JP2018048418A - Winter clothing - Google Patents

Abstract

A thermal vest 10 is mainly composed of a vest body 11 sewn with a flexible fabric made of synthetic fiber, and is fastened with a button. It has a front opening. The right front surface of the vest body 11 is provided with a controller pocket 15 in the upper part and a battery pocket 17 in the lower part. On the inner surface of the vest body 11, first and second heater pockets 21 and 22 are provided on the left and right shoulders, a third heater pocket 23 is provided on the upper back portion, and a fourth heater pocket 24 is provided on the lower back portion. there is The first to fourth heater pockets 21 to 24 detachably accommodate the first to fourth cloth heaters 81 to 84 and have sizes corresponding to the respective cloth heaters 81 to 84 . [Selection drawing] Fig. 3

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a cold protection clothing to be used for protection against cold, and more specifically, relates to a cold protection clothing having at least one heat generating part capable of heating a part desired by a wearer.

  In recent years, various types of winter clothes such as a vest incorporating an electric heater have been developed to prevent a decrease in body temperature due to outdoor work in winter (see Patent Documents 1 and 2). These winter clothes are attached (or knitted) with a heating element such as a micro carbon fiber heater or nichrome wire heater on the fabric, and supply the power from a secondary battery (such as a lithium ion battery) or an in-vehicle battery to the heating element. It has a structure that generates heat.

JP-A-2015-67938 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-18111

  The above-mentioned winter clothing has various problems as described below. That is, when there are a plurality of portions (heat generating portions) to which the heating elements are attached, each heat generating portion generates heat at the same time, so that the wearer feels uncomfortable heat depending on the wearer, and the secondary battery is quickly consumed. In addition, the power source and the heating element are connected by electric wires, but when they lean against something, the electric wires hit the back and waist, and the wearer may feel uncomfortable. Further, in winter clothes for outdoor work, it is desirable to periodically wash in order to remove dirt, but there is a possibility that the electric wire and the heater may be damaged during washing.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cold clothing having a heat generating part to which a heat generating element can be freely attached and detached.

  The cold protection clothing of the present invention comprises a fabric provided with at least one heat generating part, and a power supply path formed on the cloth for delivering electric power from the power supply part to the heat generating part. A heating element that generates heat by electric power is detachably attached.

  Preferably, the heating element is a cloth heater.

  Preferably, the power battery holds the power battery in a detachable manner.

  Preferably, the battery is a secondary battery.

  Preferably, the power supply path includes a power supply section side power supply path on the power supply section side and a heat generation section side power supply path on the heat generation section side, and the supply section side power supply path and the heat generation section side power supply path In the meantime, power adjusting means for adjusting the power supplied to the heat generating part is interposed.

  Preferably, the power adjusting means has at least a step-down function for stepping down the voltage of the battery and supplying it to the heat generating portion side.

  Suitably, the said supply part side electric power feeding path and the said battery are couple | bonded through a magnet terminal.

  Preferably, the heat generating part side power supply path and the heat generating element are coupled via a magnet terminal.

  Preferably, the power adjusting means adjusts the power supplied to the heating element according to the temperature of the heating element.

  Preferably, the power supply path is formed integrally with the fabric.

  Preferably, the power supply path expands and contracts with expansion and contraction of the fabric in the range of the use of the cold protection clothing.

  According to the winter clothes of the present invention, by attaching a heating element only to a desired heat generating portion, unnecessary portions are not heated and the wearer does not feel uncomfortable heat, and the consumption of the secondary battery is also suppressed. can do.

It is a figure showing the standing figure of the worker who wore the cold protection vest concerning an embodiment. It is an external view of the cold protection vest and neck warmer which concern on embodiment. It is an internal view of the cold protection vest and neck warmer which concern on embodiment. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the cold protection vest which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the heater controller which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the battery pocket which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the 1st-3rd heater pocket which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the 4th heater pocket which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view of the battery which concerns on embodiment. It is a perspective view of the cloth-like heater concerning an embodiment. It is an electric circuit diagram concerning an embodiment. It is a perspective view of the battery which concerns on a partial modification.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment and some modifications of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

[Embodiment]
<Configuration of Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a standing figure of an operator who wears the cold protection vest according to the embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, when performing outdoor work in winter, the worker 1 wears the lower work clothes 3 and the helmet 4 and then wears the cold protection vest 10 and the neck warmer 40 on the upper body.
Further, the worker 1 usually wears the upper work clothes, the cold protection clothes, and the like. Therefore, the cold protection vest 10 is used as an inner vest.

