22 produced when it flies away from the aircraft, as is already known (US Pat. No. 3,424,409).

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As shown in Figures 2 ″ to 4 and 7 ″ to 9, the head support device 21 includes a pair of flexible extendible headrest straps 64 and 66 and a rigid hooking ring 68 made of metal. The straps 64 and 66 can be made of plastic fabric based on polyamide or other tough fabric made of durable flexible material.

The head supporting portions of the strap 64 are at 70 and 71 and the head supporting portion of the strap 66 at 72. When the head supporting strip portions 70-72 are shown as in FIG As shown in FIG. 2, the ring 68 rests in the middle the top of the hard hat shown at 74. The protective helmet 74 is of conventional type and has left and right on the right the ears covering parts 76 (FIG. 2) and 77 (FIG. 8). In preparation for a pull-out process, the snap hook 60 hooked onto a part 80 of the ring 68. The part is bent up from the top of the helmet 74 to a easy, quick hooking of the snap hook 60 'with the Ring 68 to allow. As shown, the snap hook 60 has a leaf spring tongue 82 that prevents the unintentional unhooking of the Karabiner from the ring 68 prevented. A suitable retaining clip 83, designed as a leaf spring, which is attached to the helmet 74 holds the hooking ring 68 releasably in its central position on the top of the helmet 74 when the strap parts 70

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- 12 to 72 are relieved.

As shown in Figures 2 and 8, extend the W _s ndteile 70 and 71 along the opposite ear covering sides of the helmet 74, while the band portion 72 extends along the back of the helmet 74, which down the head rear side of the carrier to covered about the ITacken.

As shown in Figure 2, the middle portion of the belt is 64 guided in a loop through the hooking ring 68 on the top of the helmet 74. That extends from the ring 68 Part of the band 64 which forms the head support part 70, longitudinally the side of the helmet 74 between the eyelets of a rigid, im essential U-shaped holding and guide element 90 for the Tape through. This holding and guiding element 90 is on the on the right side of the helmet 74 in an area just above the wearer's right ear. From the hold and Guide element 90 extends the band downwards over the ear covering part 76 of the helmet 74 and is through a Cloth loop 92 out, which is sewn to the right edge of a padded protective collar 94. From loop 92 the band 64 is guided down through a metallic guide ring 96 on the right chest strap 98 of the strap system 26 is attached to the chest fastener of the belt system. From the ring 96, the band 64 runs down through a

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Guide channel 100 (Figure 9)? which is formed on the inside of the chest strap 98. The belt 64 is from the guide channel 100 down to the area of the wearer's right hip, where it is pulled through a suitable adjuster 102, put in a loop through a hip retainer 104 and then is pulled backwards through the adjustment piece 102.

Adjustment piece 102 can be of any suitable type for adjusting the effective length of strap 64. The Huft support bracket 104 may be in the form of a ring formed _x be attached to the belt system 26 in the area where the chest strap 98 and a horizontal back strap 106 (see Figures 7 and 9) of the belt system 26 in the region of the waist of the wearer meet. The adjustment piece 102 defines one end of the band 64 in the form of a loop laid through the IMft holding piece 104. One end of the band 64 is anchored to the hip support piece 104, and the hip support piece 104 is in turn attached to the belt system 26,

Hach the Figures 2 and 8 extends the other half of the Band 64 of the hooking ring 68 along the left side of the helical

down through the use of a second rigid, essentially TJ-form.ig.en holding and guiding element 108. This The llult.e- and guide element 108 is also attached to the helmet 74. V'XW lialte- and guide element 108 is the band 6.4 along the

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the ear covering part 77 of the helmet 74 guided downwards and put through a cloth loop 110 which is sewn to the left edge of the collar 94. From loop 110 that is Band 64 downwards through a further guide ring 112 Metal guided on the left chest strap 4Θ 114 of the strap system 26 attached to the left part of the chest fastener of the belt system is.

From the ring 112, the band 64 is down through a guide channel 116 inserted. From the guide channel 116 the band 64 is behind down into the area of the wearer's left hip and pulled through an adjustment piece 118. The left end of the band 64 is looped through another hip retainer 120 placed and pulled backwards through the adjustment piece 118. The adjustment piece 118 can be of the same type as the adjustment piece 102 to adjust the effective length of the band 64. The hip retainer 120 may be the same as the hip retainer 104 and is attached in the area of the belt system 26 where the chest belt 114 meets the horizontal back belt 106 meets on the wearer's left hip. The left end of the band 64, which is laid as a loop, is in this way with the hip holding piece 120 anchored and the hip support piece 120 is in turn fastened to the belt system 26.

