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Oxygen enriching apparatus with means for regulating oxygen concentration of oxygen enriched gas

US4822384A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1987
Grant dateApr 18, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2259/455
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for producing an oxygen enriched gas having a compressor for supplying air under pressure, a unit for producing a gas enriched with oxygen from the air supplied from the compressor, a gas storage tank for reserving the oxygen enriched gas produced from the producing unit, a flow rate setting unit to set a flow rate of the oxygen enriched gas delivered from the gas storage tank, and a regulating unit for adjustably regulating an oxygen concentration of the oxygen enriched gas in response to a change in a requirement of an oxygen concentration of the oxygen enriched gas obtained at an outlet of the apparatus.

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