Respirator assembly

• US 20100282260A1
• Filed: 05/04/2010
• Published: 11/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SLS Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Top Vision Medical Equipment Consultant Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sung, Ching-Lung
• Granted Patent: US 8,469,028 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/205.12
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0066 Blowers or centrifugal pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/107 in the inspiratory path
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 7/10 with filter elements
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 7/12 with fresh-air hose

Abstract

A respirator assembly is composed of a respirator, an air purifier, and a connection tube. The respirator includes a first housing having an inflow unit and an air intake. A first pumping unit is located in the first housing for sucking the air through the inflow unit and exhausting the air through the air outtake. The air purifier includes a second housing having an air intake and an outflow unit. A second pumping unit is located in the second housing for sucking the air through the air intake and exhausting the air through the outflow unit. The outflow unit includes a natural-air outlet and a respirator outlet. The connection tube includes two ends, one of which is connected with the respirator outlet and the other is connected with the inflow unit. Accordingly, the respirator assembly can reduce the frequency of replacing the respiratory screen and enhance the quality of filtering the air.

Claims

1. A respirator assembly comprising:

a respirator having a first housing having an air outtake, a first pumping unit and an inflow unit being located in the first housing, the inflow unit having a natural-air inlet and an air-purifier inlet, the first pumping unit being provided for sucking the air through the inflow unit and exhausting the air through the air outtake;

an air purifier having a second housing having an air intake, an outflow unit and a second pumping unit being located in the second housing, the second pumping unit being provided for sucking the air through the air intake and exhausting the air through the outflow unit, the outflow unit having a natural-air outlet and a respirator outlet; and

a connection tube having two ends, one of which is connected with the respirator outlet and the other is connected with the air-purifier inlet.

2. The respirator assembly as defined in claim 1, wherein the inflow unit further comprises a control valve for opening or closing the natural-air inlet and the air-purifier inlet;

while opening the natural-air inlet, the control valve closes the air-purifier inlet;

while closing the natural-air inlet, the control valve opens the air-purifier inlet.

3. The respirator assembly as defined in claim 2 further comprising a chipset, wherein the chipset is mounted in the first housing.

4. The respirator assembly as defined in claim 3 further comprising a microparticle detector for detecting the concentration of suspended particles in the air outside the first housing.

5. The respirator assembly as defined in claim 4 further comprising a suspended-particle concentration display device, wherein the suspended-particle concentration display device is mounted outside the first housing;

the chipset can digitalize the detected concentration of the suspended particles and the suspended-particle concentration display device can display a result of the digitalized concentration of the suspended particles.

6. The respirator assembly as defined in claim 5, wherein the respirator further comprises a signal transmission unit;

the air purifier further comprises a signal receiving unit;

while the result reaches a threshold, the signal transmission unit transmits a signal to the signal receiving device to activate the air purifier.