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US 2017/0254476 A1Published application
Shroud assembly for a portable pressurized gas cylinder
AssigneeAmtrol Licensing Inc.
InventorsCarlos Aguiar, Filipe Pedrosa
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Abstract
A portable gas cylinder assembly is disclosed which includes a gas cylinder having a central axis and a protective shroud configured to encase the gas cylinder and including opposed half-sections mechanically connected to one other along a vertical plane intersecting the central axis of the gas cylinder.
Claims20
A portable gas cylinder assembly comprising:
- a) a gas cylinder having a central axis;
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- b) a protective shroud configured to encase the gas cylinder and including opposed half-sections mechanically connected to one other along a vertical plane intersecting the central axis of the gas cylinder.
A protective shroud assembly for encasing a portable gas cylinder, the shroud assembly comprising:
- a generally cube-shaped housing including opposed half-sections mechanically connected to one other along a vertical plane intersecting a central axis of the housing through an intimate engagement of a plurality of tang sets within corresponding reception grooves that are each formed integral with the opposed half-sections, wherein each half-section of the shroud assembly includes an integrally formed carrying handle.
A method of constructing a protected portable gas cylinder assembly comprising:
- a) providing a gas cylinder having a central axis;
- b) encasing the gas cylinder in a protective shroud including opposed half-sections connected to one other along a vertical plane intersecting the central axis of the gas cylinder;
- c) connecting the two half-sections to one another through intimate engagement of a plurality of tang sets within corresponding reception grooves that are each formed integral with the opposed half-sections;
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- d) connecting the two half-sections of the shroud to one another through engagement of a plurality of separate horizontal clamps in corresponding horizontal recessed channels formed in the opposed half sections.
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