LU92875B1 - Cover for gas cylinder with a handle housing a battery - Google Patents

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LU92875B1
LU92875B1 LU92875A LU92875A LU92875B1 LU 92875 B1 LU92875 B1 LU 92875B1 LU 92875 A LU92875 A LU 92875A LU 92875 A LU92875 A LU 92875A LU 92875 B1 LU92875 B1 LU 92875B1
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Romain Lolia
Morgan Lamiable
Jean-Claude Schmitz
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Abstract

The invention is directed to a cover (6) for a tap of a gas cylinder, comprising a shell (8) for housing the tap; and a handle (10) linked to the shell (8), said handle (10) being for manipulating the gas cylinder. The handle (10) comprises a battery housing for supplying the tap with electrical energy.

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Description
COVER FOR GAS CYLINDER WITH A HANDLE HOUSING A BATTERY
Technical field [0001] The invention is directed to the field of gas cylinders, in particular for industrial and medical use. More specifically, the invention is directed to the field of taps for such gas cylinders, said taps being housed in a protecting cover.
Background art [0002] Prior art patent document published WO 2015/132092 A2 discloses a gas cylinder with a tap and a tap cover comprising a shell for housing the tap and a hook pivotally mounted on the shell. The hook is configured for securing the gas cylinder in an upright position to a horizontal bar of a hospital bed. The shell comprises reservations on its external surface configured for receiving the hook in a folded position so as to generally conform to said external surface. The use of a cover with a handle is interesting in that it provides an ergonomic protection for the tap that fulfils additional functions such as providing a handle, providing a convenient rotating flow selector and providing a hook for securing the cylinder to a bar like a bar of a hospital bed.
[0003] Prior art patent document published WO 2014/074313 A1 discloses a tap for gas cylinders, that provides a function of indicating the amount of gas left in the cylinder. To that end, the tap comprises a pressure sensor, an electronic display and an electronic control system electrically connected to the pressure sensor and the display. The control system is configured for calculating an operation time that is left until the amount of gas in the cylinder reaches a predetermined level. This calculated time is displayed with the electronic display. The electronic control system is supplied in electrical energy by a battery. This system is either affixed to the tap or to a protective cap. It comprises also switching means for detecting the angular position of a flow selector located at the top of the tap. The teaching is quite interesting by the functions that the tap can fulfil. The integration of the electronic device and of the battery remains however subject to improvements.
Summary of invention
Technical Problem [0004] The invention has for technical problem to provide a better integration of the electronic components of a tap for gas cylinders, in particular for such a tap that is equipped with a protective cover.
Technical solution [0005] The invention is directed to a cover for a tap of a gas cylinder, comprising: a shell for housing the tap; and a handle linked to the shell, said handle being for manipulating the gas cylinder; wherein the handle comprises a battery housing for supplying the tap with electrical energy.
[0006] According to a preferred embodiment, the handle extends in a main direction generally transverse to a longitudinal direction of the cylinder, and the battery housing extends in said main direction.
[0007] According to a preferred embodiment, the handle is above the shell when the cover is mounted on the gas cylinder and said cylinder is in an upright direction.
[0008] According to a preferred embodiment, the handle comprises a main part forming a cavity and a lid part attached to the main part and closing the cavity, the battery housing being at least partly formed by the cavity in the main part.
[0009] According to a preferred embodiment, the external surface of the lid part is complementary to the external surface of the main part, said external surfaces forming a gripping surface of the handle.
[0010] According to a preferred embodiment, the lid part is made of a material that is softer than a material of the main part.
[0011] According to a preferred embodiment, the main part is made of rigid plastic material and the lid part is made of elastomeric material.
[0012] According to a preferred embodiment, each of the main part and the lid part has a generally half-circular cross-section.
[0013] According to a preferred embodiment, the main part comprises at least one rib, preferably two ribs, said rib(s) extending in the cavity, perpendicularly to the main axis, so as to form support(s) for electrical contact(s) with the at least one battery.
[0014] According to a preferred embodiment, the at least one rib is unitary with the main part of the handle.
