Compressor nebulizer with a pressure gage

• US 20090211571A1
• Filed: 02/25/2008
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hsueh-Yu Lu
• Original Assignee: Hsueh-Yu Lu
• Inventors: Lu, Hsueh-Yu
• Granted Patent: US 7,624,968 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/200.210
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/02 operated by air or other gas pressure applied to the liquid or other product to be sprayed or atomised sprayers for horticulture A01G, A01H; killing insects A01M; air humidifying by nozzles F24F6/14, F24F6/18; cooling by spraying F28B, F28C
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2016/0027 pressure meter
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0468 non-physiological
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/584 having a color code
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8262 connectable to external power source, e.g. connecting to automobile battery through the cigarette lighter

Abstract

For changing a liquid medicine into a fine mist a compressor nebulizer is disclosed to include a pressure gage that indicates the pressure range of the compressed air passing out of the air pump to nebulizer cup through aerosol tubing so that the user can quickly recognize the normal operation of device and, if abnormal, decide if external parts should be replaced or the device should be returned for repair.

Claims

1. A compressor nebulizer comprising a housing, said housing being formed of a bottom shell and a top cover, an air pump fixedly mounted inside said bottom shell and adapted for producing compressed air, a motor fixedly mounted inside said bottom shell and adapted to drive said air pump, a power cable connectable to an external power source to provide said motor with the necessary working voltage, a power switch mounted in said housing and electrically connected between said motor and said power cable and partially extended to the outside of said housing for operation by the user to turn on/off said motor, a nebulizer cup, said nebulizer cup, and an aerosol tubing connected between said nebulizer and said air pump to guide compressed air from said air pump to said nebulizer cup,

wherein:

said air pump has a first connector connected to an air output side thereof and extended to the outside of said housing for the connection of said aerosol tubing, and a second connector connected between the air output side of said air pump and said first connector, and a pressure gage connected to said second connector and mounted in said housing for indicating the pressure of the compressed air passing out of said air pump to said aerosol tubing and said nebulizer cup during operation of said motor and said air pump.

2. The compressor nebulizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pressure gage has a dial face thereof divided into an under-pressure indication zone, a normal pressure indication zone, an over-pressure indication zone, and a pointer pivoted thereof and turnable relative to said dial face to indicate one of said under-pressure indication zone, said normal pressure indication zone and said over-pressure indication zone subject to the pressure of the compressed air passing out of said air pump to said aerosol tubing.

3. The compressor nebulizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pressure gage is mounted in said top cover.

4. The compressor nebulizer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pressure gage is mounted in said bottom shell.