DEVICE FOR DRYING A PROTECTIVE SUIT

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a drying device for drying a protective suit, comprising a support stand formed with one or more tubes, onto which a protective suit can be put, and a supply tube connected to the support stand in order to guide a gaseous or liquid medium through the supply tube into the support stand.

[0002] To dry a protective suit, especially a one-piece oversuit, also called a protective overall, drying devices are known which involve placing the protective suit onto a support stand through which drying air flows. The support stand is usually oriented vertically upwards to ensure that the protective suit is stretched out over its entire length under its own weight. The support stand, formed from tubes, usually has a plurality of outlet holes to expose the protective suit, which is slipped over the support stand, to drying air, usually warm air, and thus accelerate the drying of the protective suit. The drying air is usually supplied via a supply pipe to which the support stand is connected.

[0003] Document AT 000784 U1 discloses such a device for drying protective suits. It is provided that a protective suit is placed over a support frame consisting of pipes, which is connected to a distribution pipe to direct drying air into the support frame via the distribution pipe. The support frame is designed to extend into all extremities of the protective suit.

[0004] Another prior art drying device is known from document EP 2 339 061 A2.

[0005] Such drying devices enable efficient drying, particularly of a one-piece protective suit, since by pulling the protective suit onto the stretcher rack, even areas of the protective suit that are inaccessible from the outside can be heated. However, depending on the type and / or size and / or weight of the protective suit, pulling or putting on a protective suit onto the stretcher rack can prove difficult and require a great deal of physical effort. This is particularly true for protective suits made of very rigid material, as is often the case with firefighter overalls or chemical protection overalls, for example. In practice, it is usually necessary to lift the protective suit along the entire length of a vertically upwardly projecting stretcher rack in order to pull the protective suit over the stretcher rack.In particular, if a protective suit has previously been used in a particularly humid or wet environment, the textile material of the protective suit may contain a large amount of moisture or wetness, which further increases the weight of the protective suit and makes it more difficult to put the protective suit on the carrying stand.

[0006] This is where the invention comes in. The object of the invention is to provide a drying device of the type mentioned above that is highly practical.

[0007] In a drying device of the type mentioned at the outset, the support stand and the supply pipe are connected by a tilting device such that the support stand can be moved from a drying position, in which the medium can be guided through the supply pipe into the support stand, with or by tilting the support stand into a loading position in order to facilitate putting the protective suit onto the support stand.

[0008] Although such a tilting device usually requires a reconnectable division of a pipe structure of the drying device, since it is intended that a gaseous or liquid medium flows through the drying device or the support stand during a drying process, handling for a user can be made considerably easier by the ability to tilt the support stand relative to the supply pipe. The support stand is usually formed with one or more pipes or a pipeline in order to guide a liquid and / or gaseous medium, frequently heated air or heated water, via the supply pipe into or through the support stand. One advantage achieved by the invention can be seen in the fact that with orBy tilting the support stand relative to the usually fixed feed pipe, preferably by a defined tilt angle, from the drying position into a loading position, which is particularly easy for a user to reach, it is made easier for the user to put on or pull the protective suit onto the support stand, since the lifting distance and / or physical effort required to lift, hold and / or pull the protective suit onto the support stand is reduced. By allowing the support stand to be moved or tilted into a loading position with or by tilting, a high degree of practicality is achieved and the handling of the drying device is improved or simplified. The tilting device can be designed for this purpose, for example, as a joint, in particular a pivot joint or hinge.

[0009] The carrying stand can be locked in the drying position and / or in the loading position. This can be achieved using a conventional locking device with or by creating a positive and / or frictional connection. If the carrying stand can be locked in the loading position, i.e., in a tilted position of the carrying stand, a protective suit can be slipped over the carrying stand particularly easily, as unintentional movement of the carrying stand is prevented. This means that a user does not have to stabilize or hold the carrying stand in the loading position and can concentrate entirely on slipping the protective suit onto the carrying stand. If the carrying stand can be locked in the drying position, unintentional movement of the carrying stand during a drying process is prevented.This ensures that a carrying stand loaded with a protective suit is secured in a stable position during a drying process, for example to prevent it from accidentally tipping into a loading position. This can also be seen as a safety measure, as the carrying stand can be or is subjected to flow of hot air or another liquid or gaseous medium during a drying process, thus preventing or reducing the potential danger of an unintentional escape of the medium. Even if, depending on requirements, it may generally be useful to lock the carrying stand at any tilt angle, it has proven useful for ease of handling, and above all for easy fitting, to lock the carrying stand at a tilt angle of 15° to 90°, in particular 30° to 60°, preferably at around 45°.Tilt angle generally refers to an angle between the support stand in its drying position and the support stand in a tilted state of the support stand relative to the drying position, in particular its loading position.

