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US 2006/0065307 A1Published application
Gas pressure regulator having a vibration damping abutment
OwnerJ. Schmidt, V. Schneiderinventors
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Abstract
A gas pressure regulator has in the regulator housing (12) a damping abutment (38) adapted to be engaged, in open position of the regulator, by an actuating shaft (22) fixed to a regulator diaphragm (16) for damping vibrations of the regulator mechanism.
Claims19
A gas pressure regulator, comprising:
- a regulator housing;
- a regulator mechanism disposed within the regulator housing, said regulator mechanism comprising:
- a spring-loaded diaphragm which is adjustable against a spring force by the gas pressure to be regulated;
- a regulator linkage including an actuating shaft fixed to the diaphragm;
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- a regulator piston which is adjustable by the actuating shaft with respect to a regulator seat;
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- at least one damping abutment disposed in the regulator housing, said damping abutment being adapted to be engaged by the actuating shaft in the open position of the regulator for damping vibrations of the regulator mechanism by frictional contact between the actuating shaft and the damping abutment, the actuating shaft, in the closed position of the regulator, being spaced a predetermined distance form the damping abutment so as to be free therefrom.
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A gas pressure regulator, comprising:
- a regulator housing;
- and
- a regulator mechanism disposed within the regulator housing, said regulator mechanism comprising:
- a spring loaded diaphragm which is adjustable against a spring force by a gas pressure to be regulated;
- a regulator linkage including an actuating shaft fixed to the diaphragm;
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- a regulator lever pivotably mounted on the housing and having one end operatively coupled to the actuating shaft and another end operatively coupled to a regulator piston to displace the piston with respect to a regulator seat in response to diaphragm movements;
- wherein a wing member is provided on the regulator lever, said wing member being arranged so as to be in the gas stream through the regulator for the gas stream to impinge on the wing and urge the regulator lever in a direction to open the gas pressure regulator.
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A gas pressure regulator, comprising:
- a regulator housing having a lower housing part and an upper housing part;
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- a spring-loaded diaphragm tightly clamped between the two housing parts, said lower housing part having a gas inlet, one side of the diaphragm being exposed to the gas pressure in the lower housing part and there being provided a regulator linkage operatively coupled to the diaphragm and to a regulator piston to control gas flow through said inlet opening into the gas pressure regulator, said lower housing part further having a first gas outlet for connection of a consumer supply line to the regulator and a second gas outlet for connection of an auxiliary device to the gas pressure regulator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.