Patent ID: 7181953

Claim:
A moisture detector assembly comprising, a moisture detector having an axially elongated probe; a housing having an axial bore extending therethrough that includes a first end portion for having the moisture detector mounted thereto, an elongated intermediate portion for having the probe extending therein and a second end portion providing a housing outlet orifice, wherein the probe and housing bore intermediate portion provide an annular housing clearance space that opens to the housing outlet orifice; the housing having a regulator opening that opens into the housing clearance space; and a pressure regulator mounted to the housing at the regulator opening, the pressure regulator including a body having an axial bore extending therethrough; and the body's axial bore having a first end portion that provides an outlet that opens through the regulator opening to the housing clearance space, a coaxial intermediate portion of a greater diameter than the body axial bore's first end portion, a coaxial second end portion, and a first means mounted to the regulator body for closing the body axial bore's second end portion to fluid flow; wherein said first means comprises: a high pressure inlet and a fluid passage fluidly connecting the inlet to the body axial bore's intermediate portion, the fluid passage including a first bore portion coaxially aligned with the body axial bore's first end portion; and a second means extending within the body axial bore's intermediate portion for controlling the flow of fluid from the fluid passage to the body axial bore's first end portion to provide fluid at the regulator outlet at a controlled pressure that is reduced from the pressure of the fluid in the fluid passage.