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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2010
David William Birch, Whitehill, GB;
Derrick Ernest Hilton, Frimley, GB;
Martin John Avery, Greenford, GB;
David William Birch, Whitehill, GB;
Derrick Ernest Hilton, Frimley, GB;
Martin John Avery, Greenford, GB;
Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A device for supplying a shielding gas to a welding torch, the device including a cylinderfor holding the shielding gas, a valve operatively connected to the cylinder for selectively permitting flow of gas from the cylinder, a regulator for controlling the pressure of the gas flow from the cylinder, and a guard assemblycoupled to the cylinderand adapted to protect the valve and regulator from external forces, wherein a flow meterincorporated into the guard assembly, the flow meter being adapted to receive the nozzleof a welding torch and measure the flow rate of the gas therein.