Air conditioned clothing is intended primarily to be used by workers in areas where
air conditioningAn air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area, or provide heat to an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...
systems cannot be easily installed, such as tunnels and underground construction sites.
Patents for air conditioned clothing have been around for years, but few products have actually made it to market. Two such items, a
jacketA jacket is a type of sleeved hip- or waist-length garment for the upper body. For clothing older than the mid-nineteenth century, a distinction is often maintained with a coat, but in many instances the terms are now interchangeable. A jacket is generally shorter, ending just below the waist, and...
and blouson, went into production in April 2005 in
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Attached to the clothing are two lightweight fans that help draw in air and help vaporize
sweatSWEAT is an OLN/TSN show hosted by Julie Zwillich that aired in 2003-2004.Each of the 13 half-hour episodes of SWEAT features a different outdoor sport: kayaking, mountain biking, ice hockey, beach volleyball, soccer, windsurfing, rowing, Ultimate, triathlon, wakeboarding, snowboarding, telemark...
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Air conditioned clothing is intended primarily to be used by workers in areas where
air conditioningAn air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area, or provide heat to an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...
systems cannot be easily installed, such as tunnels and underground construction sites.
Patents for air conditioned clothing have been around for years, but few products have actually made it to market. Two such items, a
jacketA jacket is a type of sleeved hip- or waist-length garment for the upper body. For clothing older than the mid-nineteenth century, a distinction is often maintained with a coat, but in many instances the terms are now interchangeable. A jacket is generally shorter, ending just below the waist, and...
and blouson, went into production in April 2005 in
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Attached to the clothing are two lightweight fans that help draw in air and help vaporize
sweatSWEAT is an OLN/TSN show hosted by Julie Zwillich that aired in 2003-2004.Each of the 13 half-hour episodes of SWEAT features a different outdoor sport: kayaking, mountain biking, ice hockey, beach volleyball, soccer, windsurfing, rowing, Ultimate, triathlon, wakeboarding, snowboarding, telemark...
. The fans, attached to the back of the clothing near the waist, are about 10 cm wide and run on four rechargeable
AA-size
nickel-hydrogen batteriesA nickel hydrogen battery is a rechargeable electrochemical power source based on nickel and hydrogen. The difference with a nickel-metal hydride battery is the use of hydrogen in a pressurized cell of up to 1200 psi...
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