Cooling Suit

Abstract

The present invention aims at providing a cooling suit having a simple structure and capable of assuredly vaporizing a large amount of perspiration. To this end, there is provided a cooling suit to be worn on a wearer, comprising: an air inlet 2 a configured to introduce outside air; parallel airstream generation means 3 for introducing the outside air through the air inlet to generate parallel airstreams which are substantially parallel to the wearer's body; a guide sheet simultaneously serving as a garment 2 and for guiding the parallel airstreams generated by the parallel airstream generation means, parallelly to the wearer's body; an air exit portion configured to discharge the parallel airstreams to the exterior; and electric-power source means for supplying electric power to the parallel airstream generation means; wherein the parallel airstream generation means cooperatively blows air of a total amount of about 5 m 3 /H to 500 m 3 /H into between the guide sheet and an undergarment or wearer's body to cause positive pressures between the guide sheet and the undergarment or wearer's body to thereby produce an air flow space therebetween, and the parallel airstream generation means causes the blown air to flow through the air flow space to thereby discharge moisture due to perspiration to the exterior and to thereby constantly feed fresh outside air into the air flow space, thereby largely intensifying conditions where perspiration can be evaporated.

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       17 . A cooling suit to be worn on a wearer, comprising: 
 at least one air inlet configured to introduce outside air;    at least one parallel airstream generation means having: vanes; a motor for rotating said vanes; a front face formed with an air suction port; and a side surface formed with a parallel airstream deliver portion; the or each parallel airstream generation means being provided for introducing outside air from said air suction port and for blowing the air substantially in a sideward direction from said parallel airstream deliver portion to generate parallel airstreams which are substantially parallel to the wearer's body;    a guide sheet simultaneously serving as a garment and for guiding the parallel airstreams generated by the or each parallel airstream generation means, parallelly to the wearer's body;    at least one air exit portion configured to discharge the parallel airstreams to the exterior; and    electric-power source means detachably provided on said guide sheet and for supplying electric power to the or each parallel airstream generation means;    wherein the or each air inlet is formed in said guide sheet;    wherein the or each parallel airstream generation means is detachably provided inside said guide sheet so that said air suction port of the or each parallel airstream generation means is opposed to the or each associated air inlet formed in said guide sheet, and so that said parallel airstream deliver portion of the or each parallel airstream generation means is positioned inside said guide sheet; and    wherein the or each parallel airstream generation means cooperatively blows air of a total amount of about 10 m 3 /H to 500 m 3 /H into between said guide sheet and an undergarment or wearer's body to cause positive pressures between said guide sheet and the undergarment or wearer's body to thereby produce an air flow space therebetween, and the or each parallel airstream generation means causes the blown air to flow through said air flow space to thereby discharge moisture due to perspiration to the exterior and to thereby constantly feed fresh outside air into said air flow space, thereby largely intensifying conditions where perspiration can be evaporated.    
   
   
       18 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , wherein the or each parallel airstream generation means comprises a sideward-flow fan.  
   
   
       19 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , further comprising a fan guard attached to an air inlet of the or each parallel airstream generation means.  
   
   
       20 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , wherein the or each parallel airstream generation means comprises: a propeller fan or mixed-flow fan; and a parallel airstream conversion plate; and 
 wherein said propeller fan or mixed-flow fan and said parallel airstream conversion plate are integrated with each other.    
   
   
       21 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , wherein the or each parallel airstream generation means includes a parallel airstream deliver portion formed with a fan guard.  
   
   
       22 . The cooling suit of any one of  claim 17 , further comprising suspending means for suspending the or each parallel airstream generation means from the above so that parallel airstreams delivered by the or each parallel airstream generation means are made substantially parallel to the wearer's body.  
   
   
       23 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , further comprising fixation means provided for fixing the or each parallel airstream generation means to the wearer's body or undergarment.  
   
   
       24 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , wherein said electric-power source means comprises a fuel cell.  
   
   
       25 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , wherein the or each parallel airstream generation means are provided by two in total number which include one and the other provided at the right and left of a lower portion of a back side of the wearer, respectively.  
   
   
       26 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , wherein the or each air exit portion is an end of said guide sheet simultaneously serving as the garment.  
   
   
       27 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , wherein the or each air exit portion comprises a sheet having a larger air permeability constituting a portion of said guide sheet simultaneously serving as the garment.  
   
   
       28 . The cooling suit of  claim 17 , further comprising spacers attached to said guide sheet simultaneously serving as the garment, at important locations of said guide sheet, respectively.  
   
   
       29 . The cooling suit of  claim 23 , wherein said fixation means includes, attached thereto: the or each parallel airstream generation means; an electric-power source for supplying electric power to the or each parallel airstream generation means; and connection means for electrically connecting the or each parallel airstream generation means to said electric-power source.  
   
   
       30 . The cooling suit of  claim 29 , wherein said fixation means is made of a material having a low water absorptivity.  
   
   
       31 . The cooling suit of  claim 30 , wherein said fixation means is formed of a material performed an antifungal process.