Patent ID: 8701710

Claim:
An apparatus for use in dispensing gas from a container containing gas under pressure, wherein said container has a neck extending along an axis and terminating in an upper end transverse to said axis, comprising: an integrated combination of (i) an adjustable flow regulator, said regulator having an outlet for dispensing said gas; and (ii) a valve engaged thereto, said valve having a tubular inlet extending along said axis for engagement with said container, a connector lying on said axis engaged to said flow regulator, a shut off mechanism between said tubular inlet and said connector for opening or closing the flow of said gas between said valve and said flow regulator and further including amounting ring and a cowling having inwardly facing threads at a lower end thereof, said mounting ring having (A) a top with (i) a lower surface to engage to said neck upper end and (ii) a central opening lying on said axis for receiving said tubular inlet of said valve, (B) a tapered wall extending outwardly and downwardly to (C) a bottom, (D) a circular outer ring extending upwardly from said bottom and having outwardly facing threads parallel to said axis and (E) a flange at said bottom extending outwardly from said outer ring, said cowling inwardly facing threads being engaged to said mounting ring outwardly facing threads.