As best seen in Figure 7, one end of the Band 66 attached to waist retainer 104 in a suitable manner.

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At the front of the hip retainer 104 is the band 66 upwards along the Out the back of the wearer and put through a one 11 piece 122 in the middle of the back of the wearer. The adjustment piece 122 is attached to the belt system 26, where the diagona * - len back straps 124 and 126 of the G-Ur te system 26. From the Adjustment piece 122 is the band to the top and center along the Backrest of the wearer through a guide channel 128 in the collar 94 led. The lower end of the guide channel 1 28 opens out the back of the collar 3 = 94, and the more frequent end of the guide channel 128 opens at the front of the collar 94, like this shown at 130 in FIG. The band 66 then emerges from the upper end of the guide channel 128 and becomes centered upwards guided along the back of the helmet 74, through the eyelet of a further rigid, essentially U-shaped holding and guiding element 132. This holding and guiding element 132 is attached to the helmet 74. From the holding and guiding element 132 is the tape 66 placed in a loop through the ring 68 and from there downwards, overlapping with itself on the rear side of the helmet 74 guided along. The band 66 is then pushed back through the holding and guide element 132 and backwards from there, i.e. from top to bottom through the guide channel 128. From the guide channel 128, the belt 66 is again through the Adjustment piece 22 pulled. From adjuster 122, strap 66 is down along the back of the wearer to the area guided by his left hip. There the end of the tape is in

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suitably attached to the hip support piece 1.20 "or anchored. The head-supporting portion 72 of the tape .66 is formed by the sicty-overlapping tape area that extends between the ring 60 and the lower end of the collar guide channel 128 extends.

From the above description it can be seen that the entirety of the straps 64 and 66 form a motion-transmitting connection between the linden tree of the pull line 58 and the belt system 26 forms in the region of the wearer's hips.

The guide elements 90, 108 and 132 hold the head supporting Parts 70, 71 and 72 of the belts 64 and 66 against lateral Movement and against movement away from the helmet 74. You allow however, and guide the longitudinal movement of the strap parts supporting the head along the helmet. The movement of those supporting the head Band parts 70, 71 and 72 relative to the helmet 74 is therefore substantially limited to a direction extending substantially along the head of the wearer.

Bie holding and IHihrungselemente ¹ JO and 108 are symmetrical on opposite sides of a vertical, helmet arranged with tig intersecting iibene 74, while the holding-and ileiiKUil, 132 noon by serving j] bene cut v / ill.

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In this way, the band parts 70, 71 supporting the head are and 72 oriented symmetrically, .With the band parts 70 and 71 Ä by the holding and guide elements 9Ö and 108 and by the Ring 68 on opposite sides of a vertical, the Helm 74 Bilttig intersecting plane are arranged during "the the head supporting part 72 by the holding and guiding element 132 and the Hing 68 is held in its position so that it is essentially cut centrally through this vertical plane will.

The flight of the missile 22 away from the aircraft extends the pull line 58 and the belts 64 and 66 in their transferred motion tensioned state, as shown in FIG. 4 * The band parts 70, 70 and 72 supporting the head are stretched out or pulled out in their head-supporting tense state in a direction extending along the wearer's head * The straps 64 and 66 including their head-supporting parts 70 «71 and 72 are attached by the Effect of the ignited propellant of rocket 22 continued Flight away from the aircraft in its cocked state.

In the tensioned state, the band parts 70, 71 and extend along the wearer's head and remain in contact with the outside of the helmet 74. In this way, the support

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Sand pieces 70 and 71 after reaching into your head

In the supported tensioned state, the head of the wearer against sideways movement in any direction /, while the band portion 72 after being stretched in its head-supporting tensioned state supports the head of the wearer against backward movement.

It should be noted that the band portions 70, 71 and 72 as they stretched away from the aircraft by the rocket during its flight held v / earth, the desired support against the backward3- or sideways movement of the head of the wearer under the influence of air resistance formj by the mutual connection of the band parts 70, 71 and 72 with the hooking ring 68 form these band parts 70, 71 and 72 a part cage * to the Head of the wearer, and thus hold the head against movement sideways or backwards. Because the band parts 70 or * 72 by holding and guiding elements 90, 108 and 132 are guided, the band parts 70, 71 and 72 are held in their exact correct position for supporting the head, and the helmet 74 is securely and firmly held within the partial cage formed by the band members 70, 71 and 72.

