Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

David M Garner

Eric Richard Colburn

Richard E Hoffman

Robert L Cope, Iii

A gas outlet apparatus ( ) is configured to provide a medical gas outlet for a gas supply line ( ). The apparatus ( ) includes a front cover ( ) formed to include a gas outlet opening ( ), a back plate ( ) coupled to the front cover ( ), and a gas outlet barrel ( ) having an inlet end, an outlet end ( ), and a valve located between the inlet end and the outlet end ( ). The apparatus ( ) also includes a retention portion located on the back plate ( ). The retention portion is configured to engage the barrel ( ) adjacent the outlet end ( ) to secure the barrel ( ) to the back plate ( ) and the cover ( ) and with the outlet end ( ) of the barrel ( ) in alignment with the gas outlet opening ( ) formed in the front cover ( ).

Gas outlet barrel retention apparatus

An outlet dust cover, for attachment to a back plate having a wall plate formed to include an aperture within which a valve controlling gas flow in a pipe is received, includes a plate, a valve actuator located in the plate and arranged to be positioned adjacent the valve when the plate is positioned adjacent the wall plate, the valve actuator having a first state in which the valve is not actuated and a second state wherein the valve is actuated, and a vent extending through the cover and positioned to be in communication with the pipe.

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Cumming, GA, United States of America

David M Garner