LPG canister connector for combustion appliance

US5868126A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Coleman Company, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Norris R. Long · Wichita, US
• Franklin T. Schmidt · Mulvane, US
• Gary Van Deursen · Upper Saddle River, US
• Randall L. May · Andover, US
• Harold J. Pfountz · Conifer, US
• David M. Thorpe · Portland, US
• Jan Hippen · Portland, US
• Michael Knodt · Portland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 7, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 9, 1999
• Expiry date: Nov 7, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16L37/252
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An LPG canister connector for a combustion appliance having a flow path from a canister containing liquid fuel and having a cap with outlet means at the upstream end of the flow path, a valve assembly adapted to be connected to the cap and equipped with a conduit adapted to be connected to a combustion appliance at the downstream end of the flow path, and promoters for vaporization of said fuel being located intermediate the ends of the flow path.