[0010] It is expedient if the support stand can be locked in the drying position and / or loading position by means of a positive locking mechanism. This reduces or completely prevents the mobility of the support stand in the drying or loading position due to spatial confinement or limitation. This type of locking mechanism is very robust and not prone to errors. This can be implemented in a practical way if one or more movable limiting elements are present to establish or break the positive locking mechanism. The limiting element can, for example, be designed with or as a sliding element that prevents the support stand from tipping over, for example by the sliding element being positionable or insertable transversely or orthogonally to the tilting direction. A particularly resilient locking mechanism can be implemented if the support stand can be locked in the drying position and / or loading position by means of a force-fitting mechanism.This can be achieved, for example, with or by means of a clamping element that secures the support stand in a position, such as the drying position and / or the loading position. It is advantageous to have a snap-action mechanism and / or a locking mechanism to lock the support stand in a form-fitting and / or force-fitting manner. Typically, the support stand can be locked in place by an elastically deformable or spring-loaded snap-action element or locking element creating a form-fitting and / or force-fitting connection. The form-fitting or force-fitting connection can then be released again by elastic deformation or by applying force against a spring force. Such a form-fitting or force-fitting connection can be created and released quickly and easily.

[0011] It is advantageous if the carrying stand can be locked at at least one, and especially several, tilt angles. This allows the carrying stand to be locked in the loading position or in different loading positions, depending on requirements. Depending on application conditions, such as the size of the protective suit to be pulled over the carrying stand and / or the size of a user, different tilt angles or loading positions may be practical to facilitate pulling the protective suit over the carrying stand.

[0012] The support stand and the supply pipe can be connected in a form-fitting and / or force-fitting manner, in particular with or by means of the tilting device. It is preferred if the support stand and the supply pipe are connected in a form-fitting manner by means of the tilting device, whereby a high level of robustness and simple maintenance can be achieved. Simple detachment and reconnection is possible if the support stand and the supply pipe are connected to one another with or by means of a press connection, in particular directly, in order to guide the medium through the supply pipe into the support stand. It is practical if the support stand or the supply pipe has an end pipe which, in particular with the formation of a press connection, can be inserted into a receptacle on the supply pipe or support stand corresponding to a shape of the end pipe, in order to connect the support stand to the supply pipe, in particular in a medium-conducting manner.Insertion is facilitated if the end pipe has a continuously decreasing outer diameter in a cross-section along a longitudinal axis of the support stand or supply pipe or end pipe, for example the end pipe has a conically tapered outer diameter in order to insert the end pipe into the receptacle. It is preferred if an outer surface of the end pipe is designed to be substantially conical, in particular as the outer surface of a truncated cone, at least in sections. For a robust press connection, it is advantageous if a contact surface, at which the end pipe is connected to the receptacle in the drying position, is designed to be at least in sections as a surface of rotation, in particular with a rotation axis in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the support stand. It is preferred if the contact surface is designed to be substantially conical, in particular as the outer surface of a truncated cone, at least in sections.

[0013] It has proven effective to design the tilting device such that the support stand can be moved from the drying position into the loading position with a translational movement, particularly in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the support stand, in order to decouple the support stand from the feed pipe. The support stand can then be brought into the loading position or moved into the loading position by tilting the support stand. This allows for simple and safe decoupling or separation of a connection, usually a medium-tight connection (frequently a press connection), between the support stand and the feed pipe. The translational movement is usually implemented as a linear movement, i.e., a rectilinear movement.

[0014] A high level of robustness, particularly with regard to repeated loads, can be achieved if the tilting device is designed in such a way that a guide is provided for the support stand, which defines a possible movement, in particular the translational movement and / or tilting, of the support stand relative to the feed pipe. In particular, a guide increases resistance to bending forces, in particular lateral bending forces, acting on the support stand. In particular, in this way a medium-conducting connection between the support stand and the feed pipe can be released in a stable and secure manner, particularly during the translational movement and / or tilting of the support body into the loading position and can be reconnected for moving back into or assuming the dry position. The guide can be designed, for example, as a guide rail or guide recess. The guide enables mobility, in particular translational mobility orA tilting movement is defined between the support stand and the feed pipe and can be specifically designed for a specific application. For example, the guide can determine the movement of the support stand from the drying position to the loading position in such a way that tilting the support stand is associated with a rotation of the support stand around a longitudinal axis of the support stand into its drying position. This can be useful if a drying device is intended to take up little space.

