Patent ID: 7680638

Claim:
A human-clothing-environment simulator for quantitatively measuring properties of clothes to transfer heat and moisture between human skin and an external environment, the simulator comprising: a hot chamber providing a high-temperature external environment to which human skin and a fabric are exposed; a cold chamber providing a low-temperature external environment to which human skin and fabric are exposed; a skin model selectively coupled to the hot chamber or the cold chamber while being vertically erect, the skin model comprising: a hot plate receiving heat and water while being vertically erect and simulating human skin; a ring-shaped frame coupled to a side of the hot plate and supporting a fabric to be separated from the side of the hot plate; and at least one sensor measuring temperature and humidity between the hot plate and the fabric; and at least one sensor measuring temperature and humidity outside the fabric; a water supplier supplying water to the hot plate; a controller controlling the hot chamber, the cold chamber and the skin model, and processing data on temperature and humidity measured by the sensors; and a skin model-supporting device interposed between the hot chamber and the cold chamber and supporting the skin model to be able to shuttle between the hot chamber and the cold chamber; and wherein the hot chamber and the cold chamber are separated by a predetermined distance, and coupling apertures are formed on respective surfaces of the hot chamber and the cold chamber that face each other; and wherein the skin model-supporting device comprises a guide rail disposed between the hot chamber and the cold chamber, and the skin model is suspended from the guide rail to be able to shuttle the simulator.