IP Library Granted Patent US 8,636,838
Granted Patent B2
US 8,636,838 · App. 13/516,944 · Granted Jan 28, 2014

Oxygen concentrator

Inventors: Hirofumi Watanabe (Sayama, JP); Keiichi Asakura (Sayama, JP)
Assignee: Ikiken Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,636,838
App. No.
13/516,944
Granted
Jan 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide an oxygen concentrator that can reduce pressure loss when suctioning raw air and that can increase the amount of suctioned raw air by an amount of reduction in pressure loss, and moreover that can reduce noise without significantly changing a basic structure of a compressor. The oxygen concentrator includes: a compressor that has a plurality of suction ports suctioning raw air and that generates compressed air by compressing suctioned raw air; a conduit through which the compressed air is sent; a silencer that has a suction side end introducing the raw air and a discharge side end discharging the raw air, with the silencer being connected with the conduit; and a plurality of connection conduits directly connecting the discharge side end of the silencer and the respective suction ports of the compressor.

Claims (8)

1. An oxygen concentrator, comprising:

a compressor that has a plurality of suction ports suctioning raw air and that generates compressed air by compressing the suctioned raw air; and

a silencer installed at a stage preceding the compressor to reduce noise from the suction ports,

wherein the plurality of suction ports of the compressor are individually connected with the silencer.

2. The oxygen concentrator of claim 1 , wherein

the compressor includes a first pump unit and a second pump unit that respectively generate the compressed air by compressing the raw air by reciprocatively moving a piston in a sleeve, and

the suction ports are formed in the first pump and the second pump unit, respectively.

3. The oxygen concentrator of claim 1 , wherein the silencer has a filter removing dust in the compressed air.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2013
From: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: IKIKEN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030089/0788 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2012
From: WATANABE, HIROFUMI; ASAKURA, KEIICHI
To: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA; IKIKEN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028853/0290 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-288266 · Dec 18, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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