[0015] According to the invention, the tilting device comprises a first guide element, which is connected to the support stand or is part of the support stand, and a second guide element, which is connected to the feed pipe or is part of the feed pipe, wherein one of the guide elements has at least one guide pin, which is inserted into a guide recess on the other guide element that corresponds to the shape of the guide pin, so that a guided movement, in particular a guided translational movement and / or a guided tilting, of the support stand is possible, in particular in a form-fitting manner. As a result, a relative mobility, in particular a translational movement and / or tilting, between the support stand and the feed pipe is defined in a simple manner, in particular depending on a respective longitudinal extent and / or shape of the guide recess.The guide recess can, for example, be formed with straight and / or curved sections. Furthermore, the movement of the support stand can thereby be made particularly resilient, especially against forces acting transversely to a tilting direction. Frequently, one or more guide pins are part of a tilting axis about which the support stand can be tilted. The guide recess can expediently be designed as a groove, incision and / or slot. Typically, one or more guide pins, in particular positively connected to the guide recess, are inserted into the guide recess and guided by the guide recess, in particular movable in translation. A particularly resilient guide can be achieved by providing several, in particular at least two, guide pins arranged on substantially opposite sides of the support stand or feed pipe, which guide pins engage in guide recesses.For this purpose, it is practical if at least two guide recesses corresponding to the guide pins are arranged on opposite sides of the support stand or feed pipe, into which the guide pins are inserted or engage. A simple and robust construction can be achieved if the tilting device has a plurality of first guide elements and / or a plurality of second guide elements. For example, it has proven effective for high robustness to provide two first guide elements, usually arranged on opposite sides of the support stand or feed pipe, each having at least one guide recess, in particular a plurality of guide recesses, wherein guide pins of one or more second guide elements corresponding to the guide recesses are inserted into the guide recesses.

[0016] High practicality can be achieved if the tilt angle or a tilt angle corresponding to the loading position(s) are fixed with one or more stops. A stop represents a mechanical obstacle that prevents further movement, in particular tilting, of the support stand beyond the respective loading position. For example, the stop can be formed with or by a wall or an edge of the guide element forming the guide recess, against which a guide pin rests in the loading position.

[0017] It has proven useful if the guide recess, in particular if it is designed as a groove or incision, has a longitudinal section, in particular a straight-line section, so that a movement of one or more guide pins in or along the longitudinal section is associated with a translational movement of the support stand relative to the feed pipe, wherein one or more transverse sections branch off from the longitudinal section at an angle, in particular orthogonally, preferably forming an acute angle between the longitudinal section and the transverse section, in order to tilt the support stand by inserting or moving at least one of the guide pins into the or one of the transverse sections and to fix it in place, in particular at a tilt angle corresponding to a loading position, forming a stop.Depending on the movement to be achieved, in particular translational movement and / or tilting movement, of the support stand relative to the feed pipe, the longitudinal section and / or one or more transverse sections can be straight or curved. Typically, the longitudinal section has a mostly straight longitudinal extension essentially in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the support stand in order to define or predetermine the translational movement of the support stand relative to the feed pipe in this direction. It has proven useful for two guide pins to be inserted into the guide recess, in particular its longitudinal section, in the drying position and to be guided so that they can be moved translationally in this, in order to tilt the support stand into the loading position(s) by moving one of the guide pins into the transverse section or one of the transverse sections of the guide recess.

[0018] Advantageously, the guide recess, in particular its longitudinal section or transverse section(s), is designed in such a way that one or more guide pins can be fixed, in particular in a form-fitting or force-fitting manner, in at least one position, preferably in several positions, in the guide recess, in particular in the longitudinal section or transverse section, in order to lock the support stand. Locking the support stand is particularly easy to implement in this way by restricting or preventing any translational mobility of the guide pins in the guide recess. Preferably, the guide pin is fixed in the guide recess in a form-fitting manner, thereby reducing the susceptibility to errors. It has proven useful if the guide pin in the transverse section is spring-loaded in order to fix the guide pin in the transverse section.It is expedient to provide several of the aforementioned transverse sections, which allows the at least one guide pin to be secured in multiple positions and thus allows the support stand to be easily locked at multiple tilt angles. Alternatively or additionally, it is also conceivable for the guide pin to be non-positively secured in a position in the guide recess, particularly in its longitudinal or transverse sections, for example, by means of a clamping device, thereby achieving a resilient securing or locking of the guide pin.

[0019] High operational capability can be achieved if the tilting device is designed such that the support stand can be tilted around various tilting axes to move the support stand from the drying position to the loading position, in particular to one of several loading positions. Depending on the intended use, several tilting axes can be parallel or at an angle, in particular orthogonal, to each other.

