1. A medical ventilator cart for supporting components of a ventilator system comprising:
a base comprising a plurality of wheels;
a first vertical support attached to the base and a first ventilator component platform; and
a second vertical support attached to a rear of a second ventilator component platform and further attached to a rear of one of the first ventilator component platform and the first vertical support, wherein the second ventilator component platform comprises a plurality of arms, and wherein the plurality of arms attach at multiple locations along a circumference of a handgrip that encircles the second ventilator component platform.
2. The medical ventilator cart of claim 1, wherein components of the ventilator system may be independently removed from the first and the second ventilator component platforms.
3. The medical ventilator cart of claim 2, wherein the first ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a Breath Delivery Unit.
4. The medical ventilator cart of claim 3, wherein the second ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a display monitor.
5. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, further comprising a battery housing attached to an underside of the base.
6. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, wherein the base is adapted to mount a compressor below the first ventilator component platform.
7. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, wherein the base is shaped and the first vertical support is attached to a center of the base.
8. The medical ventilator cart of claim 4, wherein the base is U-shaped and the first vertical support is attached to a rear end of the base.
9. The medical ventilator cart of claim 1, wherein the second vertical support is a spine support.
10. A medical ventilator cart for supporting components of a ventilator system comprising:
a shaped base comprising a plurality of wheels;
a first vertical support attached to the base and a first ventilator component platform, wherein the first vertical support extends from a center of the base; and
a second vertical support attached to a rear of the first ventilator component platform and a rear of a second ventilator component platform, wherein the second ventilator component platform comprises a plurality of arms, and wherein the plurality of arms attach at multiple locations along a circumference of a handgrip that encircles the second ventilator component platform.
11. The medical ventilator cart of claim 10, wherein:
the first ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a Breath Delivery Unit; and
the second ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a display monitor.
12. The medical ventilator cart of claim 11, further comprising a battery housing attached to an underside of the base.
13. The medical ventilator cart of claim 11, further comprising a cylinder mount attached to a rear section of the base, wherein the cylinder mount is adapted to hold at least one air cylinder.
14. The medical ventilator cart of claim 10, wherein the second vertical support is a spine support.
15. A medical ventilator cart for supporting components of a ventilator system comprising:
a U-shaped base comprising a plurality of wheels;
a first vertical support attached to the base and a first ventilator component platform, wherein the first vertical support extends from a rear end of the base; and
a second vertical support attached to a rear of the first vertical support and a rear of a second ventilator component platform, wherein the second ventilator component platform comprises a plurality of arms, and wherein the plurality of arms attach at multiple locations along a circumference of a handgrip that encircles the second ventilator component platform; and
wherein the base further includes a compressor platform adapted to mount a compressor below the first ventilator component platform.
16. The medical ventilator cart of claim 15, wherein:
the first ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a Breath Delivery Unit; and
the second ventilator component platform is adapted to mount a display monitor.
17. The medical ventilator cart of claim 16, wherein the first ventilator component platform includes at least one raised rail adapted to be received within a groove of the Breath Delivery Unit to releasably secure the Breath Delivery Unit to the first ventilator component platform.
18. The medical ventilator cart of claim 16, further comprising a cylinder mount attached to the first vertical support, wherein the cylinder mount is adapted to hold at least one air cylinder.
19. The medical ventilator cart of claim 15, wherein the second vertical support is a spine support.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Method for feeding out a sheet (2\u2032) from an end of a stack of sheets (1), wherein the stack of sheets (1) is subjected to a displacement motion substantially perpendicular to the extension planes of the sheets toward an outfeed device (12), which contacts the end sheet (2\u2032) of the stack at a distance from a support in the vicinity of a side surface of the front end part of the stack (1), m relation to the driver (12), the driver displacing the sheet in a direction away from the support for conveying the end sheet m the extension plane thereof, the driver before conveying the end sheet away from the support first being brought to convey the end sheet toward the support, whereby the end sheet experiences an elastic bulging, characterized in that the stack of sheets is advanced toward the driver by means of a pusher (75), which acts against the rear end of the stack of sheets, that the abutment force between the driver and the front end sheet of the stack of sheets is detected, and that the pusher is brought to push the stack of sheets so that a predetermined force is attained between the pusher and the end sheet, and that, m that connection, the driver is activated for feeding out the front end sheet from the stack.
