Integrated valve regulator assembly and system for the controlled storage and dispensing of a hazardous material

A system for the controlled storage and dispensing of a hazardous material at super-atmospheric pressure from a pressurized source vessel, the system comprising:

• a. a pressurized source vessel having a neck portion and an interior space for holding a hazardous material in either a fluid form or a gas form, the neck portion having a vessel outlet that traverses the neck portion and is in communication with the interior space through which the hazardous material can flow;
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• b. a integrated valve regulator assembly for the pressurized source vessel, the integrated valve regulator assembly comprising:
• i. an integral body having a base portion that includes an axis for mounting on and coaxially with the neck portion of the pressurized source vessel and an assembly outlet,
• ii. a defined internal passage in the integral body extending through and between the base portion of the integral body and the assembly outlet, the defined internal passage having an upstream portion in communication with the vessel outlet of the pressurized source vessel,
• iii. a super-atmospheric pressure regulator assembled within the integral body of the integrated valve regulator assembly, the integral body forming the housing of the regulator within which a means for providing super-atmospheric pressure is positioned, the super-atmospheric pressure regulator allowing for the passage of hazardous material in gas form when the means for providing super-atmospheric pressure senses a super-atmospheric pressure downstream of the super-atmospheric pressure regulator,
• iv. an isolation valve positioned within the defined internal passage of the integral body of the integrated valve regulator assembly and located downstream from and in communication with the super-atmospheric pressure regulator, the isolation valve allowing for the flow of hazardous material in gas from the super-atmospheric pressure regulator through the isolation valve when the isolation valve is in an opened position and blocking the flow of hazardous material in the gas form when the isolation valve is in a closed position, the isolation valve being further connected downstream to the assembly outlet,
• v. a filling port disposed between the axis for mounting on and coaxially with the neck portion of the pressurized source vessel and the super-atmospheric pressure regulator, the filling port having a site of injection that allows for the direct injection of hazardous material into the defined internal passage of the integral body and an associated filling valve having an opened and closed position and allowing for the injection of hazardous material into the pressurized source vessel through the injection site of the filling port when the filling valve is in the opened position, the filling port further comprising a safety plug that is positioned within the site of injection of the filling port and a safety cap that is positioned on the filling port which each require removal prior to the filling valve being opened to allow for the injection of hazardous material into the pressurized source vessel for storage of the hazardous material and replacement once the filling valve is closed in order to secure the filling port,
• wherein when a downstream system having a pressure greater than one atmosphere is connected to the system via the assembly outlet and the isolation valve is in the opened position, hazardous material in gas form flows from the interior space of the pressurized source vessel through the vessel outlet, along the single defined internal passage, through the super-atmospheric pressure regulator and isolation valve and out the assembly outlet where the hazardous material in gas form is delivered to the point of use at super-atmospheric pressure.