[0020] It has proven useful for the tilting device to be designed such that the support stand can be tilted in various tilting directions in order to move the support stand from the drying position into the loading position, in particular one of several loading positions. This increases the flexibility for loading the support stand, as the support stand can be loaded from more than one direction. In particular, it is practical for this purpose if the support stand can be tilted in several, in particular all, directions vertical to a longitudinal direction of the support stand in its drying position. Furthermore, when installing the drying device, no consideration needs to be given to a particular orientation of the support stand with regard to permitted tilting directions. This can be implemented, for example, by designing the tilting device so that it can rotate relative to the feed pipe about a longitudinal axis of the support stand in its drying position.In this way, the tilting direction can be variably adjusted by rotating the tilting device or a support stand rigidly connected to the tilting device. For maximum flexibility, it is advantageous if the support stand can be tilted in both a positive and a negative direction of rotation starting from the drying position. A positive direction of rotation usually refers to a clockwise or right-handed direction of rotation, and a negative direction of rotation refers to a counterclockwise or left-handed direction of rotation. This can be achieved, for example, by the longitudinal section of the guide recess having transverse sections on both sides along its longitudinal extent, into which at least one of the guide pins can be inserted or moved in order to tilt the support stand in a positive or negative direction of rotation, depending on the transverse section.

[0021] It is advantageous if the support stand is rotatable relative to the supply pipe about a longitudinal axis of the support stand. This allows the support stand to be rotated into a desired position depending on the user's requirements, which increases practicality, particularly when pulling the protective suit onto the support stand. For this purpose, for example, a rotating connection between the support stand and the supply pipe can be provided. It has proven effective to design the tilting mechanism in such a way that rotation of the support stand relative to the supply pipe about a longitudinal axis of the support stand is possible.

[0022] It is advantageous if the support stand and the supply pipe are designed so that they can be connected or detached using a closure, in particular a quick-release fastener. The fact that the support stand can be detached from the supply pipe facilitates maintenance and / or cleaning of the support stand and / or supply pipe. Cleaning is particularly necessary because a liquid and / or gaseous medium is intended to flow through the supply pipe and the support stand. If the support stand and the supply pipe are designed so that they can be connected or detached using a quick-release fastener, maintenance or cleaning can be carried out particularly practically. A quick-release fastener makes it possible to open or close a connection, in particular without tools. The quick-release fastener can, for example, be designed as a snap fastener.In this case, it is usually provided that a positive and / or non-positive connection is created by elastically deforming a snap element and subsequently creating a positive or non-positive connection. The positive or non-positive connection can be canceled again by further elastic deformation of the snap element. Such a connection can be easily and quickly released and reconnected. However, it is also conceivable for a quickly detachable connection to be implemented in the form of a screw connection, a clamp connection, or a similarly suitable detachable connection. Alternatively and / or cumulatively, it can be provided that an aforementioned closure, in particular a quick-release closure, detachably connects several parts of the support stand or several parts of the supply pipe to one another. In particular, an aforementioned closure can be designed as part of the tilting device.Alternatively, and in contrast to the aforementioned quick-release fastener, a conventional twist lock, for example with a screw nut, can also be used, although opening the lock then requires a tool and is therefore more difficult to handle.

[0023] It has proven useful for the support stand and the supply pipe to be connected in a medium-tight manner, in particular in a liquid-tight or gas-tight manner, in order to reduce or prevent any loss of medium, in particular liquid loss or gas loss, of a medium, in particular a liquid or a gas, conveyed through the drying device to the environment. In particular, limiting the loss of medium reduces energy consumption, since a pressure loss when conveying the medium from the supply pipe into the support stand is reduced. For this purpose, one or more sealing elements, for example sealing rings and / or sealing compounds, can be expediently used, which are inserted in particular at a transition region between the supply pipe and the support stand, in particular at the tilting device.

