Adjustable low pressure regulator for feeding gas to outdoor cooking station and method thereof
AssigneeNorth Atlantic Imports, LLC
InventorMichael R. Giebel
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Abstract
Embodiments of a pressure regulator for delivering gas to a cooking station. The pressure regulator includes a body defining a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The body also includes a knob coupled to the body, the knob manually rotatable about an axis defined by the knob. The pressure regulator also includes a lever arm within the body. The lever arm extends to an end portion positioned adjacent the gas inlet, the lever arm pivotable via rotation of the knob such that rotation of the knob adjusts gas flow pressure through the body between about 11 inches of water column and about 8.5 inches of water column.
Claims23
A pressure regulator for delivering gas to a cooking station, the cooking station being couplable to gas fuel controllable with a gas knob, the pressure regulator comprising:
- a body with a knob rotatably coupled to the body, the knob is manually rotatable about an axis defined by the knob, the body defining a gas inlet and a gas outlet;
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- a lever arm positioned within the body, the lever arm having an end portion positioned adjacent the gas inlet such that, upon the gas knob being in an open position, the lever arm is pivotable via rotation of the knob such that rotation of the knob adjusts gas flow pressure through the body between about 15 inches of water column and about 7.5 inches of water column.
An outdoor cooking station configured to be gas heated with a propane tank, the outdoor cooking station comprising:
- a main body with gas burners, the gas burners configured to receive pressurized gas therethrough;
- an elongated interconnection member extending between a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion sized and configured to be coupled to the propane tank and the second end portion sized and configured to be operatively coupled to the gas burners so that gas can move from the propane tank to the gas burners of the main body;
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- a pressure regulator positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion of the interconnection member, the pressure regulator including a body and a lever arm positioned within the body, the body having a knob rotatably coupled to the body, the knob manually rotatable about an axis defined by the knob, the body defining a gas inlet and a gas outlet, the lever arm extends with an end portion positioned adjacent the gas inlet, the lever arm pivotable via rotation of the knob such that rotation of the knob is configured to adjust gas flow pressure through the body between about 15 inches of water column and about 7.5 inches of water column.
A method for changing a fuel pressure to gas burners of a cooking station, the method comprising:
- providing a propane tank configured to feed fuel to the gas burners of the cooking station such that an interconnection member extends between the propane tank and the cooking station, the interconnection member having a gas hose and a pressure regulator each extending between the propane tank and the cooking station;
- turning a propane tank knob of the propane tank to an open position;
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- adjusting a pressure of the propane gas being fed to the cooking station by moving a pressure regulator knob of the pressure regulator such that the pressure of the propane gas being fed through the pressure regulator is adjustable between about 15 inches of water column and about 7.5 inches of water column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.