(Cold protection vest)
FIG. 2 is an external view of the cold protection vest and the neck warmer according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an internal view of the cold protection vest and the neck warmer according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part of the cold protection vest according to the embodiment, FIG. 4 (a) is an AA enlarged cross-section in FIG. 3, and FIG. It is C expanded section.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the cold protection vest 10 is mainly composed of a vest main body 11 in which a flexible fabric made of synthetic fiber is sewn, and has a front opening for resin fastener fastening (or string fastening). . On the right front surface of the vest main body 11, a heater controller 50 is attached at the upper part, and a battery pocket 17 is provided at the lower part.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the inner surface of the vest main body 11, the heating unit side electric wire 32 connecting the heater controller 50 and first to fifth cloth-like heaters 81 to 85 (described later), and the heater controller 50 and the temperature. A sensor wire 33 for connecting the sensor 60 (described later) is wired. The sensor electric wire 33 is installed along the heat generating portion side electric wire 32 that connects the heater controller 50 and the fourth cloth heater 84.
3 and 11, the temperature sensor 60 is provided in the fourth cloth heater 83 in the fourth heater pocket 24, but the other first, second, fourth, and fifth cloth heaters 81 are provided. , 82, 84, 85 (described later).

  As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the inner surface of the vest main body 11 has an electric wire cover 11 a covering the heat generating portion side electric wires 32 (32 a and 32 b), the heat generating portion side electric wires 32 and the sensor electric wires 33. The electric wire cover 11b covering (33a, 33b) is sewn by a sewing machine or the like. Both electric wire covers 11a and 11b are formed by cutting the same material as the vest main body 11 into a strip shape, and protect the heat generating portion side electric wires 32 and the sensor electric wires 33 and make them inconspicuous.

(Heater controller)
5A and 5B are explanatory diagrams of the heater controller according to the embodiment. FIG. 5A shows a front view, and FIG. 5B shows a cross section taken along the line AA in FIG.
The heater controller 50 has a rectangular box shape and is integrated with the vest main body 11 by bonding or screwing. As shown in FIG. 5A, on the front surface of the heater controller 50, a power button 51, a pair of left and right temperature setting buttons 52 and 53, a display 54, and an indicator lamp 55 are disposed on the front surface.

  When the power button 51 is pressed for a long time (about 3 seconds), the power supply is switched on / off. When the power button 51 is pressed for a short time, the remaining battery level is displayed on the display 54 for a predetermined time (about 2 seconds). The temperature setting buttons 52 and 53 increase the set temperature in units of 1 degree when the left side (Δ) is pressed, and decrease the set temperature in units of 1 degree when the right side (▽) is pressed. The display 54 normally displays the set temperature, and temporarily displays the remaining amount (%) of the battery 70 when the power button 51 is pressed. The indicator lamp 55 is an LED lamp, which lights up in green when the heater is operating, lights up in red during charging, flashes in red when the remaining amount of the battery 70 is low, and turns off when the power is turned off. In addition, when the remaining amount of the battery 70 becomes a specified value or less, it may be notified by an acoustic notification means such as an alarm.

  The heater controller 50 reduces 7.2 V (or 7.4 V), which is the supply voltage from the battery 70, to 0 V to 7.2 V (or so as to eliminate the difference between the detection result from the temperature sensor 60 and the set temperature. The voltage is adjusted (feedback control) in the range of 0V to 7.4V) and supplied to each of the cloth heaters 81 to 85.

6A and 6B are explanatory diagrams of the battery pocket according to the embodiment, in which FIG. 6A shows a front view, and FIG. 6B shows a BB cross section in FIG.
The battery pocket 17 accommodates a lithium ion secondary battery (hereinafter referred to as a battery) 70 described later. As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, a pair of battery terminals 18 a and 18 b are installed in the vest main body 11 in the battery pocket 17, and these battery terminals 18 a and 18 b are magnet terminals of the battery 70. It is magnetically attracted to 71a, 71b (see FIG. 9). In the vest main body 11, a button-stopping flap 12 is sewn directly above the battery pocket 17 to prevent the battery 70 from falling off.