[0024] It is advantageous if a movable cover element is provided which, in the drying position, can be arranged on an end section of the support stand and / or an end section of the feed pipe, which end sections are connected to one another in the drying position in order to guide medium through the feed pipe into the support stand, such that the cover element overlaps both the end section of the support stand and the end section of the feed pipe. In this way, an area where the end sections abut or are connected to one another can be protected from external influences, in particular dirt. The cover element is generally designed to be movable relative to the support stand and / or relative to the feed pipe or their end sections. Typically, the end sections are connectable to one another, in particular detachably, for the drying position or for assuming this position.In particular, one end section can be formed with the aforementioned end pipe, and in particular the other end section can have the aforementioned receptacle into which the end pipe can be inserted. Simple handling is achievable if the cover element is positively connected to one of the end sections in such a way that the cover element can be moved along a longitudinal axis of the end section relative to the end section in order to arrange the cover element in the drying position so as to overlap both the end section of the support stand and the end section of the feed pipe by moving or shifting the cover element along the longitudinal axis of the end section. It is expedient for this purpose if the cover element engages the end section in such a form-fitting manner that movement of the cover element in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the end section is only possible to a limited extent.The cover element can be designed, for example, as a tubular element or sleeve, wherein one of the end sections is guided through a through-bore of the tubular element or sleeve, such that the tubular element or sleeve is arranged at the end section in a form-fitting manner and is movable relative to the end section. It is preferred if the cover element can be arranged at the end sections so that it overlaps the end sections, such that the cover element connects the end sections to one another in a medium-tight, in particular liquid-tight or gas-tight, manner. This reliably prevents medium guided through the end sections in the drying position from escaping at a connection between the end sections. For this purpose, the cover element can have one or more of the aforementioned sealing elements.For maximum robustness, it has proven effective to arrange the cover element on one of the end sections in such a way that, in the drying position, maximum mobility of the cover element relative to the end section along a longitudinal axis of the end section in the direction of the other end section is defined by a stop. Such a stop can, for example, be formed with one or more limiting elements on one or both end sections, which form a mechanical obstacle to movement of the cover element along a longitudinal axis of the end section. It is practical if the stop element can be fixed in an overlapping position, in which the stop element is arranged overlapping the end sections, in a form-fitting and / or force-fitting manner in the overlapping position, in particular can be connected to one or both end sections.For this purpose, a stop element closure may be provided, which is designed to connect the stop element to one or both end sections in a form-fitting and / or force-fitting manner. The stop element closure can be designed, for example, as the aforementioned quick-release fastener. High load capacity can be achieved if the stop element closure is formed with a screw cap.

[0025] It has proven useful for the drying device to have one or more support arms, in particular arranged on the support stand or formed as part of the support stand, in order to arrange the protective suit on the support arms or to pull it over them. The support arms are usually designed in such a way that they reach into the extremities of a protective suit pulled over the support stand. This makes it possible to stretch the protective suit onto the support arms, so that drying can be carried out particularly efficiently. The support arms can be arranged on a main pipe of the support stand and / or in front of the tilting device, for example on the feed pipe, or can be directly connected to it. In the drying position, the main pipe of the drying stand is usually connected, usually directly, to the feed pipe in order to guide the medium guided through the feed pipe into the main pipe of the support stand. By having support arms on the support stand orwhose main pipe are arranged, these are tilted into the loading position together with the carrying stand and enable a protective suit or a part of a protective suit to be put onto these carrying arms particularly easily. It can be advantageous if one or more carrying arms are arranged on the carrying stand, in particular on its main pipe, and one or more carrying arms are arranged on the supply pipe or upstream of the tilting device in the direction of flow of the medium. This means that when the carrying stand is tilted, only some of the carrying arms are also tilted, which means that the carrying stand can be tilted with less effort, in particular when a protective suit is arranged on the carrying stand. For example, it can be provided that the carrying stand orone or more support arms are arranged on the main pipe of which the trouser legs of a usually one-piece protective suit can be pulled over, while one or more support arms are arranged on the feed pipe, which support sleeves of the protective suit can be pulled over. In this way, the usually one-piece protective suit can be pulled over the stretcher stand in such a way that, in a tilted state, i.e. in the loading position, the trouser legs of the protective suit are pulled over tilted support arms, while the sleeves of the protective suit are only pulled over support arms arranged on the feed pipe after the stretcher stand has been tilted back into the drying position. This enables a protective suit to be attached to the stretcher stand or the support arms in a particularly energy-saving manner. A support arm can be formed with or by a rod, in particular a deformed one. As a rule, one end or both ends of the rod are attached to the stretcher stand orThe rod is arranged on a supply pipe or directly connected to it. In particular, several, often two, support arms can be formed from the same rod. It is practical if the rod is looped or threaded at least in sections, so that it forms one or more support arms onto which one or more extremities of a protective suit can be slipped.

[0026] In order to accelerate drying, it has proven useful for one or more, preferably all, of the support arms to be formed with at least one pipe or pipeline, frequently several pipes or pipelines, which are connected to the supply pipe in such a way that gaseous or liquid medium conducted through the supply pipe flows through the support arms. This makes it easy to quickly dry extremities, for example trouser legs, of a protective suit pulled over the support stand or support arm. In particular, the individual support arms can be arranged in the aforementioned manner on the support stand or its main pipe or supply pipe, or connected to it, or shaped in the aforementioned manner, wherein in particular a similarly shaped pipe or pipeline can be used instead of a rod.

