Assembly of a support and gas container such as a medical gas cylinder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10323796-B2
Application number	US-201414556262-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2014
Priority date	Dec 13, 2013
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

The invention relates to a container/container support assembly, notably for a medical gas cylinder, comprising a gas container ( 11 ) comprising a protective cap ( 3 ) comprising a peripheral wall ( 3 ), and a container support ( 20 ) able and designed to accept and bear said gas container ( 11 ). The protective cap ( 3 ) of the gas container ( 11 ) comprises a fixing element ( 10 ) projecting from the surface of the peripheral wall ( 3 ), and said container support ( 20 ) comprises an attachment system ( 24 ) for fixing said container support ( 20 ) to a bearing structure ( 30 ), and a housing ( 22 ) able and designed to accept said fixing element ( 10 ) borne by the protective cap ( 3 ) of the gas container ( 11 ) so as to secure said gas container ( 11 ) to said container support ( 20 ) when said fixing element ( 10 ) is positioned in said housing ( 22 ) of the container support ( 20 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container/container support assembly, comprising:
a gas container ( 11 ) comprising a protective cap ( 3 ) comprising a peripheral wall ( 3 ), and
a container support ( 20 ) able and designed to accept and bear said gas container ( 11 ),
wherein:
the protective cap ( 3 ) of the gas container ( 11 ) comprises a fixing element ( 10 ) projecting from the surface of the peripheral wall ( 3 ), and
said container support ( 20 ) comprises:
i) an attachment system ( 24 ) for fixing said container support ( 20 ) to a load bearing structure ( 30 ), and
ii) a housing ( 22 ) able and designed to accept said fixing element ( 10 ) borne by the protective cap ( 3 ) of the gas container ( 11 ) so as to secure said gas container ( 11 ) to said container support ( 20 ) when said fixing element ( 10 ) is connected with said housing ( 22 ) of the container support ( 20 ),
wherein the housing ( 22 ) in the form of a notch is open at the top when the container support ( 20 ) is fixed to the load bearing structure ( 30 ).

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gas container ( 11 ) is a gas cylinder equipped with a gas valve or gas pressure regulator around which the protective cap ( 3 ) is arranged.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fixing element ( 10 ) projects on a rear surface wall ( 7 ) of the protective cap ( 3 ).

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fixing element ( 10 ) comprises a body ( 12 ) secured to a wall ( 7 ) of the protective cap ( 3 ) comprising, at its free end, an enlarged head ( 13 ).

5. The assembly of claim 4 , wherein the body ( 12 ) of the fixing element ( 10 ) is cylindrical and the enlarged head ( 13 ) has the shape of a disk.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fixing element ( 10 ) is formed as one piece with the protective cap ( 3 ).

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the housing ( 22 ) is in the form of a notch.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the notch-forming housing ( 22 ) is formed in a U-shaped or V-shaped component ( 21 ).

9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the attachment system ( 24 ) is able and designed to allow said container support ( 20 ) to be fixed to the load bearing structure ( 30 ) which is selected from a rail, a bar or a wall.

10. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the housing ( 22 ) of the container support ( 20 ) comprises at least one retaining element ( 23 ) arranged in such a way as to retain the fixing element ( 10 ) in said housing ( 22 ) of the container support ( 20 ).

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the housing ( 22 ) of the container support ( 20 ) comprises a back wall ( 25 ), said at least one retaining element ( 23 ) being arranged spaced away from said back wall ( 25 ) so as to sandwich an enlarged head ( 13 ) of the fixing element ( 10 ) between said at least one retaining element ( 23 ) and said back wall ( 25 ) when the fixing element ( 10 ) is positioned in the housing ( 22 ) of the container support ( 20 ).

12. The assembly claim 10 , wherein said at least one retaining element ( 23 ) comprises a leaf spring.

Assignees

• Air Liquide
• Lair Liquide Sa Pour Letude Et Lexploitation Des Procedees Georges Claude

Inventors

• Frenal Antoine
• Ligonesche Renaud
• Tarantello Chiara

Classifications

• F17C2205/0192

  with external bearing means · CPC title

• F17C2209/2109

  Moulding · CPC title

• F17C2223/0123

  gaseous, e.g. CNG, GNC · CPC title

• F17C13/06

  Closures, e.g. cap, breakable member ({for autoclaves B01J3/03}; closures for {large} containers in general B65D {B65D90/54}; {for pressure vessels in general F16J13/00}) · CPC title

• F17C2221/011

  Oxygen · CPC title