Patent ID: 9103501
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: F17C

Abstract:
1. A gas cylinder safety purge and anchor system ( 100 ), wherein the system ( 100 ) comprises: (a) a gas cylinder ( (b) a cylindrical purge deflector ( wherein the internal deflector cap component ( 140 ) comprises an internal deflector anterior end ( 141 ) having an internal deflector aperture ( 143 ) centrally disposed thereon and a cylindrical internal deflector wall ( 145 ) perpendicularly projecting from an internal deflector aperture outer periphery ( 144 ), wherein the internal deflector anterior end ( 141 ) is disposed on the external deflector anterior end ( 151 ), wherein the internal deflector cap component ( 140 ) comprises a plurality of deflector apertures ( 149 ) disposed on the internal deflector wall ( 145 ), wherein the deflector apertures ( 149 ) align with the cylinder apertures ( 120 ) when the purge deflector ( 130 ) is disposed on the neck ( 115 ), wherein an internal deflector posterior end ( 146 ) comprises a radial flare ( 147 ), wherein an internal deflector aperture diameter ( 160 ) and an external deflector aperture diameter ( 161 ) are equal, wherein an internal deflector wall inner diameter ( 162 ) and a neck outer diameter ( 163 ) are equal; (c) a valve ( (d) an anchor assembly ( wherein a first pivoting rod first end ( 196 ) is disposed proximal to a first anchor projection first end ( 231 ) and a first pivoting rod second end ( 197 ) is disposed on an inner shaft posterior end ( 192 ), wherein a second pivoting rod first end ( 206 ) is disposed proximal to a second anchor projection first end ( 232 ) and a second pivoting rod second end ( 207 ) is disposed on the inner shaft posterior end ( 192 ), wherein a third pivoting rod first end ( 216 ) is disposed proximal to a third anchor projection first end ( 233 ) and a third pivoting rod second end ( 217 ) is disposed on the inner shaft posterior end ( 192 ), wherein a fourth pivoting rod first end ( 226 ) is disposed proximal to a fourth anchor projection first end ( 234 ) and a fourth pivoting rod second end ( 227 ) is disposed on the inner shaft posterior end ( 192 ), wherein an inner shaft operating lever ( 194 ) is perpendicularly disposed on an inner shaft anterior end ( 191 ) and projects through an outer tube slot ( 183 ), wherein in a first position, the inner shaft operating lever ( 194 ) is disposed in a posterior-most position, wherein the first anchor projection ( 185 ), the second anchor projection ( 186 ), the third anchor projection ( 187 ), and the fourth anchor projection ( 188 ) are each disposed perpendicularly with respect to the outer tube ( 180 ), wherein in a second position, the inner shaft operating lever ( 194 ) is disposed in an anterior-most position, wherein the first anchor projection ( 185 ), the second anchor projection ( 186 ), the third anchor projection ( 187 ), and the fourth anchor projection ( 188 ) are each retracted via the inner shaft ( 190 ) disposing a first pivoting rod ( 195 ), a second pivoting rod ( 205 ), a third pivoting rod ( 215 ), and a fourth pivoting rod ( 225 ), wherein the first anchor projection ( 185 ), the second anchor projection ( 186 ), the third anchor projection ( 187 ), and the fourth anchor projection ( 188 ) are each disposed parallel with respect to the outer tube ( 180 ), wherein each anchor projection comprises an anchor projection length ( 230 ) greater than a neck inner diameter ( 164 ), wherein each anchor projection comprises a length less than the cylinder inner diameter ( 165 ), wherein the anchor assembly ( 175 ) is disposed on the valve posterior end ( 171 ) via a spiral cord ( 240 ); wherein the purge deflector ( 130 ) is adapted to deflect and dissipate gas during purging, wherein the anchor assembly ( 175 ) is adapted to prevent the valve ( 170 ) becoming a projectile upon removal from the gas cylinder ( 110 ).