Manifold gas valve

Claim 1

A COMPACT MANIFOLD VALVE COMPRISING A VALVE BODY HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET AND A PLURALITY OF OPEN SIDED VALVE CAVITIES BETWEEN SAID INLET AND OUTLET IN OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BODY; CONTROL VALVE MEANS LOCATED IN AND CLOSING ONE OF SAID CAVITIES AND HAVING MANUAL ACTUATING MEANS EXTENDING INTO THE ATMOSPHERE ON ONE SIDE OF SAID VALVE BODY FOR MANUALLY ADJUSTING SAID VALVE MEANS; A PASSAGEWAY FORMED IN SAID BODY AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID OPPOSITE SIDES; AND A PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING A VALVE SEAT, A PRESSURE RESPONSIVE MEMBER AND A COOPERATING PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE POSITIONED BY SAID PRESSURE RESPONSIVE MEMBER, SAID PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE ASSEMBLY BEING LOCATED IN AND CLOSING ANOTHER OF SAID CAVITIES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID VALVE BODY FROM SAID ONE CAVITY, SAID VALVE ASSEMBLY HAVING ADJUSTABLE RESILIENT VALVE BIASING MEANS IN THE FORM OF AN ELONGATED SPRING EXTENDING PARTIALLY THROUGH SAID PASSAGEWAY AS TO ENABLE SAID PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE TO BE ADJUSTABLE AT SAID SAME ONE SIDE AS SAID MANUAL ACTUATING MEANS IS LOCATED AND ADJUSTABLE MEANS IN SAID PASSAGEWAY ACCESSIBLE FROM SAID ONE SIDE AND COOPERATING WITH SAID SPRING FOR VARYING THE BIASING EFFECT THEREOF ON SAID PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE; THE AXES OF SAID CONTROL VALVE MEANS, SAID PRESSURE REGULATOR VALVE, AND SAID SPRING ALL BEING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER TO ENABLE THE ASSEMBLY TO BE AS COMPACT AS POSSIBLE.