Patent ID: 6648021
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: F17C,F17D,Y10T

Abstract:
A gas receiving, storage and dispensing assembly, comprising:a container adapted for storing a gas at a first pressure and having a wall separating an interior volume from a region outside said container; a fluid fill path extending through said wall from said region outside said container to said interior volume; a gas dispensing path extending through said wall from said interior volume to said region outside said container, said gas dispensing path being non-coextensive with said fluid fill path; a gas pressure regulator positioned in said gas dispensing path to reduce the pressure of said gas flowing downstream from said regulator to a delivery pressure that is less than said first pressure; a shut-off valve positioned in said gas dispensing path downstream of said gas pressure regulator; and an outlet connector disposed in said gas dispensing path downstream of said shut-off valve and adapted for making and breaking a low-pressure connection between said gas dispensing path and apparatus for utilizing the gas.