Gas appliance valve and adaptor
AssigneeTaymar Limited
InventorMalcolm Campbell Oakes
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Abstract
There is disclosed a valve for controlling flow of gas and for use with portable gas appliances such as picnic stoves, heaters or lamps. The valve is associated with an adaptor having a projection arranged for operating an outlet valve in a refillable gas container when the adaptor is threaded on to the container. The valve body has an inlet including a pin for operating the valve of a self-sealing gas cartridge.
Claims5
An adaptor in combination with a control valve of the type having a pin for cooperating with a self-sealing outlet valve in a gas container having an externally threaded connection for adapting the control valve for use with a refillable gas container having an internally threaded connection, the combination comprising a body having a through passage with an inlet portion and an outlet portion for gas flow therethrough, valve means located in said body operative to open and close said through passage, the inlet portion of the valve body being in the form of a boss having internal and external threads concentrically surrounding said pin, and an adaptor element having an axial bore therethrough and an externally threaded portion engageable with the internal threads of said inlet portion and having a projection extending away from said externally threaded portion of said adaptor element for operating a self-sealing outlet valve of the refillable gas container having an internally threaded connection when the external inlet threads on the valve body are engaged with said internal threads of the connection of the gas container.
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