|
(11) | EP 0 158 498 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(54) | Closed circuit compressed oxygen breathing device |
(57) A portable closed circuit compressed oxygen breathing device 20 for emergency use
that provides a regulated flow of oxygen under pressure. A low cost container 26 forms
a breathing chamber 30 and an integrally formed scrubber 28, and has an injection
molded plastic cover 130 having connections for a breathing tube 34, flow regulator
38, admission valve assembly 40 and relief valve 36. A combined fill passage and safety
relief assembly 100,104 is incorporated into a body 86 that houses a pressure gauge
98 and that is press fit onto an improved pressure regulating valve assembly 22. The
flow regulator and admission valve control the rate of flow of oxygen to the breathing
chamber, allowing rapid filling when necessary. |