Breathing apparatus filling station and filling station recharging device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9970595-B2
Application number	US-201214382160-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2012
Priority date	Mar 1, 2012
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A filling station for a breathing apparatus includes a cradle that houses a fill panel, a manifold and a cascade bank system. The fill panel has one or more sequence valves for controlling filling of one or more compressed air breathing apparatus with air stored in the cascade bank system. The manifold connects the fill panel to the cascade bank system. The cascade bank system has a cylinder store including five or more banks. Also provided is a filling station recharging device that has a cradle, a manifold, a cylinder store and a pump. The control panel has one or more valves for controlling recharging of one or more breathing apparatus filling station with air stored in the cylinder store. The manifold connects the control panel and pump to the cylinder store. The pump and cylinder store at least partially power the recharging.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A filling station for a breathing apparatus, the filling station comprising:
a cradle comprising a fill panel, a pneumatic circuit, a manifold and a cascade bank system, wherein:
the fill panel comprises four sequence valves for controlling filling of one or more compressed air breathing apparatus with air stored in the cascade bank system;
the pneumatic circuit and the manifold connects the fill panel to the cascade bank system;
the cascade bank system comprises a cylinder store comprising five banks; and
the filling station operates without a need of any electronic components.

2. The filling station of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the sequence valves comprise a lock to secure the sequence valve.

3. The filling station of claim 2 wherein the lock comprises a locknut.

4. The filling station of claim 1 , wherein the five banks comprise a first bank comprising six cylinders, a second bank comprising four cylinders, a third bank comprising four cylinders, a fourth bank comprising three cylinders and a fifth bank comprising three cylinders.

5. The filling station of claim 1 , wherein the five banks comprise a configuration selected from the following:

Number of cylinders

First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth

Bank
Bank
Bank
Bank
Bank

6
4
4
3
3

5
4
4
4
3

5
4
5
3
3

5
5
3
4
3

5
5
4
3
3

5
5
4
4
2

4
4
4
4
4

4
4
5
4
3

4
5
4
4
3

4
5
5
3
3

7
3
4
3
3

7
4
3
3
3

7
4
3
4
2

7
4
4
3
2

6
3
3
4
4

6
3
4
3
4

6
3
4
4
3

6
3
5
3
3

6
3
5
4
2

6
4
3
3
4

6
4
3
4
3

6
4
3
5
2

6
4
4
4
2

6
4
5
2
3

6
4
5
3
2

6
5
3
3
3

6
5
3
4
2

6
5
4
2
3

6
5
4
3
2

6
6
3
3
2.

6. A method of filling a compressed air breathing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a filling station comprising a cradle comprising a fill panel, a pneumatic circuit, a manifold and a cascade bank system, wherein the fill panel comprises four sequence valves for controlling filling of one or more compressed air breathing apparatus with air stored in the cascade bank system, the pneumatic circuit and the manifold connects the fill panel to the cascade bank system and the cascade bank system comprises a cylinder store comprising five banks, wherein the filling station operates without a need of any electronic components; and
connecting the compressed air breathing apparatus to the filling station.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein two or more compressed air breathing apparatus are filled simultaneously.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising using a lock to secure one or more of the four sequence valves.

9. A method of filling a compressed air breathing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
connecting the compressed air breathing apparatus to a filling station; and
controlling the filling from air stored in a cascade bank system, the cascade bank system comprising a cylinder store comp

Assignees

• Modirzareh Amir
• Reiling Maximilian Stefan Theodor
• Draeger Safety Ag & Co Kgaa

Inventors

• Modirzareh Amir
• Reiling Maximilian Stefan Theodor

Classifications

• A62B7/10

  with filter elements · CPC title

• F17C2270/0745

  Gas bottles · CPC title

• F17C13/084

  for small-sized storage vessels, e.g. compressed gas cylinders or bottles, disposable gas vessels, vessels adapted for automotive use · CPC title

• F17C5/06 Primary

  for filling with compressed gases · CPC title

• F17C2221/031

  Air · CPC title