Gce Holding, Ab

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

Gce Group Ab

The Esab Group Inc.

Gareth Pemberton

Martin Roubicek

Karel Zmek

Petr Jehlicka

Ladislav Stehno

Jiri Polivka

Mark Sherman Williams

Zdenek Firych

Csaba Alfoldi

Martin Nádvorník

Christopher David Phillips

Marcel Behrens

Lee Yates

Subramani Alagarsamy

Antoon DeBruijn

Mark Webster

Dhineshkumar Soundararajan

Mike Galvin

Donald Oleforo

Chris Phillips

Fred Galvin

Andy Tassell

Martin Nadvornik

William Turner

Ben Inman

A gas and vacuum system is disclosed, and, in particular, an area valve service unit configured to provide local isolation of individual parts of a gas and vacuum system that may be required for installation, maintenance, or in the event of an emergency. The area valve service unit can have one or more shutoff valves, each of which has an associated access panel with a movable access panel door.

Area valve service unit

A medical pin index valve includes a pair of pin holes, the positions of which are selected based on the particular gas to be used with the pin index valve. The pin index valve includes a residual pressure device therein. In one embodiment, the residual pressure device is designed so that it closes the valve when the pressure in the tank is between 0.5 bar to 5 bar.

Medical pin index residual pressure valve

Gauge

Regulator

The invention relates to a method and a user interface for remote monitoring and controlling of a patient oxygen therapy device. The invention also relates to a patient oxygen therapy device and a computer program product.

Remote monitoring and controlling of a patient oxygen therapy device

A cutting torch system comprises a cutting torch and a control system. The cutting torch includes a cutting oxygen channel for supplying cutting oxygen, a heating oxygen channel for supplying heating oxygen, a fuel gas channel for supplying fuel gas, an ignition mixer configured to selectively generate ignition gas from the heating oxygen and the fuel gas, and at least one sensor adapted for measuring a pressure and/or flow rate in one of the channels. The control system is adapted to maintain a temperature of the cutting torch to allow operation of the at least one sensor by adjusting a flow rate and/or a pressure of the gasses supplied to the cutting torch and/or by switching the cutting torch between an ignition mode and a cleaning and cooling mode.

Machine cutting torch system

The invention relates to a shut-off valve for controlling flow of a pressurised gas. The shut-off valve comprises a body defining a passage extending between a gas inlet channel and a gas outlet channel, and a sealing element arranged to, in a first position, close the passage, and in a second position, open the passage to allow gas to flow between the gas inlet channel and the gas outlet channel through the passage. The invention also relates to a method for controlling flow of a pressurised gas by means of a shut-off valve.

Aviation valve with status indicator

The invention relates to a protective valve ring () for an oxygen gas cylinder (). The protective valve ring () comprises a body () adapted to enclose an outlet () of a cylinder valve (). The body () comprises an incombustible and heat absorbing material, and has an internal shaping adapted to guide any potential oxygen gas leak away from inflammable parts of the gas cylinder (). The invention also relates to a shut-off valve () for controlling flow of a pressurised gas and a method for attaching a protective valve ring () to a shut-off valve () of an oxygen gas cylinder ().

Protective valve ring

The invention relates to shut-off valve for controlling flow of a pressurised gas. The shut-off valve comprising a body defining a passage extending between a gas inlet channel and a gas outlet channel, a sealing element, and an emergency stop mechanism. The sealing element arranged to, in a first position, close the passage, and in a second position, open the passage to allow gas to flow between the gas inlet channel and the gas outlet channel through the passage. The invention also relates to a method for controlling flow of a pressurised gas with a shut-off valve and a method for activating an emergency stop of a shut-off valve.

Emergency stop valve

A cutting torch comprises a cutting oxygen channel for supplying cutting oxygen, a heating oxygen channel for supplying heating oxygen, a fuel gas channel for supplying fuel gas, an ignition mixer configured to generate ignition gas from heating oxygen and fuel gas, a heating oxygen bypass channel originating from the heating oxygen channel and coupled to the ignition mixer, the heating oxygen bypass channel configured to supply heating oxygen to the ignition mixer, a fuel gas bypass channel originating from the fuel gas channel and coupled to the ignition mixer, the fuel gas bypass channel configured to supply fuel gas to the ignition mixer, and a fuel gas shut-off valve located on the fuel gas bypass channel. The shut-off valve is configured to turn off the supply of the fuel gas to the ignition mixer, and the ignition mixer supplies only heating oxygen to the cutting oxygen channel.

The present invention relates to a cutting torch system having an ignition mode and a cooling and cleaning mode. The cutting torch system comprises a cutting torch () having a cutting oxygen channel (), a heating oxygen channel (), and a fuel gas channel () The heating oxygen channel () and the fuel gas channel () are connected to an ignition mixer () and a fuel gas shut-off valve () is arranged upstream of the ignition mixer (). The fuel gas shut-off valve () is configured to be open in the ignition mode and closed in the cleaning and cooling mode. The ignition mixer () is adapted for mixing heating oxygen and fuel gas into an ignition gas and communicating the ignition gas into the cutting oxygen channel () in the ignition mode, and for communicating heating oxygen into the cutting oxygen channel () in the cleaning and cooling mode.

Medical oxygen concentrator

There is provided a guard structure for a gas cylinder assembly, the gas cylinder assembly comprising a gas cylinder body and a valve, the gas cylinder body including a base and a neck to which a proximal end of the valve is connected in use, the guard structure being securable to the gas cylinder assembly and comprising a guard body arranged, in use, to surround the valve, wherein the guard body further comprises a dependent lip extending around substantially the entire perimeter of the guard body, the dependent lip being located and arranged to be graspable by at least one user to enable the gas cylinder assembly to be lifted and/or maneuvered.

Cylinder regulator guard lifting arrangement

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Worcester, United Kingdom

Gareth Pemberton