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Method and apparatus for determination and display of critical gas supply information

US5016483A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 24, 1990
Grant dateMay 21, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 24, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF17C2270/0781
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for and method of determining and displaying important information pertaining to the use of breathable bottled gas in a pressurized fixed volume container. The apparatus determines and displays information such as consumption rate, gas requirement for future activity, gas time remaining under present and future conditions, as well as other information about the environment in a form that clearly shows critical parameters in an easily understood and intuitive Pictorial Display. The apparatus comprises transducers for measuring ambient pressures and the pressures of the bottled gas, processors or microprocessors for interpreting and analyzing the data and making the necessary computations, and a display screen for presenting information to the user.

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