  As shown in FIG. 3, on the inner surface of the vest main body 11, first and second heater pockets 21 and 22 are provided on the left and right shoulders, a third heater pocket 23 is provided above the back, and a fourth below the back. A heater pocket 24 is provided.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of the first to third heater pockets according to the embodiment, FIG. 8 (a) shows a front view, and FIG. 7 (b) shows a CC cross section in FIG. 7 (a). FIG. 8C shows a perspective view of the power supply magnet terminal.

  The 1st-3rd heater pockets 21-23 accommodate the 1st-3rd cloth-like heaters 81-83 mentioned later removably, and have the magnitude | size corresponding to each cloth-like heater 81-83. Yes. As illustrated in the third heater pocket 23 in FIGS. 7A and 7B, in each heater pocket 21 to 23, a pair of power feeding magnet terminals 25 and 26 are attached to the vest main body 11 side, These power feeding magnet terminals 25 and 26 are connected to the heater terminals 87 and 88 on the first to third cloth heaters 81 to 83 side. As shown in FIG. 7C, the power supply magnet terminals 25 and 26 are electrodes in which the electrodes 25b and 26b are arranged at the center (hollow part) of the annular permanent magnets 25a and 26a. The electrodes 25b and 26b are brought into close contact with the heater terminals 87 and 88 and energized simultaneously with the magnetic force adsorption of the heater terminals 87 and 88 on the third cloth heaters 81 to 83 side. In the first to third heater pockets 21 to 23, the portions on the power feeding magnet terminals 25 and 26 side are fabrics 21a to 23a to prevent electric shock and short circuit, and the other portions are mesh fabrics 21b through which warm air easily passes. -23b.

  8A and 8B are explanatory views of the fourth heater pocket according to the embodiment, FIG. 8A shows a front view, FIG. 8B shows a CC cross section in FIG. (C) shows a perspective view of the power supply magnet terminal. Note that the fourth heater pocket 24 has substantially the same configuration as the first to third heater pockets 21 to 23 described above, and therefore redundant description is omitted.

  The fourth heater pocket 24 detachably accommodates a fourth cloth heater 84 described later, and has a size corresponding to the fourth cloth heater 84. As shown in FIGS. 8A to 8C, in the fourth heater pocket 24, the power supply magnet terminals 25 and 26 and the sensor magnet terminals 27 and 28 are attached to the vest main body 11 side. The power supply magnet terminals 25 and 26 are connected to the heater terminals 87 and 88 on the first to third cloth heaters 81 to 83 side, and the sensor magnet terminals 27 and 28 are connected to the sensor terminals 61 and 61. The sensor magnet terminals 27 and 28 are the same as the power supply magnet terminals 25 and 26.

  On the inner surface of the vest main body 11, a neck warmer terminal pocket 28 is provided immediately above the third heater pocket 23. In the neck warmer terminal pocket 28, a pair of power feeding magnet terminals 25 and 26 are attached to the vest main body 11, and the power feeding magnet terminals 25 and 26 are connected to the end portion 42 of the neck warmer 40. Connected to terminals 43 and 44.

  The vest main body 11 includes a supply portion side electric wire 31 that electrically connects the battery pocket 17 (connection socket 18) and the heater controller 50, a heater controller 50, and first to fourth heater pockets 21 to 24 (power supply magnets). Terminals 25, 26) and neck warmer terminal pockets 28 (power supply magnet terminals 25, 26) are provided with heat generating portion side electric wires 32 (described above). Both the supply unit side electric wire 31 and the heat generating unit side electric wire 32 are made of stretchable electric wires knitted on the cloth of the vest main body 11, and the cloth forming the vest main body 11 when the worker 1 wearing the cold protection vest 10 moves. It expands and contracts with the expansion and contraction. The expandable electric wire is made of ultra fine silver thread, copper thread or the like, and for example, one manufactured and sold by Sanki Consys Co., Ltd. is suitable. The extension wires of Sanki Consys Co., Ltd. are well-known ones that have already been exhibited at exhibitions and have been filed with patent applications (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2016-92009). I can know.

