Patent ID: 7150299

Claim:
A fluid control and gas delivery assembly for safely containing, receiving and storing hazardous fluids and for dispensing gas comprising: a. a container having a wall separating an interior volume from a region outside said container, wherein said container is adapted for containing a fluid at a first pressure; b. a fluid fill path extending through said wall from said region outside said container to said interior volume; c. 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; d. a first shut-off valve positioned in said gas dispensing path; e. a pressure reducer positioned in said gas dispensing path downstream of the first shut-off valve to reduce the pressure of the fluid flowing upstream of the pressure reducer to a delivery pressure; f. a fluid flow restrictor positioned in said gas dispensing path downstream of the pressure reducer, said restrictor having a fluid flow restricting path configured to restrict the flow of the fluid delivered to the fluid flow restrictor at the delivery pressure to a maximum mass flow rate that is equal to or less than the allowable mass flow rate standard for the hazardous fluid; g. a second shut-off valve positioned in said gas dispensing path downstream of said pressure reducer; and h. a fluid outlet connector disposed in said gas dispensing path downstream of said first and second shut-off valves and adapted for making and breaking a low-pressure connection between said gas dispensing path and apparatus for utilizing gas.