THE BREATHER

TUBE DE RESPIRATION BREATHER

English Abstract

The Breather is the tool created by number of short pieces of cylinders
(2,3,4) which
connected together form the pipeline (6) to carry the air to the mouth of the
victim of
avalanche and to remove the used air together with humidity.
Exhausted air also activates the whistle located in the head (1) of breather
to signal the
emergency staff the location of the victim.
The breather can be classified as human necessity.
Victim covered by the snow of avalanche can survive itself in average of 35
minutes and is
suffocated by frozen exhaust humidity which covering it's face.
The invented tool, the Breather is solving this problem and as the result is
allowing the
emergency services more time to reach the victim.

Claims

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CLAIM
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property is claimed ,
are defined as
follows:
CLAIM No. 1. The process of allowing the victim of avalanche to take active
part in
rescue mission
CLAIM No. 2.
1) Introductory phrase:
Invention is a new tool called a breather/communicator as device to save the
life of the
victim of avalanche by:
a) giving the victim possibility to breath using the above the snow air
b) signaling the location of the victim of avalanche
c)giving the emergency services possibility to locate the victim and supply
the compressed
air or oxygen
A breather is in category of human necessity
2) Transitional phrase
The parts consisting essentially of:
Set of cylinders, head as driller- inlet/ outlet of air and mouthpiece which
comprises
together create the new tool : THE BREATHER
3) The body of the claim no 2.
LIST OF MAIN ELEMENTS
ITEM QTY PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION
Length Diameter
1 1 Head 1 5cm 3.00cm
2 1 Cylinder 2 25 cm 1.5cm
3 1 Cylinder 3 25cm 1.75cm
4 1 Cylinder 4 25cm 2.0cm
1 Cylinder 5 25cm 2.25cm
6 1 Cylinder 6 25 cm 2.50cm
7 1 Cylinder 7 25 cm 2.75cm
8 1 Cylinder 8 25cm 3.00cm
9 1 Cylinder 9 25cm 3.25cm
1 Cylinder 10 25cm 3.50cm
11 1 Cylinder 11 25cm 3.75cm
12 1 Mouthpiece 12 Rubber mouthpiece
The device is an extendable pipeline that has adjustable length from 2 metres
to 2.5 metres.
The pipeline itself is made of 10 short hollow cylinders each 25 cm long and
made of strong
plastic, aluminum or stainless steel. Each cylinder's diameter is smaller of
the previous
cylinder's diameter in such a way that can be completely inserted inside the
previous

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cylinder. Therefore all cylinders can be fit inside the first (the largest)
cylinder.
The smallest cylinder has one end covered with conical head (driller). It's
head is made of
transparent strong plastic with a tread on the outside surface. The upper part
of the cone
has a compartment for micro- electronics, battery, switch and a small light
bulb of high
illuminance. Micro-electronics consist of circuitry for low power
transmittance commonly
found in pager designs and to power a small light bulb to illuminate slow
pulses of light.
The conical head bottom part has two holes that lead to upper end of the
hollow cylinder.
The first largest cylinder has one end connected to a mouthpiece made of
rubber or plastic
material. All cylinders can be pushed into the largest cylinders to form one
piece cylinder,
mouthpiece and head. Furthermore, it can be extended by pushing first cylinder
out until is
snapped by hatching mechanism (commonly found drug plastic bottles) inside the
previous
cylinder or by threads. Then the process of pushing another cylinder is
repeated until all
cylinders are pushed out. The conical head allows the victim to puncture the
pile of snow.
The extension of the cylinders allows the puncture to travel further until the
end of pile is
reached. Once the conical head is outside, the holes allows air to be drawn
inside the
cylinders toward the mouthpiece. The miniaturized transmitter is continuously
transmitting
short FM signal for help (S.O. S Morse Code - a series of 3 short and 3 long
pulses). A small
light bulb (red coloured)is flashing slowly to provide guidance for emergency
service crew
luring the rescue at day time and night time.