(Neck warmer)
The neck warmer 40 is made by sewing a flexible fabric made of synthetic fiber. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the neck warmer main body 41 wound around the neck of the operator 1, and the neck warmer main body It consists of the edge part 42 extended below from the center lower end of 41. As shown in FIG. As described above, the end portion 42 is provided with connection terminals 43 and 44 that are magnetically attracted to the power feeding magnet terminals 25 and 26 on the vest main body 11 side.

  At the center of the inner surface of the neck warmer main body 41, a heater pocket 45 for accommodating the fifth cloth heater 85 is provided. In the heater pocket 45, a pair of power supply magnet terminals 25 and 26 are attached to the neck warmer main body 41 side, and these power supply magnet terminals 25 and 26 are heater terminals 87 and 88 on the fifth cloth heater 85 side. Connected to. As in the first to fourth heater pockets 21 to 24 described above, the heater pocket 45 has a cloth 45a on the power supply magnet terminals 25 and 26 side to prevent electric shock and short circuit, and the other parts are warm. The mesh ground 45b is easy to pass through. The terminals 43 and 44 and the power feeding magnet terminals 25 and 26 are electrically connected by a power feeding path 47 made of an expandable electric wire.

(Battery)
9 is a perspective view of the battery according to the embodiment, FIG. 9 (a) shows a front view, and FIG. 9 (b) shows an arrow A in FIG.
The battery 70 has a large capacity having an output voltage of 7.2 V (or 7.4 V), and as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the battery terminals 18a and 18b described above are magnetically adsorbed. A pair of magnet terminals 71a and 71b are installed on the back, and a charging input port 72 is installed on the upper end. The input port 72 is a micro USB type, but may be a normal USB type.

(Cloth heater)
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the cloth heater according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 (a) shows the first to third cloth heaters 81 to 83 and the fifth cloth heater 85, and FIG. A fourth fabric heater 84 is shown.
As shown in FIG. 10, each of the first to fifth cloth-like heaters 81 to 85 has a rectangular shape and is made of a fabric having elasticity by knitting a synthetic fiber and an ultrafine silver thread into a knit shape. Wearable heaters (HOTPIA) manufactured and sold by Sanki Consys Co., Ltd. are suitable. Sanki Consys Co., Ltd. wearable heaters are well-known products that have already been exhibited at exhibitions and have been patented (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2014-157824). I can know. The first to fifth fabric heaters 81 to 85 include a pair of heater terminals 87 and 88 that are magnetically attracted to the power supply magnet terminals 25 and 26 of the cold protection vest 10 and the neck warmer 40. The silver thread generates heat by the power supplied through the, so that the entire temperature rises almost uniformly.

(Temperature sensor)
As shown in FIG. 10 (b), the temperature sensor 60 is a flat disk-like one made of a resistance temperature detector or a thermistor, and is embedded in the fourth cloth heater 84. The fourth cloth-like heater 84 also includes a pair of sensor terminals 61 and 61 for outputting a detection signal of the temperature sensor 60. As described above, these sensor terminals 61 and 61 are magnetically attracted to the sensor magnet terminals 27 and 28. Is done. The temperature sensor 60 may be a one-terminal type having a single sensor terminal instead of the two-terminal type described above.

(electric circuit)
FIG. 11 is an electric circuit diagram according to the embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 11, the electric power supplied from the battery 70 to the heater controller 50 via the supply unit side wire 31 is supplied by the heater controller 50 so as to eliminate the difference between the detection result from the temperature sensor 60 and the set temperature. The voltage is feedback controlled. The electric power output from the heater controller 50 is supplied to at least one of the first to fifth cloth-like heaters 81 to 85 via the heat generating portion side electric wire 32 and raises the temperature (or these).

