US3854498A
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Gas supplying apparatus
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1973-07-09
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Granted: 1974-12-17
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Expires: 1993-07-09
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for supplying gas at a reduced pressure from a pressure vessel containing a gas under pressure and having an outlet valve fitted thereon has a plurality of nozzle means. A plurality of stacked spaced-apart chamber means communicates with, and is disposed so as to be alternately supported between the plurality of nozzle means. One of the nozzle means is an inlet nozzle communicating with the gas under pressure. Another of the nozzle means is an outlet nozzle communicating with the outlet valve to thereby provide an expansion path for the gas. Additionally, the apparatus includes a receiving tube disposed about the stacked array of alternately placed nozzle means and chamber means with one end of the receiving tube threadably engaging the outlet valve.
Inventors
- 👤 E Uecker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 15:59
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16K; F16K1/00; F16K1/30; F16K1/304; F16K1/307; F16K47/00; F16K47/08; F17; F17C; F17C13/00; F17C13/04; F17C7/00; F17C2205/00; F17C2205/03; F17C2205/0302; F17C2205/0323; F17C2205/0332; F17C2205/0341; F17C2205/035; F17C2221/00; F17C2221/01; F17C2221/011; F17C2223/00; F17C2223/01; F17C2223/0107; F17C2223/0123; F17C2270/00; F17C2270/02; F17C2270/025; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/794; Y10T137/8593; Y10T137/86348
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A medical (An) apparatus for supplying gas at a reduced pressure from (a) an oxygen bottle pressure vessel containing a pressureized gas and having an outlet valve fitted thereon comprising: an oxygen bottle; a plurality of nozzle means arranged in said oxygen bottle; and a plurality of stacked spaced-apart chamber means communicating with and disposed so as to be alternately supported between said plurality of nozzle means, one of said plurality of nozzle means being an inlet nozzle communicating with the gas under pressure in said oxygen bottle and another of said plurality of nozzle means being an outlet nozzle communicating with (the) said outlet valve to thereby provide an expansion path for the gas from the inlet to the outlet nozzle as it proceeds alternately through said plurality of nozzle means and chamber means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
A medical (An) apparatus for supplying gas at a reduced pressure from (a) an oxygen bottle pressure vessel containing a pressureized gas and having an outlet valve fitted thereon comprising: an oxygen bottle; a plurality of nozzle means arranged in said oxygen bottle; and a plurality of stacked spaced-apart chamber means communicating with and disposed so as to be alternately supported between said plurality of nozzle means, one of said plurality of nozzle means being an inlet nozzle communicating with the gas under pressure in said oxygen bottle and another of said plurality of nozzle means being an outlet nozzle communicating with (the) said outlet valve to thereby provide an expansion path for the gas from the inlet to the outlet nozzle as it proceeds alternately through said plurality of nozzle means and chamber means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of chamber means is a substantially pear-shaped chamber having a largest diameter of approximately 11 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus as in claim 2 wherein said pear-shaped chamber is located at the beginning of the expansion path adjacent the inlet nozzle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality chamber means is a substantially spherical chamber having a diameter of approximately 11 mm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus as in claim 4 wherein said spherical chamber is located at the end of the expansion path adjacent the outlet nozzle.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The apparatus as in claim 1 in which each of said plurality of nozzle means has an inside diameter equal to or less than the next adjacent one of said plurality of nozzle means in the direction from the inlet nozzle to the outlet nozzle.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said chamber means comprises four chambers, and wherein said nozzle means comprises five nozzles, three of said nozzles communicating between adjacent ones of said chambers, and wherein another of said nozzles forms the inlet nozzle and the fifth one of said nozzles forms the outlet nozzle communicating with the outlet valve.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus as recited in claim 7 wherein the first two of said nozzles in the expansion path comprise the beginning of the expansion path and have an internal diameter of 0.20 mm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The apparatus as in claim 8 wherein the third and fourth of said nozzles comprising the expansion path have an internal diameter of 0.30 mm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus as in claim 9, wherein the fifth one of said nozzles comprising the end of the expansion path is the outlet nozzle having an internal diameter of 0.40 mm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
The apparatus as in claim 10 wherein the first two of said chambers are pear-shaped and have a diameter of 11 mm. and the last two of said chambers are spherical shaped and have a diameter of 11 mm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
67 words
The apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising a receiving tube disposed about said plurality of nozzle means and chambers means, said Receiving tube having a total length of approximately 85 mm and having one end secured to the first one of said chamber means at the beginning of the expansion path, the other end of said receiving tube threadably engaging the outlet valve on the vessel.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus as recited in claim 12 further comprising a filter disposed about the inlet nozzle.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus as in claim 13 wherein the outlet valve includes a manometer independently communicating with the gas under pressure so as to be operative with the valve opened and closed respectively.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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