Automatic gas regulating valve

Claim 1

A REGULATOR ADAPTED TO AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL GAS FLOW COMPRISING A BODY PORTION HAVING A HOLLOW CHAMBER WITH INLET AND OUTLET ORIFICES AT THE END OF SAID CHAMBER, A VERTICAL CHAMBER DISSECTING SAID HOLLOW CHAMBER, A VALVE STEM OF PROGRESSIVELY DECREASING DIAMETER IN STEPS WITHIN SAID VERTICAL CHAMBER, SHOULDERS ON SAID VALVE STEM DEFINING SAID DECREASING STEPS, A DIAPHRAGM SEAL SECURED OVER SAID VERTICAL CHAMBER, AN IMPLEMENT REST AFFIXED TO THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID VALVE STEM, MEANS ADAPTED TO ADJUST THE POSITION OF SAID VALVE STEM IN SAID VERTICAL CHAMBER INCLUDING; A SLEEVE WITHIN SAID VERTICAL CHAMBER, THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID SLEEVE JUXTAPOSED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID HOLLOW CHAMBER ADAPTED TO CONTACT ONE OF SAID SHOULDERS, AN ADJUSTABLE RING WITHIN SAID VERTICAL CHAMBER ABOVE SAID SLEEVE ADAPTED TO CONTACT ANOTHER OF SAID SHOULDERS AND SPRING MEANS ADAPTED TO EXERT UPWARD PRESSURE ON SAID VALVE STEM, SAID VALVE STEM BEING ACTUATABLE UPON THE EXERTION OF A DOWNWARD FORCE UPON SAID IMPLEMENT REST.