Key for gas cylinders
OwnerOsvaldo Sanchez, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
There is a key for use with pressurized gas cylinders. The key includes a sleeve configured to fit over a lever arm of a gas cylinder. The key includes a handle extending from the sleeve, and having a body. The handle includes a first slot and a second slot extending through the body of the handle and configured to fit over a valve toggle of a gas cylinder. The handle includes a washer storage device extending substantially orthogonally from the body of the handle. The handle includes a flange coupled to an end of the washer storage device, opposite the body. The handle also includes a recess portion disposed about a base of the washer storage device of the handle and sized and shaped to receive a plurality of gas cylinder washers.
Claims16
A key for use with pressurized gas cylinders, comprising:
- a) a sleeve configured to fit over a lever arm of a gas cylinder;
- b) a handle extending from the sleeve and including:
- b1) a body;
- b2) a slot extending through the body of the handle and configured to fit over a valve toggle of a gas cylinder;
- b3) a post extending substantially orthogonally from the body of the handle;
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- b4) a flange coupled to an end of the post, opposite the body;
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- wherein the sleeve is a cylindrical body co-linear with the body including a cylindrical cavity oriented co-linear with the body with an aperture facing out of a distal end of the key.
A key for use with pressurized gas cylinders, consisting essentially of:
- a) a sleeve configured to fit over a lever arm of a gas cylinder;
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- b) a handle extending from the sleeve and including:
- b1) a body;
- b2) a first slot extending through the body of the handle and configured to fit over a valve toggle of a gas cylinder;
- b3) a second slot extending through the body of the handle, configured to fit over a valve toggle of a gas cylinder;
- b4) a washer storage device extending substantially orthogonally from the body of the handle;
- b5) a flange coupled to an end of the washer storage device, opposite the body;
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- b6) an o-ring disposed about the post between the flange and the body, wherein the o-ring has an inner diameter smaller than the diameter of the flange.
A key for use with pressurized gas cylinders, comprising:
- a) a sleeve configured to fit over a lever arm of a gas cylinder;
- wherein the sleeve includes a cylindrical interior cavity configured to fit over a lever arm of a gas cylinder;
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- b) a handle extending from the sleeve and including:
- b1) a body;
- wherein the sleeve and the handle are co-linear in configuration;
- wherein the sleeve is a cylindrical body co-linear with the body including a cylindrical cavity oriented co-linear with the body with an aperture facing out of a distal end of the key;
- b2) a first slot extending through the body of the handle and configured to fit over a valve toggle of a gas cylinder;
- wherein the first slot includes a rectangular configuration sized and shaped to receive a valve toggle of a gas cylinder;
- b3) a second slot extending through the body of the handle, and positioned perpendicularly relative the first slot, configured to fit over a valve toggle of a gas cylinder;
- wherein the second slot includes a rectangular configuration sized and shaped to receive a valve toggle of a gas cylinder;
- b4) a washer storage device extending substantially orthogonally from the body of the handle;
- b5) a flange coupled to an end of the washer storage device, opposite the body;
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- b6) a recess portion disposed about a base of the washer storage device of the handle and sized and shaped to receive a plurality of gas cylinder washers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.