[0015] According to a preferred embodiment, the handle is generally cylindrical. [0016] According to a preferred embodiment, the cover comprises at least one lateral portion linking the handle with the shell, and electrical wires extending from the battery housing to the shell through said at least one lateral linking portion.
[0017] According to a preferred embodiment, the at least one lateral linking portion is unitary with the handle and/or with at least a portion of the shell.
[0018] The invention is also directed to a tap assembly for a gas cylinder, comprising a tap; a cover with a shell housing the tap and with a handle linked to the shell for manipulating the gas cylinder when the assembly is mounted on said cylinder; wherein the cover is according to the invention, the battery housing being electrically connected to the tap for electrically supplying said tap.
[0019] According to a preferred embodiment, the tap comprises a pressure detector, a digital display and an electronic unit electrically connected to the pressure detector and the display, said electronic unit being electrically connected to the battery housing.
Advantages of the invention [0020] The invention is particularly interesting in that it provides a practical location and housing for the battery or batteries that electrically supply any kind of electronic device attached to the cover, like an electronic display and/or an electronic unit. The handle of a cover for a tap of a gas cylinder must per definition be relatively resistant and must ideally provide a comfortable gripping surface. A gas cylinder is indeed quite heavy and requires a proper handling to avoid injuries and/or muscular and pains (e.g. in the back). The use of the handle for housing the battery/batteries is particularly interesting for it provides an adequate volume and also an easy access for the replacement of said battery/batteries. In addition, the use of a softer material for the lip part of the handle, covering the cavity in the main part, is particularly adequate for providing a proper water tightness without using additional gasket means.
Brief description of the drawings [0021] Figure 1 is a picture-like view of an assembly comprising a gas cylinder, a tap and a cover in accordance with the invention.
[0022] Figure 2 is a perspective view of the back of the cover of figure 1, where the back portion of the handle of the cover is in a distant position from the main portion.
[0023] Figure 3 is a detailed view of the back of the main portion of the handle housing a battery.
[0024] Figure 4 corresponds to figure 3 where the battery is not present.
Description of an embodiment [0025] Figure 1 illustrate a gas cylinder assembly 2 consisting of a gas cylinder 4 and a tap assembly. This latter comprises, essentially, a cover 6 and a tap (not quite visible) housed in said cover 6. The cover 6 comprises a shell 8 housing the tap, and a handle 10 fixed or linked to the shell 8.
[0026] As is visible in figure 1, the shell 8 comprises a disk 81 that is rotatably mounted and that cooperates with the tap for adjusting the outlet pressure and/or flow rate of said tap. A digital display 12 is located at the centre of the disk. This latter is transparent for permitting a convenient reading of the indications of the digital display 12.
[0027] As is still visible in figure 1, the shell 8 comprises also an opening 82 through which a connector 14 of the type “hose barb” extends. This connector is in direct connection with the tap and is preferably supported by said tap.
[0028] Figure 2 illustrates the cover 6 with an exploded view of the handle 10. The handle 10 comprises a main part 101 forming a cavity that houses a battery 18, and a lid part 102 that is to be attached to the main part and to close the cavity. The main part 101 is preferably unitary with the shell 8. In the present embodiment, the shell 8 is constituted essentially of two halves 83 and 84 in contact with each other along a contact plan 16. Each of said shell-halves 83 and 84 is generally in the shape of a half-sphere. Still in the present embodiment, the handle 10 is rigidly linked to the shell-halve 84 by two lateral portions 20.
[0029] The lid part 102 is preferably attached to the main part (101) by means of screws.
[0030] The handle 10 extends preferably in a direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, so as to be generally horizontal when the cylinder is in upright position. The handle 10 can comprise formations on its outer surface where these formations can correspond to the fingers of a hand of an operator. These formations are not represented in the figures. They are advantageously formed on a lower portion of the external surface of said handle, such formations forming thereby a gripping surface for an operator lifting the cylinder by exerting a traction on the handle.
[0031] As is visible in figure 2, the lid part 102 of the handle 10 can comprise a central portion and lateral portions that are designed to contact and conform to the lateral portions 20 connecting the handle main part 101 to the shell 8.