2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the end sheet (2\u2032) is fed out toward a separator, and that the speed of the end sheet is considerably reduced in relation to the outfeed speed from the stack of sheets, before the end sheet is inserted into the separator.
3. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the end sheet, during the outfeed motion thereof toward the separator, is subjected to at least two consecutive driving cycles by the driver, each of which cycles comprises that a quick acceleration is imparted to the sheet, and after that a strong deceleration.
4. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the driver (12) is a rotatable roller that is kept in contact with the stack (1), that the driver (12) is supported in the displacement direction of the stack of sheets by a spring that offers an increasing support force upon the advancement of the stack by the pusher, and that a distance sensor is brought to detect the displacement position of the driver and, at a preselected displacement position of the driver corresponding to a preselected abutment force of the driver against the end sheet, to initiate an outfeed of the end sheet from the stack.
5. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that, between consecutive outfeeds of the foremost end sheets of the stack, the abutment pressure between the driver and the end sheet is reduced, preferably by unloading the pusher (75).
6. Arrangement for feeding out the end sheet (2\u2032) from a stack of sheets, comprising a pusher (75) for relative displacement of the stack of sheets (1) toward a driver (12) that contacts the adjacent ends of the stack (1), and driving means (10, 21, 22) for driving the driver (12) for the displacement of the end sheet in the extension plane thereof in the direction away from the support (3), the driving means being arranged to first bring the driver to drive the end sheet toward the support, for elastic bulging of the end sheet between the support and the impact point of the driver against the end sheet, and that the driving means are arranged to subsequently produce said motion of the end sheet away from the support, characterized in that a force sensor is arranged to detect an abutment force between the driver and the adjacent sheet, and that, upon a requested outfeed of the end sheet from the stack, the force sensor is arranged to direct the pusher to advance the stack of sheets until the force sensor detects the predetermined abutment force, and that the sensor after that is arranged to activate the driver for a sheet-outfeed operation.
7. Arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that the driver is a rotatably mounted outfeed roller contacting the end sheet of the stack of sheets, that the force sensor comprises a spring that supports the driver, the spring offering an increasing support force upon the advancement of the stack by the pusher, and a distance sensor that detects the displacement position of the driver and keeps the pusher (75) drivingly activated until the driver reaches a preselected displacement position, which corresponds to a preselected abutment force, exerted by the spring, for the driver against the end sheet, and then activates the driver for a sheet-outfeed operation.
8. Arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that the driving arrangement of the driver is arranged to, before the arrival of the fed-out sheet to a separating arrangement, substantially reduce the speed of a group of sheets fed out from the stack of sheets and comprising at least the end sheet of the stack, and that the driving means of the driver are arranged to vary the speed of the driver in the transportation direction toward the separator during the out-feed of the end sheet or the group of sheets, the end sheet first being accelerated and then being given a reduced speed.
9. Arrangement according to claim 6, characterized in that the pusher is arranged to be unloaded between consecutive outfeeds of the foremost end sheets of the stack.
10. Arrangement according to claim 8, characterized in that the separating arrangement comprises a pair of parallel rotation rollers abutting against each other, one of which, the first roller, which upon the receipt of a group of sheets will abut against the end sheet 1\u2032 of the stack, is rotationally driven for further transportation of the end sheet entering the roller nip of the separating arrangement, and that the second roller of the separating arrangement is independently rotation-ally driven and, during a separation operation, arranged to rotate in a direction to affect the sheets m a direction opposite to the outfeed direction.