Pressure regulating unit
AssigneeRobertshaw Controls Company
InventorJohn Nelson
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Abstract
A pressure regulating unit for providing two different controlled pressures includes a block made of a single piece of metal and having a mounting structure integrally provided thereon and a gas flow passage provided therein. A first regulator has a gas inlet communicating with a source of high-pressure gas having varying pressure and communicating with the gas flow passage. The first regulator is a step-down regulator for supplying a substantially constant pressure gas to second and third pressure regulators, enabling the second and third pressure regulators to be fixed at a predetermined, unmonitored pressure. At least the second and third regulators are supported on the mounting structure, and at least the second regulator has a gas inlet communicating with the flow passage. The second and third regulators provide the two pressures.
Claims11
A pressure regulating unit for providing two different controlled pressures, said unit comprising
- a block made of a single piece of metal and having a mounting structure integrally provided thereon and a gas flow passage provided therein, said gas flow passage having a high pressure inlet for connection to a source of high-pressure gas having varying pressure and a first port for connection to a pressure regulator, and
- first, second and third pressure regulators that are supported by said mounting structure, said first regulator having a gas inlet communicating with said first port, said first regulator being a step-down regulator for supplying a substantially constant pressure gas to said second and third pressure regulators,
- said first, second, and third pressure regulators including pressure adjusters that have been permanently fixed in place after adjustment to a desired setting, said block carrying no more than a single pressure gauge, said single pressure gauge communicating with said first port.
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