Patent ID: 6416036
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: F16K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An arrangement for sealing between a flow regulator and a shut-off valve attached to an oxygen cylinder, the shut-off valve including a casing which is adapted to be mounted to an oxygen cylinder containing oxygen gas or an oxygen enhanced gas, a side wall defining a part of the casing, a female outlet port defined in the side wall of the casing, the flow regulator including a metallic cylindrical body having first and second end faces, a yoke extending from the first end face of the cylindrical body, and a screw bolt having an end facing the first end face of the cylindrical body, the screw bolt operated with the yoke to clamp the casing of the shut-off valve between the first end face of the cylindrical body and the end of the screw bolt, the arrangement comprising;a male inlet port, extending from the first end face of the cylindrical body, for receiving the oxygen gas or the oxygen enhanced gas from the outlet port of the shut-off valve when the flow regulator is attached to the shut-off valve; and a sealing member, provided around the inlet port of the flow regulator so that the sealing member is clamped between the first end face of the cylindrical body of the flow regulator and the casing of the shut-off valve when the flow regulator is secured to the shut-off valve, for sealing between the inlet port and the casing of the shut-off valve around the outlet port, the sealing member being made of an electrically conductive rubber material.