[0032] The handle main part 101 and the shell 8 (i.e. the shell-halves 83 and 84) are advantageously made of rigid plastic whereas the lid part 102 can be made of softer material, like elastomer. The material of the lid part 102 can be selected to have a hardness comprised between 80 and 100° Shore. The use of soft material for the lip part 102 is particularly interesting in that it provides a tight contact with the main part 101 without the need of a joint or any other kind of contact means.
[0033] As this is partly visible in figure 2, the lip part 102 forms also a cavity that is complementary to the cavity formed by the main part 101. The external surface of the lip part 102 is also complementary to the external surface of the main part 101, so as to provide a smooth continuous gripping surface.
[0034] Figures 3 and 4 are detailed view of the handle without the lip part. In figure 3, the battery 18 is located in the cavity of the main part 101 whereas in figure 4 the battery is absent.
[0035] With reference to figures 3 and 4, the cavity of the main part 101 of the handle comprises two ribs 22 that extend essentially perpendicularly to the main direction of the handle. These ribs 22 can be integrally formed with the main part 101. Each of the ribs 22 supports a metallic tongue 24 that forms an electrical contact with the battery 18. These electrical contacts are connected via the wire 26 to the tap or at least a component thereof like the digital display 12 (figure 1).
[0036] The battery 18 is advantageously of cylindrical shape, for example of the AA or AAA type. In the present embodiment, a single battery 18 is housed in the handle. It is however understood that the handle can house several batteries, in particular several cylindrically shaped batteries aligned along the main axis of the handle and electrically connected in series.

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1. Coiffe (6) pour robinet d'une bouteille de gaz (4), comprenant: - une coque (8) pour loger le robinet: et - une poignée (10) reliée à la coque (8), ladite poignée étant destinée à la manipulation de la bouteille de gaz (4); caractérisée en ce que la poignée (10) comprend un logement de batterie (18) pour alimenter le robinet en énergie électrique.1. Cap (6) for a valve of a gas cylinder (4), comprising: - a shell (8) for housing the valve: and - a handle (10) connected to the shell (8), said handle being intended handling the gas cylinder (4); characterized in that the handle (10) comprises a battery housing (18) for supplying the valve with electrical energy. 2. Coiffe (6) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la poignée (10) se prolonge dans une direction principale généralement transversale à une direction longitudinale de la bouteille (4) et le logement de batterie (18) s’étend dans ladite direction principale.2. Cap (6) according to claim 1, characterized in that the handle (10) extends in a main direction generally transverse to a longitudinal direction of the bottle (4) and the battery housing (18) extends into said main direction. 3. Coiffe (6) selon l’une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisée en ce que la poignée (10) est au-dessus de la coque (8) lorsque la coiffe (6) est montée sur la bouteille de gaz (4) et ladite bouteille (4) est dans une direction verticale.3. Cap (6) according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the handle (10) is above the shell (8) when the cap (6) is mounted on the gas cylinder ( 4) and said bottle (4) is in a vertical direction. 4. Coiffe (8) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que la poignée (10) comprend une partie principale (101) formant une cavité et une partie couvercle (102) fixée à la partie principale (101) et fermant la cavité, le logement de batterie (18) étant au moins partiellement formé par la cavité dans la partie principale (101).4. Headgear (8) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the handle (10) comprises a main portion (101) forming a cavity and a cover portion (102) fixed to the main portion (101). and closing the cavity, the battery housing (18) being at least partially formed by the cavity in the main portion (101). 5. Coiffe (8) selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que la surface externe de la partie couvercle (102) est complémentaire de la surface externe de la partie principale (101), lesdites surfaces externes formant une surface de préhension de la poignée (10).5. Cap (8) according to claim 4, characterized in that the outer surface of the cover portion (102) is complementary to the outer surface of the main portion (101), said outer surfaces forming a gripping surface of the handle (10). 6. Coiffe (6) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 et 5, caractérisée en ce que la partie couvercle (102) est réalisé en un matériau qui est plus souple qu'un matériau de la partie principale (101).6. The cap (6) according to any one of claims 4 and 5, characterized in that the cover portion (102) is made of a material that is more flexible than a material of the main part (101). 