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Compact power supply with gas engine

  • US 5,162,662 A
  • Filed: 09/21/1990
  • Issued: 11/10/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a portable power supply having an outer housing, an internal combustion engine within said outer housing, a generator driven by said engine and providing a source of electrical power from said power supply, a container of pressurized gaseous fuel for said engine detachably contained within said outer housing, the fuel in said container being at least in part in liquid form when said container is substantially filled, an outlet unit within said container and having an inlet opening contained within said container and configured and oriented to be above the liquid level in said container when said container is substantially filled in at least certain positions of said container, and control means accessible externally of said outer housing for operating said power supply, said control means being accessible only in stable positions of said power supply in which said container is in at least some of said certain positions.

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