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AssigneeL'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
InventorsDamien GERMANI, Philippe RUDNIANYN, Vincent GRAVIERE, Adrien TREVISAN
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A flow regulator comprising a body housing a gas duct comprising an upstream end configured to be connected to a gas source and a downstream end comprising an outlet connector and configured to be connected to a gas user with a regulated flow rate, the gas duct comprising a selective fluid flow regulation component for the gas circulating between the upstream and downstream end depending on the position of the control component with respect to the body, wherein the control component comprises a peripheral wall delimiting a central hollow volume and in that the outlet connector is situated within the central cavity.
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A gas flow regulator comprising a body comprising a gas duct comprising an upstream end configured to be connected to a source of gas and a downstream end comprising an outlet connector and configured to be connected to a user of the gas with a regulated flow rate, the gas duct also comprising a flow regulator for selective regulation of the flow of the gas flowing between the upstream end and the downstream end, the flow regulator comprising a manual control member configured to be movable relative to the body and cooperating with the flow regulator to control the flow rate of gas, with the flow rate indicated by the position of the manual control member relative to the body, wherein the manual control member comprises a grasping peripheral wall delimiting a central hollow volume open toward the exterior of the regulator and wherein the outlet connector is situated in and opens into the central hollow volume, the hollow volume being delimited by a wall of the manual control member forming a protective enclosure around the outlet connector and spaced from the latter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.