Abstract: An air-feed type protective helmet includes a cap body to which a face shield is rotatably mounted for movement between a lower use position and an upper non-use position. In order to feed clean air to a space provided between the wearer's face and the face shield, a front visor portion is provided which extends from one lateral side to the other lateral side. This front visor portion includes an inner wall and an outer wall which are integrally formed with the cap body and which have an opening therebetween at lower edges thereof. A bottom wall closes the opening between the inner wall and outer wall to define an air passage. An air outlet is provided in the bottom wall. An air pipe connector is located on one of the lateral sides and is in fluid communication with the air passage. The air pipe connector includes an air pipe connection to which a source of clean air is connectable.

Abstract: A face shield assembly having the upper part of both side peripheral portions or the upper part of both side peripheral portions and the upper peripheral portion in an eyepiece, abutted against the frame. The remaining parts of the eyepiece are fitted in the peripheral portion of a view window of the frame. The right and left side upper corner portions of the eye piece are retained in position by a pair of retaining members and each of the retaining members is held in position by a hand-operated screw and an engagement between an engaging opening and a top-enlarged ridge. At least one anchoring bore formed in the side upper corner portion of the eye piece is fitted with a pin formed on the frame such that the eyepiece can be easily replaced without using any tools.