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US 5,176,169 AGranted
Pressure regulator for underwater breathing system
AssigneeDacor Corporation
InventorArthur R. Ferguson
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Abstract
A first stage SCUBA diving regulator has a removable cartridge containing the pressure regulating mechanism and a plurality of intermediate pressure outlet ports extending at acute angles from the body of the regulator. A plurality of rotatable intermediate pressure outlet ports are provided in one embodiment.
Claims12
A first stage pressure regulator for use in a SCUBA diving system, comprising in combination
- housing means having an opening therethrough having first and second ends and an inlet port adapted to be connected to the outlet port of a pressurized air reservoir tank,
- said inlet port being located intermediate said ends of said opening through said housing means and extending laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis of said opening,
- pressure reducer means releasably mounted within said opening in said housing as a modular unit for reducing the pressure of air supplied thereto from said inlet port to a regulated value, and
- a plurality of reduced pressure air outlet ports extending from the exterior of said housing means for the connection of connector hoses of pneumatically-related underwater devices,
- said outlet ports extending at acute angles relative to the longitudinal axis of said opening through said housing means, the angular disposition of said outlet ports being arranged to diverge from an area proximate to said air inlet port to prevent the connector hoses from becoming entangled.
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A first stage pressure regulator for use in a SCUBA diving system, comprising in combination
- housing means having an opening therethrough having first and second ends and an inlet port adapted to be connected to the outlet port of a pressurized air reservoir tank,
- said inlet port being located intermediate the ends of said opening through said housing means and extending laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis of said opening through said housing means,
- pressure reducer means mounted within said opening through said housing for reducing the pressure of air supplied thereto from said inlet port to a regulated value,
- a plurality of reduced pressure air outlet ports extending from the exterior of said regulator,
- a plurality of swivel connectors respectively mounted to said plurality of said outlet ports,
- said plurality of said outlet ports extending at acute angles relative to said longitudinal axis of said opening through said housing means, and
- said swivel connectors being connected to ones of said outlet ports respectively located diametrically opposite to said outlet ports extending at acute angles relative to the longitudinal axis of said housing means.
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A first stage regulator for use in a SCUBA diving system, comprising in combination
- housing means having an opening extending therethrough having first and second ends, an inlet port adapted to be connected to the outlet port of a pressurized air reservoir, said housing means further including a pair of tubular outlet port connectors mounted on either side of a main housing body,
- pressure reducer means mounted within said housing means for reducing and regulating the pressure of air supplied thereto from said inlet port, said pressure reducer means comprising
- an elongate pressure regulating subassembly extending into said opening through said housing means from one end thereof, and
- securing means threadedly engaged to said elongate subassembly to secure said subassembly to said housing means, said engagement of said securing means and said subassembly also retaining said outlet port connectors to said main housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.