Description

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DESCRIPTION
a)The Title of Invention : A BREATHER
b)The technical field related to invention:
The invented tool is related to life saving equipment specially adapted for
the human being
trapped by the pile of snow created by avalanche. It can be classified as
human necessity .
c)The Background of the Art:
Actually only one invention is trying to solve the problem : the limited time
of survival of
victim of avalanche which in average is ca 35 minutes. "Avalung" is the
breathing device ,
which built into the ski jacket to extract the air from the snow allowing to
increase the
victim's survival time to 1 hour. The author of this invention is Mr. Thomas
Crawley ,
professor at the University of Colorado in Denver, US. This is only one known
to Applicant,
case , when the solution of the problem is DIRECTED TO THE VICTIM instead of
the to
outsiders. The intention is solving the problem of extending the time of
victim's existence by
delivering the air and also allowing it's location.
d) Summary of Invention
The device is pipeline built into the length of 2.Om to 2. Sm by about ten
short cylinders (2,3,4)
of the length about 25 cm each and located inside each other. On the top of
the first one the
head ( 1 ) is located . The head is built as the driller on the surface and
the inlet of air inside
(also whistle, flashing lamp and electronic bi-per - for more sophisticated
apparatus).
The last cylinder is different than others in the bottom of which the
mouthpiece (12) is
located The device should be the part of the person's skiing equipment as for
example
jacket to be easy accessible . The victim trapped under the pile of snow , can
develop it
by drilling through the snow cover and consequently use it for breathing.
The problem for the previous solutions to help victim was that all efforts
were put in
enforcement of the outside emergency services which was limited by the victim
survival
time 35 minutes- after which the all mechanical equipment and training were
useless. This
invention is a different approach - it is a tool in the hands of the victim
and giving the victim
opportunity to extent survival time and by sound (whistler, bi-per) or
flashing light to show
he victim's location allowing emergency service to shorten the time of
searching and
reaching the victim.
e) Description of drawings
The invention, as exemplified by preferred embodiment, is described with
reference to
the drawings in which
Figure 1 - a perspective view of an embodiment of the Breather
Figure 2 - is cross- section before development
Figure 3 - a vertical section
Figure 4 - a detail of location following cylinders
Figure 5 - illustration to instruction of use the breather

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f)Detailed Description
Refernng to the drawings , the embodiment of the invention shown, a breather -
Figure 1
comprises pipe ( 1...11 ) which has the head ( 1 ) roofing the outlet-inlet
and the outside shaped
as driller. The head can be a home of whistle , flashing lamp , bi-per for
more
sophisticated modules. After removing the head , the first cylinder should be
in dimension
allowing to "quick connection " of hose from the bottle of compressed air or
oxygen
delivered by emergency service. On the bottom of the pipe ( it's last cylinder
No. l l) should be
rubber mouthpiece (12) In the body of this part the source of electric energy
is located.
The pipe is created by short pieces -ca 25 cm, of cylinders (2,3....11) . The
cylinder is in the
same shape but different in dimensions allowing the following cylinder to be
located inside
the previous one by simple screw home movement as is shown in figure 5 .
The following cylinders are having the inner (8) outside (9) threads which
when screw home
together are creating of connection of two cylinders as is it shown on figure
4.
The last cylinder is different than others in the bottom ofwhich the
mouthpiece (12) is located .
It has to be done from plastic or other light material - resistant to low
temperature to avoid
the painful freezing victim's mouth to the mouthpiece.
Because the parts of the breather : pipes, driller, whistler, mouthpiece,
flashing lamps, bi-per,
are widely used in different kind of equipments- they are not shown in details
on drawings.
The novelty of an invention is the composition of existing elements from
different industry
into completely new life saving tool. Any manufacturer in any country can
survey the
existing market of this parts and after adjustment built a breather
General intention of the drawings is the showing the invention , which is the
tool allowing
direct approach to the victim , giving him/her the chance to play active part
in rescue mission,
instead of being immobilized by heavy load of the snow and wait desperately
for the outside
help.
USE OF A BREATHER - FIGURE 5
Basic use of the breather is
* breaking the pile of the snow by using the head of the breather as driller
* get the communication with the staff above the snow ( air, people)
*get the air to the victim's lungs and remove the humidity from the air
surrounding the victim
* get the compressed air or oxygen to the victim from the emergency equipment
*signal victim's location by way of whistle, bi-per, or flashing light
To use the breather the victim has to develop it . The process of development
is also the
drilling process. The first move is to locate the breather to victim's face
and direct the head
in vertical direction to find the shortest way to the surface of the snow.
The next step is pulling and turning the first cylinder (2) with the head ( 1
) to drill through the
snow. At the end of the first cylinder the next cylinder (3) is going into the
same action and is
firmly connected to the first one. This action is continued till the surface
of the snow is
reached by head. Because the depth of the sow pile is only the victim's guess
, every few

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connected cylinders the victim should try to breath out hard to remove the
snow from inlet and
to activate the signal and make quick contact with the emergency services.
Victim can also
activate the bi-per and flashing light to save energy for breathing. the
victim should limit
movement the movement and amount breathing to extent the time of it's
existence
The process of selling should also include the demonstration the use of the
breather to the
buyer at it's every stage including information about up to date experience.
THERE SHOULD BE NO SALE WITHOUT DEMONSTRATION
INSTRUCTION FOR USERS SHOULD BE NLADE USING THE DRAWINGS
SHOWING THE FOLLOWING FAZES OF THE BREATHER
THE DRAWINGS SHOULD BE PRINTED ON THE SURFACE OF LAST CYLINDER
EVERY SKIER SHOULD HAVE THE BREATHER AS PART OF SKIING EQUIPMENT
Having in mind extremely expensive cost of rescue mission the breather should
be
compulsory for every skier as insurance is for the car driver.

Representative Drawing