[0027] It is advantageous if at least one, preferably several, in particular all, of the support arms are detachably connected to the support stand or its main pipe and / or to the feed pipe. This facilitates maintenance and / or cleaning of the drying device, in particular of the support arms. In addition, disassembly of the drying device is made easier and transport of the drying device can be carried out in a more space-saving manner. It is expedient if at least one or more support arms are connected to the support stand or its main pipe and / or the feed pipe by a quick-release fastener. This makes it particularly easy to connect or detach the support arm from the support stand or its main pipe and / or the feed pipe. It is also conceivable, however, for a detachable connection to be implemented in the form of a screw connection, a clamp connection or a similarly expedient detachable connection.

[0028] It is preferred if at least two support arms are designed in pairs to project parallel to one another or divergently towards their tips, in particular substantially U-shaped or V-shaped, so that a pair of trouser legs or a pair of sleeves of a protective suit can be pulled over them. This makes it particularly practical to stretch a protective suit or a pair of extremities of a protective suit between the support arms, thereby accelerating the drying of the protective suit or the pair of extremities. A particularly simple stretching of a one-piece protective suit is achieved if, in the drying position, at least two pairs of support arms are arranged spaced one behind the other, in particular in a row, so that trouser legs and sleeves of a one-piece protective suit can each be pulled over a pair of support arms, whereby the protective suit can be stretched particularly efficiently between the support arms and thus enables rapid drying of the protective suit.

[0029] In a proven variant, the drying of a protective suit placed over the carrying stand or arms is accelerated by heating it with a medium, particularly a liquid and / or gaseous one, that flows through the carrying handle. Heated air or heated water, for example, is often used for this purpose.

[0030] It is preferably provided that the support stand and / or one or more support arms have outlet holes so that a liquid and / or gaseous medium guided through the support stand or the support arms can exit at the outlet holes in order to apply the medium to a protective suit arranged on the support stand or the support arms. This enables rapid drying or cleaning of the protective suit. As an alternative to or in combination with a drying process, the protective suit can also be cleaned or disinfected in this way by varying the composition of the liquid and / or gaseous medium. Air, in particular heated air, is generally used as the gaseous medium in order to accelerate the drying of a protective suit pulled over the support stand or a support arm.In principle, however, any gaseous and / or liquid medium can be used, as long as it supports a drying and / or cleaning and / or disinfection process. For example, a heated gas and / or a gas enriched with a cleaning agent and / or disinfectant can be used.

[0031] Further features, advantages, and effects will become apparent from the following exemplary embodiments. The drawings, to which reference is made, show: Fig. 1 a schematic representation of an embodiment variant of a drying device according to the invention with a support stand in a drying position; Fig. 2 a schematic representation of the drying device of the Fig. 1 with the carrying stand in a loading position; Fig. 3 a schematic representation of the drying device of the Fig. 1 with the carrying stand in another loading position; Fig. 4 a schematic representation of a section of the drying device of the Fig. 1 with the carrying stand in the loading position of the Fig. 2 in a cross-section; Fig. 5 a further schematic representation of a section of the drying device of the Fig. 1 with the carrying stand in the loading position of the Fig. 2 ; Fig. 6 a schematic representation of a further embodiment of a drying device according to the invention with a support stand in a loading position.

[0032] Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of an embodiment of a drying device 1 for drying a protective suit. The drying device 1 comprises a support stand 2 formed with tubes, which is connected to a feed pipe 3 by a tilting device 4 in such a way that the support stand 2 can be moved or tilted from a drying position, in which a medium can be guided through the feed pipe 3 into the support stand 2, by tilting the support stand relative to the feed pipe into a loading position in order to facilitate pulling the protective suit onto the support stand 2. The drying device 1 has a plurality of support arms 5, which are designed in such a way that they extend into the extremities of a protective suit pulled over the support stand 2, in particular in order to stretch the protective suit with the support arms 5. It has proven useful to have at least two support arms 5 as part of the support stand 2 and at least two support arms 5 on the feed pipe 3 orare arranged upstream of the tilting device 4 in the medium flow direction, thereby facilitating handling or tilting of the support stand 2. As shown in . Fig. 1 As can be seen, the support arms 5 of the support stand 2 and the support arms 5 arranged on the supply pipe 3 can each be formed with pipes or a pipeline which is shaped in such a way that the support arms 5, according to Fig. 1 two support arms 5 are formed. The support arms 5 are connected to the supply pipe 3 in such a way that a medium, usually heated, directed into the support stand 2 or the supply pipe 3 flows through the support arms 5 in order to dry a protective suit slipped over the support stand 2 or the support arms 5. As shown in Fig. 1 As can be seen, the support arms 5 can be connected directly to a main tube of the support stand 2.