7. Coiffe (6) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 6, caractérisée en ce que la partie principale (101) est faite de matière plastique rigide et la partie de couvercle (102) est faite de matériau élastomère.7. Headgear (6) according to any one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that the main part (101) is made of rigid plastic material and the cover portion (102) is made of elastomeric material. 8. Coiffe (6) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 7, caractérisée en ce que chacune de la partie principale (101) et de la partie couvercle (102) présente une section transversale généralement semi-circulaire.8. Cap (6) according to any one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that each of the main portion (101) and the cover portion (102) has a generally semi-circular cross section. 9. Coiffe (6) selon la revendication 1 et selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 8, caractérisée en ce que la partie principale (101) comprend au moins une nervure (22), de préférence deux nervures (22), ladite ou lesdites nervures (22) s’étendant dans la cavité, perpendiculairement à la direction principale, de manière à former un ou plusieurs supports de contact(s) électrique(s) (24) avec la ou les batteries (18).9. Cap (6) according to claim 1 and according to any one of claims 4 to 8, characterized in that the main portion (101) comprises at least one rib (22), preferably two ribs (22), said or said ribs (22) extending into the cavity, perpendicular to the main direction, so as to form one or more electrical contact carriers (24) with the at least one battery (18). 10. Coiffe (6) selon la revendication 9, caractérisée en ce que la ou les nervures (22) sont unitaires avec la partie principale (101) de la poignée (10).10. The cap (6) according to claim 9, characterized in that the rib or ribs (22) are unitary with the main part (101) of the handle (10). 11. Coiffe (6) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisée en ce que la poignée (10) est généralement cylindrique.11. Cap (6) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the handle (10) is generally cylindrical. 12. Coiffe (6) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisée en ce que la coiffe (6) comprend au moins une partie latérale (20) reliant la poignée (10) avec la coque (8), et des fils électriques (26) partant du logement de batterie jusqu’à la coque (8) au travers de ladite ou desdites parties latérales de liaison (20).12. Headgear (6) according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the cap (6) comprises at least one side portion (20) connecting the handle (10) with the shell (8), and electric wires (26) extending from the battery housing to the shell (8) through said one or more connecting side portions (20). 13. Coiffe (6) selon la revendication 12, caractérisée en ce que la ou les parties latérales de liaison (20) sont unitaires avec la poignée (10) et/ou avec au moins une partie (84) de la coque (8).13. Cap (6) according to claim 12, characterized in that the or the lateral connecting portions (20) are unitary with the handle (10) and / or with at least a portion (84) of the shell (8). . 14. Assemblage de robinet (2) pour une bouteille de gaz (4), comprenant - un robinet; - une coiffe (6) avec une coque (8) logeant le robinet et avec une poignée (10) reliée à la coque (8) pour manipuler la bouteille de gaz (4) lorsque l'assemblage (2) est monté sur ladite bouteille; caractérisé en ce que la coiffe (6) est selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 13, le logement de batterie (18) étant électriquement connecté au robinet pour alimenter électriquement ledit robinet.14. Faucet assembly (2) for a gas cylinder (4), comprising - a faucet; - a cap (6) with a shell (8) housing the valve and with a handle (10) connected to the shell (8) for handling the gas bottle (4) when the assembly (2) is mounted on said bottle ; characterized in that the cap (6) is according to any one of claims 1 to 13, the battery housing (18) being electrically connected to the valve for electrically powering said valve. 15. Assemblage de robinet (2) selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que le robinet comprend un détecteur de pression, un dispositif d'affichage numérique (12) et une unité électronique reliée électriquement au détecteur de pression et à l'affichage, ladite unité électronique étant connectée électriquement au logement de batterie.Valve assembly (2) according to claim 14, characterized in that the valve comprises a pressure sensor, a digital display device (12) and an electronic unit electrically connected to the pressure sensor and to the display, said electronic unit being electrically connected to the battery housing.
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