The collar 94- is flexible and padded and in its untensioned Position folded and stowed behind the wearer's head. The collar 94 extends down to the

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o shoulders of the embossing and partially around the sides of the helmet 74. The collar 94 is detachably held by suitable fastening elements 140 on the cover of the back parachute package 142. If the tape is in the untensioned state of rest 66, and the collar 94 is folded into its rest position rearwardly, as shown in I ¹ IgUr. 1 and 2 When the tape GG is pulled taut, due to its contact with the inner walls of the guide channel 128, it erects the collar 94 into its relatively high, head-supporting position, as shown in FIGS. The belt 66 is displaceable in the guide channel 128. The collar 94 "is held in an erect position by the tension of the strap 66 so as to provide further support against rearward movement of the wearer's head when the strap portions 70, 71 and 72 are in their tensioned, head-supporting condition "When converted into its erect state, the collar 94 thus forms a firm, secure support for the poop and the back of the head of the wearer.

Characterized in that the band portions 70 and öchlaufen k through 71 are performed 92 unα 110, the collar 94 in a pattern layer ■ - partly bulges ^ oh & soldering, in the seater to the wearer's head, and co an additional head support in the fields of

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of the neck and head of the wearer. The collar 94 is also effective to avoid tangling or tangling between the straps 64 and 66 supporting the head and the deployment parachute, not shown, and the suspension lines of the parachute package 142 if they are relieved after landing on the ground.

When the ejector rods 44 come free from the launch tubes 42, they separate from the rocket 22, as FIG. 3 shows. the Missile 22 has sufficient fuel to pull the person away from the aircraft or other vehicle at a safe distance.

When the person was pulled free from the aircraft by the ignited missile the pull line 58 is disconnected by any suitable means so that the person withdrawn from the vehicle from the missile 22 as shown in FIG. At this stage, missile 22 has enough fuel to move in safe distance from the person pulled out of the aircraft or the like and their parachute fly away when this is unfolded. The separation of the pull line 58 is known (see US Pat. No. 3,361,397). The detonating cord extending along the pull line 58 was detonated by a detonator attached to the interior of the rocket, just now before the rocket fuel burns out. The fuse ignites an appropriate charge, which is located at 144 (Figure 1) on

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, Hook end of the pull line 58 is arranged in a housing. It it is to be understood that any other equipment "may be used to control the vehicle being pulled out of the vehicle." Detach person from missile 22 at an appropriate time.

When the person pulled from the vehicle separated from the missile 22 becomes the "straps 64 and 66 and the collar relaxed again to give the person the opportunity to move To give back the head and heels. In the rest position are ^ ie Belt portions 70, 71 and 72 are sufficiently relaxed and the collar 94 is arranged so that they do not restrict the mobility of Ma kken hinder the person's head or field of vision.

It should be noted that the belt 64 is slidable in the channels 100 and 116.

As shown in Figure 1, the helmet 74 is provided with a suitable visor or eye shield 150. The viewing screen 150 is pivotally attached to the helmet 74 to between the pivoted-back position, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, and the lowered position Position for shielding the eyes, as shown in Figure 4, to be able to pivot. The viewing screen 150 can be viewed from be of any suitable type and in the pivoted-back position by a locking device to be operated by hand 152 be lockable. The viewing screen 150 is below

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the effect of each (like this "indicated at 154 in FIG. 10 is) in order to pivot it into its position covering the eyes when the locking mechanism is released. To Another aspect of the invention can be a motion-transmitting Part of the pull line device 24, for example a hooking ring 68, via suitable movement-transmitting links (such as schematically indicated at 156 in FIG. 10) with the locking mechanism 152 connected. When the hooking ring 68 is lifted from its rest position on the helmet, during the Unfolding of the band parts 70, 71 and 72 and the pull line 58 is by the transmitted through the transfer link mechanism 156 Movement of the locking mechanism 152 triggered to release the viewing screen 150. As a result, the pivots Visual schixm 150 in its position covering the eyes.

All features of the subject of the application reproduced in the description, the claims and the drawing can be used for ' alone or in any conceivable combination of essential importance for the invention.