[0033] The tilting device 4 has two guide plates 6 - corresponding to the above-mentioned guide element - which are arranged on opposite sides of the feed pipe 3 on the feed pipe 3, clearly visible in Fig. 5 The guide plates 6 have guide recesses 7, into which guide pins 8 arranged on opposite sides of the support stand 2 are positively inserted in order to implement or enable a guided movement of the support stand 2 relative to the feed pipe 3 according to the shape and extent of the guide recess 7. It is understood that it is possible in an analogous manner to arrange the guide plates 6 on the support stand 2 and the guide pins 8 on the feed pipe 3.

[0034] As in Fig. 1 , or detailed in Fig. 5 , as can be seen, preferably two guide pins 8 are provided on opposite sides of the support stand 2 on the support stand 2, wherein the guide pins 8 are arranged at a distance from one another, generally along a longitudinal extension or longitudinal axis L of the support stand 2 on the support stand 2, in order to specify or enable a movement, in particular tilting, of the support stand 2 from the drying position into one of the loading positions in accordance with a mobility or positioning options of the guide pins 8 predetermined by the guide recess 7 in the respective guide recess 7. As in Fig. 1 As shown, it is practical if the guide recess 7 is designed as a cut in the guide plate and in particular has a longitudinal section 9, from which several transverse sections 10 branch off at an angle, preferably forming acute angles between the longitudinal section 9 and the transverse sections 10. In the drying position, both guide pins 8 are located in the longitudinal section 9, shown in Fig. 1 . The longitudinal section 9 has a rectilinear longitudinal extension substantially in the direction of the longitudinal axis L of the support stand 2, so that the longitudinal section 9 enables a translational movement of the support stand 2 relative to the feed pipe 3 in this direction in order to decouple the support stand 2 from the feed pipe 3. By moving the support stand 2 in such a way that one of the two guide pins 8 is moved into one of the transverse sections 10, a tilting of the support stand 2 into one of the loading positions is implemented, shown in Fig. 2 or Fig. 3 or Fig. 5 In order to enable the support stand 2 to be tilted in both the positive and negative directions of rotation into a loading position, as shown in Fig. 1 or Fig. 5 As can be seen, two transverse sections 10 are provided, which branch off on opposite sides of the longitudinal section 9 or on both sides of the longitudinal section 9 at the longitudinal section 9 of the guide recess 7.

[0035] Fig. 2 shows a schematic representation of the drying device 1 of the Fig. 1 , wherein the support stand is tilted into one of the loading positions. One of the guide pins 8 is inserted into a transverse section 10 of the corresponding guide recess 7, so that the support stand 2 is tilted by a tilt angle α, starting from the drying position into a loading position. A length or shape of the transverse section 10 or a wall of the guide plate delimiting it defines a stop for the guide pin 8 in the guide recess or the support stand 2, so that a tilt angle α of the support stand 2 associated with the loading position is fixed relative to the feed pipe 3. As a rule, the tilt angle α is measured as the angle between the longitudinal axis L of the support stand in its drying position and the longitudinal axis L` of the support stand in a state of the support stand tilted relative to the drying position, in particular its loading position.

[0036] Fig. 3 shows a schematic representation of the drying device 1 of the Fig. 1 in a further loading position of the support stand, in the opposite tilting direction compared to the tilting direction of the Fig. 2 . In the Fig. 3 In the loading position shown, the guide pin 8 is inserted into the other cross section 10, so that the support stand 2 rotates in the opposite direction compared to Fig. 2 has tipped over.

[0037] Fig. 4 shows a schematic representation of a section of the drying device 1 of the Fig. 1 with the carrying stand in the loading position of the Fig. 2 in a cross-section. The support stand 2 is designed according to the illustration of the Fig. 2 tilted into the loading position, whereby the support stand 2 is separated or decoupled from the feed pipe 3 or a medium-conducting connection between the support stand 2 and the feed pipe 3. By moving or tilting the support stand 2 with a guide, the support stand 2 can then be moved back into the drying position in a safe and robust manner, in which the medium-conducting connection between the support stand 2 and the feed pipe 3 is re-established. Connecting the support stand 2 to the feed pipe 3 is facilitated in that the support stand 2 has an end pipe 11 with a reduced outer diameter, in particular in a cross-section along a longitudinal axis L, L' of the support stand 2 an end pipe 11 with a continuously decreasing outer diameter, which can be inserted into a receptacle 12 on the feed pipe 3 or the support stand 2 corresponding to the end pipe 11 in order to connect the support stand 2 to the feed pipe 3.In order to facilitate cleaning, it is expedient if several parts of the support stand 2 or supply pipe 3 are detachably connected to one another, for example with screw connections 13, as shown in . Fig. 4 is evident.

