Gas pressure restraint, sensing and release systems
First Claim
1. In apparatus for discharging gas from a bottle of compressed gas,the improvement comprising in combination:
- a compressed gas release having a compressed gas outlet on said bottle;
said compressed gas outlet having a closed position and an alternative open position; and
a shuttle having a first position spaced from said compressed gas outlet before and after opening of said compressed gas outlet and having a second position at said compressed gas outlet;
said shuttle including a temporary compressed gas flow restriction at said compressed gas outlet in said alternative open position of said compressed gas outlet.
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Abstract
Apparatus for discharging gas from a bottle of compressed gas include a compressed gas release having on that bottle a compressed gas outlet having a closed position and an alternative open position. A shuttle has a first position spaced from that compressed gas outlet before and after opening of such compressed gas outlet and has a second position at such compressed gas outlet. The shuttle includes a temporary compressed gas flow restriction at the compressed gas outlet in the alternative open position of such compressed gas outlet. A system for discharging gas from a bottle of compressed gas closes such bottle with a burst diaphragm, subsequently penetrates such burst diaphragm, momentarily reduces flow of compressed gas from the bottle at the penetrated burst diaphragm, and thereafter removes the reduction of flow of compressed gas from the bottle at the penetrated burst diaphragm.
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20 Claims
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1. In apparatus for discharging gas from a bottle of compressed gas,
the improvement comprising in combination: -
a compressed gas release having a compressed gas outlet on said bottle; said compressed gas outlet having a closed position and an alternative open position; and a shuttle having a first position spaced from said compressed gas outlet before and after opening of said compressed gas outlet and having a second position at said compressed gas outlet; said shuttle including a temporary compressed gas flow restriction at said compressed gas outlet in said alternative open position of said compressed gas outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In apparatus for discharging gas from a bottle of compressed gas,
the improvement comprising in combination: -
a compressed gas release having a compressed gas outlet on said bottle; a burst diaphragm closing said compressed gas outlet; and a burst diaphragm penetrator having a first position spaced from said compressed gas outlet before and after opening of said compressed gas outlet and having a second position at said compressed gas outlet after penetration of said burst diaphragm by said penetrator; said burst diaphragm penetrator including a temporary compressed gas flow restriction at said compressed gas outlet after penetration of said burst diaphragm by said penetrator. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a method of discharging gas from a bottle of compressed gas,
the improvement comprising in combination: -
closing said bottle with a burst diaphragm; subsequently penetrating said burst diaphragm; momentarily reducing flow of compressed gas from said bottle at the penetrated burst diaphragm; and thereafter removing the reduction of flow of compressed gas from the bottle at the penetrated burst diaphragm. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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