<Operation of Embodiment>
When performing outdoor work in winter, the worker 1 inserts the cloth heaters 81 to 85 into desired portions of the first to fourth heater pockets 21 to 24 of the cold protection vest 10 and the heater pocket 45 of the neck warmer 40. The heater terminals 87 and 88 are magnetically attracted to the power feeding magnet terminals 25 and 26. The fourth fabric heater 84 is always used because it includes the temperature sensor 60. Next, the worker 1 presses the power button 51 of the heater controller 50 to turn on the power, and then operates the temperature setting buttons 52 and 53 to set the temperature. Thereby, the desired site | part of the cold protection vest 10 is warmed by the fabric heaters 81-85, and a comfortable operation | work can be performed.

  When the battery 70 is consumed due to long-term use, the worker 1 removes the battery 70 from the battery pocket 17 and replaces it with a charged battery 70. Thereby, since the function of the cold protection vest 10 is restored, it is not necessary to interrupt the work for changing the cold protection vest 10 or the like. The exhausted battery 70 can be easily charged using a USB cable from a personal computer or the like.

[Partial modification]
Since some of the modifications have substantially the same configuration as the above-described embodiment except for the battery, only the battery will be described.

(Battery)
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a battery according to a partial modification.
The battery 70 has a large capacity having an output voltage of 5 V, and has an output plug 91, an input port 92, and a charging indicator 93 at one end thereof as shown in FIG. Both the output plug 91 and the input port 92 (charging port) are of micro USB type, and the output plug 9 is connected to the connection socket 18 on the vest main body 11 side.
In some modified examples, a general-purpose battery for a mobile phone that can be easily obtained can be used at a destination or the like.

  Although description of specific embodiment is finished above, the aspect of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the cold protection vest of the above embodiment, the cloth heaters are attached to the shoulder and the back, but the cloth heaters may be attached to other parts. Moreover, although the said embodiment applies this invention to a cold protection vest and a neck warmer, naturally it is applicable also to other types of cold protection clothes, such as a short-sleeve and long-sleeve outerwear, a subon, underwear, gloves, and socks. is there. In addition, as for the heating element, a flexible plate heater or the like may be adopted instead of the cloth heater of the embodiment. Moreover, you may employ | adopt a covered electric wire etc. as a supply part side electric wire and an exothermic part side electric wire, and you may make it connect a temperature sensor and a heater controller with the expansion-contraction electric wire knitted on the cloth conversely. A heater controller that performs current control or PWM control instead of voltage control may be employed. In addition, specific shapes and structures of the heater pocket and each terminal, such as a cold protection vest and a neck warmer, can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be effectively used for cold clothes used for outdoor work in winter.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Cold protection vest 15 Controller pocket 17 Battery pocket 21-24 Heater pocket 25-28 Magnet terminal 31 Supply part side electric wire 32 Heat generating part side electric wire 40 Neck warmer 45 Heater pocket 50 Heater controller 60 Temperature sensor 70 Battery 71 Magnet terminal 81-85 Cloth Heater

Claims (11)

A fabric provided with at least one heat generating part;
A power supply path that is formed on the fabric and delivers power from the power supply unit to the heat generating unit;
A cold protection garment in which a heating element that generates heat by the electric power is detachably attached to the heat generating portion.   The cold clothes according to claim 1, wherein the heating element is a cloth heater.   The cold protection clothing according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the power battery is detachably held in the power supply unit.   The cold protection clothing according to claim 3, wherein the battery is a secondary battery. The power supply path includes a power supply section side power supply path on the power supply section side and a heat generation section side power supply path on the heat generation section side,
The power adjustment means for adjusting the electric power supplied to the said heat generating part is interposed between the said supply part side electric power feeding path and the said heat generating part side electric power feeding path. Cold protection clothing according to item 1.   The cold protection clothing according to claim 5, wherein the power adjustment means has at least a step-down function for stepping down a voltage of the battery and supplying the voltage to the heat generating portion side.   The cold protection clothing according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the supply unit side power supply path and the battery are coupled via a magnet terminal.   The cold protection clothing according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the heat generating part side power supply path and the heat generating element are coupled via a magnet terminal.   The cold protection clothing according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the power adjusting means adjusts the power supplied to the heating element according to the temperature of the heating element.   The winter clothes according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the power supply path is formed integrally with the fabric.   11. The cold clothing according to claim 1, wherein the power supply path expands and contracts with expansion and contraction of the fabric in a range of use of the cold clothing.

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