Patent ID: 8550108

Claim:
A gas pressure control valve comprising: a valve body having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; an inner cap bounding in part a chamber within the valve body wherein the chamber is in communication with the gas inlet; a spring loaded piston contained within the valve body, the piston comprising a piston head and a piston rod, the piston rod including a conduit providing communication between the chamber bounded in part by the inner cap and interior of the valve body adjacent the piston head and the gas outlet; wherein the piston is operable to move between a closed configuration in which the piston rod prevents communication between the as inlet and the chamber bounded in part by the inner cap and an open configuration in which the piston rod permits communication between the gas inlet and the chamber bounded in part by the inner cap; and wherein the piston head is in a sealing engagement with the valve body via a first seal and the piston rod is in a sealing engagement with the inner cap via a second seal contained within the chamber bounded in part by the inner cap, the second seal being held in a fixed position within the chamber; wherein the inner cap is in a sealing engagement with the valve both via a third seal wherein build up of pressure within the chamber bounded in part by the inner cap is operable to cause the sealing engagement to break permitting gases within the chamber to be vented via a relief aperture provided in the valve body.