Patent ID: 8038948

Claim:
A breathing air analysis system for use by compressed air providers that fill SCUBA tanks and emergency air tanks to ensure the compressed air is safe to breath, said system for analyzing samples of compressed breathing air substances and determining if said substances pass human breathing air purity standards for certification of gas sample quality by a qualified third party other than the compressed air provider, the system comprising: a compressed air provider facility having at least one compressed breathing air source for generating compressed human breathing air for filling scuba tanks and emergency air tanks with compressed air; scuba tanks and emergency air tanks at said compressed air provider facility filled with compressed air from said compressed air source; at least one air collection tank at said compressed air provider facility for collecting an air sample from said compressed breathing air source at said compressed air provider facility to ascertain the purity of the compressed breathing air provided by said compressed breathing air source; a compressed breathing air analysis module situated at said compressed air provider facility for receiving the contents of a compressed breathing air sample from said one or more air collection tanks at said compressed air provider facility, for detecting compressed breathing air purity characteristics and for converting said gas purity characteristics into computer-readable data; a compressed air provider facility computer for receiving said computer-readable data connected to an online computer network and for data transmission on-line; a qualified third party air purity certification site remote from said compressed air provider facility for certifying compressed breathing air purity; a server accessible on-line by said compressed air provider facility computer maintained by said qualified third party certification site situated at said remote site and electrically coupled to said breathing air analysis module, said server including a data receiver of computer-readable data related to said gas purity characteristics; said server including a means for storing said computer-readable data related to said compressed breathing air purity characteristics; and means for determining if said compressed breathing air gas sample passes certain gas purity requirements for certification by said qualified third party at said remote certification site.