Pressure regulator control system for a fuel cell

Claim 1

A PRESSURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A FUEL CELL WHEREIN TWO FLUIDS CHEMICALLY REACT WITH AN ELECTROLYTIC MATERIAL TO LIBERATE ELECTRICAL ENERGY WHICH CAN FLOW THROUGH AN EXTERNAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING: SUPPLY MEANS INCLUDING TWO FLUID FUELS SUPPLIED FOR CONSUMPTION IN SAID FUEL CELL; A PRESSURE REGULATOR FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROLLING SAID TWO FLUIDS INCLUDING TWO SEPARATE FLUID CONTROL PORTIONS EACH HAVING AN INLET CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPLY MEANS AND AN OUTLET CONNECTED TO SAID CELL; SAID INLETS AND SAID OUTLETS EACH SEPARATED BY PARTITION MEANS WHICH EACH HAVE A VALVE SEAT THEREIN; SEPARATE VALVE MEANS COOPERABLE WITH EACH SAID SEAT TO CONTROL ONE EACH OF SAID FLUIDS; EACH SAID VALVE MEANS ATTACHED TO MOVEABLE WALL MEANS WHICH FORM SIDES OF SAID PORTIONS; SAID WALL MEANS AND SAID PORTIONS FURTHER DEFINING A SAFETY CHAMBER; BIAS MEANS URGING SAID WALL MEANS TOWARD EACH OTHER THEREBY TENDING TO CLOSE SAID VALVE MEANS UPON SAID VALVE SEATS; AND EXTERNAL PRESSURE CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SAFETY CHAMBER AND CONTAINING A NONCOMPRESSIBLE LIQUID FILL DIFFERENT FROM SAID CONTROLLED FLUID; SAID PRESSURE CONTROL MEANS APPLYING A PRESSURE TO SAID LIQUID TO MOVE SAID LIQUID INTO SAID SAFETY CHAMBER TO OVERCOME SAID BIAS MEANS.