Patent ID: 8312891
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: F23K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gas pressure sensor assembly for a gas regulator, the gas regulator including a plurality of selectable inlets, each inlet configured to receive pressurized gas from a different one of a plurality of associated pressurized gas storage containers, an outlet for supplying gas to an associated appliance, and a gauge for sensing a gas pressure in a selected inlet corresponding to the associated pressurized gas storage container from which the inlet receives pressurized gas and visually indicating a pressure of that associated gas storage container, the gas pressure sensor assembly comprising: a cooperating member at least partially housed within the gauge and including a disc member rotatably responsive to a gas pressure in the selected inlet; a sensing device releasably connected to the gauge, the sensing device being selectively actuated by movement of the disc member, the sensing device configured to provide an audible signal to a user indicative of a generally empty status of the associated gas storage container connected to the selected inlet, wherein the sensing device can be easily removed from a gauge of one gas regulator and releasably connected to a gauge of another gas regulator; and wherein the cooperating member further includes a lever rotatably connected within the gauge, wherein rotational movement of the lever about a first axis causes rotational movement of the disc member about a second axis, wherein the first axis is generally perpendicular to the second axis.