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Dipl.-Phys. Heinridi Seids · Patent Attorney · 62 Wiesbaden-Bierstadt · Bierst. Height IS Postf. 120 68 & (0 6121) 56 5382 - 23 - Claims . [Device for supporting the head of "high rate-^^^ speed a vehicle, especially aircraft exiting person, characterized in that one of the vehicle leaving person to wear, flexible, effectively, tensioned supporting position the head of the wearer at least after a direction supporting device (70,71,72, 94). and a clamping device (64,66,68) extending this supporting device are provided, 2ο device according to claim 1, characterized in that the support device (70,71,72,94) and its clamping device (64,66,68) on the outside of the vehicle headgear (74) to be worn by the leaving person, for example a protective helmet. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the flexible support device (70,71,72) through the The tensioning device (64,66,68) is extended along the head of the person leaving the vehicle * - 24 - 209885/0283 Dipl.-Phys. Heinridi Seids · Patent Attorney · 62 Wiesbaden-Bierstadt · Bierst. Height 15 Postf. 120 68 ® (0 6121) 56 53 - 24 - 4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that the flexible support means a plurality of extendable parts (70,71, 72) on v / eist, which extend along the head of the person leaving the vehicle and on the headgear for supporting movement of the Head of the person in a multitude of directions in the extended direction are arranged in a tensioned state. 5. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that the support device (70, 71 _f 72) is designed to support the head of the wearer to the side and to the rear in its extended state. 6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that that extendable parts (70,71,7 are arranged along the sides of the headgear (74) of the wearer, in order to support the wearer's head against sideways movement in the extended, tensioned state. 7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that that extendable parts (70,71,72) along the sides and the back of the headgear (74) of the user are arranged to prevent the head of the user against lateral and rearward movement in the extended stretched state to support. - 25 - 209885/0283 Diploma Phys. Heinrid »Seids ■ Patent Attorney · 62 Wiesbaden-Bierstadt · Bierst. Height 15 Postf. 120 68 ® (0 6121) 56 53 - 25 - .8th. Device according to Claim 6 or 7, characterized in that that the support device also has a flexible, erectable one Contains collar (94) which is designed to be in a relaxed, collapsed state by the user behind to be worn on the head, with at least a part (66) • of the clamping device with this collar (94) for erecting cooperates in the head supporting position. 9. Device according to one of claims 6 to 8, - characterized in that that facilities (90,92,108,110,1-28,132) for adjusting and guiding and for limited movement cfer Parts of the tensioning device (64 »66,68) and © of the supporting device (70,71,72,94) are attached to the headgear (74). 10. Device according to one of claims 1 to 9 »characterized in that that the clamping device is provided with power-driven devices (22), as well as with devices (58, 68,64 | 66) about the force and movement for tensioning in the area to transfer the headgear (74) to the support device (70,71,72,94). 11. The device according to claim 10, characterized in that the power-driven device is a rocket (22) which for flying, from the vehicle and from the vehicle and - 26 - 209885/0283 Dipl.-Phys. Heinrich Seids · Patent Attorney · 62 Wiesbaden-Bierstadt · Bierst. Height 15 Postf. 120 68 ® (0 6121) 56 53 - 26 - the person leaving the vehicle is mounted away, wherein the device transmitting the movement is a flexible Element, for example a pulling line (58), which is stretched taut by the plug of the rocket (22) to the to transmit the force exerted by the flight of the rocket (22) and the parts (70,71,72,94) of the support device in a taut position State of undressing. 12. The device according to claim 11, characterized in that the rocket (22) which transmits the plug movement of the rocket (22) flexible connecting device te (24), the tensioning device (64,66,68) and the supporting device (70,71,72, 94) are combined as parts to form a device for pulling people out of a vehicle. 13. The device according to claim 12, characterized in that Parts (70,71,72) of the support device are at the same time sections of band-shaped parts (64,66) of the tensioning device, these band-shaped parts (64,66) engage with their ends on a protective suit or a harness (26). 14 · Device according to claim 13 »characterized in that the movement-transmitting connecting device (24) a flexible pull cord (58) between the band-shaped parts . - 27 209885/0283 Diploma Phys. Heinrich Seids · Patent Attorney · 62 Wiesbaden-Bierstadt · Bierst. Height 15. Postf. 12068 ® (0 6121) 56 53 82 -27- (64j66) and. the missile contains the person from the Missile (22) pulled out of the vehicle and at the same time the Clamping device (64,66,68) for the support device (70,71, 72,94) is tensioned. 15. Device according to one of claims 1 to 14 »with a hard hat for the person leaving the vehicle, to which a transparent protective screen that can be swiveled in front of the face is attached, characterized in that the protective screen (150) with the clamping device (64,66,68) the support device (70.71 »72.94) actuated device is equipped to close. 16. The device according to claim 15, characterized in that the protective screen (150) with the closing spring (154) and latching device tensioned in the open position of the screen (150) (152) for holding the umbrella (150) in the open position and an actuating device (156) for releasing the locking device (152) when tensioning the tensioning device (64,66, 68) of the support device (70,71 »72,94) contains. 20988 6/0283 Read more