Housing for gas regulator and gauges

A housing operable to secure to a mounting surface and to protectively enclose a regulator and one or more gauges associated with providing a flow of a gas from a gas supply, the housing comprising:

• a front presenting a regulator hole corresponding to the regulator and one or more gauge holes corresponding to the one or more gauges;
• a securement mechanism operable to removably couple the regulator with the housing, the securement mechanism including one or more isolation mechanisms operable to dampen transmission of vibrations to the regulator;
• a bolt flange operable to receive a bolt for securing the housing to the mounting surface;
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• a hinge operable to pivotably secure the housing to the mounting surface,
• wherein, when the bolt is removed from the bolt flange, the remainder of the housing can be pivoted as a unit upon the hinge and away from the mounting surface so as to expose and allow access to the regulator and the one or more gauges, and
• wherein, given an identical second housing having a second bolt flange and a second hinge, the housing and the second housing can be coupled to form a unit by removing the second hinge and bolting a bottom of the second housing to a top of the housing, wherein the unit can then be mounted upon the mounting surface using only the hinge and the second bolt flange.

A housing for securing to a mounting surface and protectively enclosing a regulator and one or more gauges associated with providing a flow of a gas from a gas supply, the housing comprising:

• a plurality of walls for defining a substantially enclosed area for encasing the regulator and the one or more gauges;
• a hinge secured to a bottom wall of the plurality of walls, wherein the hinge pivotally secures the bottom wall to the mounting surface;
• a bolt flange on a top wall of the plurality of walls, wherein the bolt flange receives a bolt and secures the top to the mounting surface so that when the bolt is removed from the flange the remainder of the housing can be pivoted as a unit upon the hinge and away from the mounting surface so as to expose and allow access to the regulator and the one or more gauges;
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• one or more top bolt holes for selectively and removably securing a top of the housing to a bottom of a second housing, wherein the housing and the second housing form a unit that can be pivotally mounted upon the mounting surface using the hinge.