[0038] Fig. 5 shows a further schematic representation of a section of the drying device 1 of the Fig. 1 with the carrying stand in the loading position of the Fig. 2 or Fig. 4 . The tilting device 4 is clearly shown with guide pins 8 guided in the guide recess 7, with one guide pin 8 arranged in the longitudinal section 9 and one guide pin 8 moved into one of the transverse sections 10 of the guide recess 7, so that the support stand is tilted into the loading position. The tilt angle α corresponding to the loading position is determined by the length and shape of the guide recess or its longitudinal section and transverse sections.

[0039] Fig. 6 shows a schematic representation of a further embodiment of a drying device 1 according to the invention with a support stand in a loading position. The drying device 1 of Fig. 6 can be used according to the characteristics, advantages and effects of the Fig. 1 bis Fig. 5 In contrast to the drying device 1 of the Fig. 1 bis Fig. 5the guide recesses 7 of the guide plates 6 each have only one transverse section 10 branching off from the longitudinal section 9 of the respective guide recess 7, in order to tilt the support stand 2 into the loading position by moving one of the guide pins 8 into the transverse section 10. In this way, moving or tilting the support stand 2 from the drying position into the loading position is only possible in one tilting direction. It is understood that the guide recess can alternatively be designed with only a curved longitudinal section 9 in order to implement tilting of the support stand 2 into the loading position in an analogous manner. However, a design with a longitudinal section 9 and a transverse section 10 branching off essentially at an angle from the longitudinal section 9 has proven to be more robust.

[0040] Depending on the intended use, a plurality of different transverse sections 10 may be present, which branch off from one or more longitudinal sections 9 of the guide recess 7 in order to provide or define different loading positions.

Claims

1. A drying device (1) for drying a protective suit, comprising a carrying stand (2) formed with one or several pipes, which a protective suit can be put over, as well as a feed pipe (3) connected with the carrying stand (2) so as to guide a gaseous or liquid medium through the feed pipe (3) into the carrying stand (2), wherein the carrying stand (2) and the feed pipe (3) are connected by a tilting device (4) in such a way that the carrying stand (2) can be moved from a drying position, which allows the medium to be guided through the feed pipe (3) into the carrying stand (2), into a loading position by tilting the carrying stand (2), so as to make it easier to pull the protective suit over the carrying stand (2), wherein the carrying stand (2) can be locked in the drying position and / or in the loading position, characterized in that the tilting device (4) has a first guiding element, which is connected with the carrying stand (2) or is part of the carrying stand (2), and a second guiding element, which is connected with the feed pipe (3) or is part of the feed pipe (3), wherein one of the guiding elements has at least one guide pipe (8), which is inserted into a guide recess (7) corresponding to the shape of the guide pin (8) on the other guide element, thereby allowing a guided tilting of the carrying stand (2).

2. The drying device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the carrying stand can be locked at several tilting angles (α).

3. The drying device (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the carrying stand (2) and the feed pipe (3) are positively connected by the tilting device (4).

4. The drying device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the tilting device (4) is designed in such a way that the carrying stand (2), in order to move the carrying stand (2), can be moved starting from the drying position into the loading position with a translatory motion, in particular in the direction of a longitudinal axis (L) of the carrying stand, so as to decouple the carrying stand (2) from the feed pipe (3), and then can be brought into the loading state while or by tilting the carrying stand (2).

5. The drying device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the tilting device (4) is designed in such a way that a guide for the carrying stand is present, which defines a possible motion or a tilting of the carrying stand (2).

6. The drying device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the guide recess (7) is designed in such a way as to enable in particular a positive locking of the at least one guide pin (8) at least at one position in the guide recess (7), so as to lock the carrying stand (2).

7. The drying device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the tilting device (4) is designed in such a way that the carrying stand (2) can be tilted in various tilting directions so as to bring the carrying stand (2) from the drying position into the loading position.

8. The drying device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the carrying stand (2) can be rotated relative to the feed pipe (3) around a longitudinal axis (L, L') of the carrying stand (2) .

9. The drying device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the carrying stand (2) and the feed pipe (3) are designed to be detachable and connectable, in particular by way of a quick connector.

10. The drying device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the carrying stand (2) and the feed pipe (3) are connected in a medium-tight, in particular gastight, manner, so as to reduce or prevent a loss of medium, in particular a loss of gas, of a medium guided through the drying device (1) into the environment.

11. The drying device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the drying device (1) has one or more carrying arms (5) in order to arrange the protective suit on the carrying arms (5) or fold it over the latter.

12. The drying device (1) according to claim 11, characterized in that one or several of the carrying arms (5) are comprised of pipes, which are connected with the feed pipe (3) in such a way that gaseous or liquid medium guided through the feed pipe (3) flows through the carrying arms (5).