Patent ID: 8528877
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: F16K,F41B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching gas ON/OFF assembly, comprising: a housing having a female threaded bore for receiving a male threaded neck of a gas tank cylinder having a tank valve with a pin defining a cylinder interconnection; a bonnet slidably connected to the housing; the bonnet sliding between a forward OFF position and rearward ON position; the ON position of the bonnet being closer to the female threaded bore than the OFF position of the bonnet; a pin depressor connected to the bonnet that communicates directly with the pin of the gas tank; a latch configured and arranged to lock the bonnet in and release the bonnet from the ON position; the latch being a transverse latching button that is spring biased toward a locked position; whereby sliding the bonnet to the rearward ON position causes the pin depressor to contact the pin of the tank valve to permit gas to flow therefrom thereby enabling the cylinder interconnection to be locked and unlocked.