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US 9,828,227 B2Granted
Keg coupler with secondary pressure regulator and systems using same
OwnerJeffrey Travis Dalton, Kim Reeves +2inventors
InventorsJeffrey Travis Dalton, Kim Reeves, Joseph K. McCarthy, Carey Costle
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Abstract
A pressure regulator comprising a housing formed to include a bore therein, a piston moveably disposed within the bore wherein that piston comprises a first annular lip adjacent a first end, a spring disposed within said bore and comprising a first end and a second end, an adjustment cap moveably disposed in the bore, wherein the first end of the spring is in physical contact with the first annular lip and the second end of the spring is in physical contact with the adjustment cap.
Claims17
A pressure regulator comprising:
- a housing formed to include a bore therein;
- a piston moveably disposed within said bore;
- wherein said piston comprises an annular lip adjacent a first end thereof;
- a spring disposed within said bore, and comprising a first end and a second end;
- an adjustment cap moveably disposed in said bore wherein said adjustment cap is formed to include a plurality of key slots formed therein;
- wherein:
- said first end of said spring is in physical contact with said annular lip;
- and
- said second end of said first spring is in physical contact with said adjustment cap.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a pressure regulator comprising a first housing formed to include a bore therein, a piston moveably disposed within said bore wherein said piston comprises a first annular lip adjacent a first end, a spring disposed within said bore and comprising a first end and a second end, an adjustment cap disposed in said bore, wherein said first end of said first spring is in physical contact with said first annular lip and said second end of said first spring is in physical contact with said adjustment cap;
- a keg coupler comprising a second housing, wherein said second housing is configured to releaseably attach a tail piece using a hex nut comprising an annular lip and formed to include an aperture extending therethrough, said hex nut further comprising threading formed on a wall defining said aperture;
- wherein said hex nut releaseably attaches said output end of said pressure regulator to said second housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.