Camping Gas Pressure Stabilizer for Leak-Safe Flow Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing camping gas tanks lack effective pressure regulation, leading to potential gas leakage and ignition issues when the needle valve fails to function properly.

Innovation Solution

A pressure regulating device that includes a pressure stabilizer connected to the camping gas tank, featuring a pressure regulating assembly with a valve body, decompression chamber, and switching assembly to control and stabilize gas output pressure, ensuring safe and controlled gas release.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If a needle valve is used to regulate gas output, then a small amount of high-pressure gas can be output, but gas leakage and ignition may occur if the valve fails

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegas output amountVSAvoidgas leakage prevention
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

A pressure stabilizer is introduced as an intermediary device between the gas tank and the needle valve. The pressure stabilizer includes a valve body with a high-pressure gas inlet, a low-pressure gas outlet, and a balancing chamber that receives the high-pressure gas first to reduce its pressure before it reaches the needle valve. This intermediary pressure reduction mechanism prevents direct high-pressure gas leakage while maintaining precise flow control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the purely mechanical needle valve system with a hybrid system incorporating a pressure stabilizer that uses both mechanical components (valve body, outlets) and pressure-based regulation (balancing chamber). This substitution allows the system to automatically balance high-pressure gas before it reaches the control valve, reducing reliance on the needle valve alone for both flow control and safety.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Ease of operation

If high-pressure gas is directly output without pressure regulation, then gas flow is simple, but pressure control and safety are compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegas flow controlVSAvoidignition risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The pressure stabilizer performs preliminary pressure reduction action before the gas reaches the needle valve and burner. The high-pressure gas enters the balancing chamber first, where its pressure is automatically reduced to a lower, safer level. This preliminary pressure control eliminates the need for complex pressure regulation mechanisms at the burner end and significantly reduces ignition risk by ensuring gas never reaches the burner at high pressure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The balancing chamber acts as an intermediary pressure zone between the high-pressure gas source and the low-pressure burner system. This intermediary chamber automatically equalizes pressure differences and provides a safety buffer zone, preventing direct high-pressure gas delivery to the burner while maintaining simple overall system operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The device effectively reduces and regulates gas pressure output, preventing leakage and ignition, while allowing convenient control of gas flow through a switching assembly, enhancing safety and usability in outdoor cooking applications.

Implementation Method 1

the pressure stabilizer is adapted to reduce and regulate a pressure of gas outputted by the portable gas tank, so as to stably output the output gas with the predetermined pressure

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPressure regulation:

Implementation Method 2

The switching assembly in the pressure stabilizer could control the output gas to open or close

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectValve control: Valve

Data Source

PatentEP4137909B1Pressure-regulating device
Publication Date: 2024.05.29 GRAND MATE
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AI summary

A pressure regulating device (1) includes a pressure stabilizer (10) including a valve body (12), a pressure regulating assembly (32), and a switching assembly (42). The valve body (12) has an inlet portion (14), a decompression chamber (16) communicating with the inlet portion (14), and an outlet portion (18) communicating with the decompression chamber (16) and having an outlet port (182). The inlet portion (14) has an inlet port (142) for connecting to an outlet opening (100a) of a portable gas tank (100). The pressure regulating assembly (32) is disposed in the decompression chamber (16) and regulates the pressure of gas outputted by the portable gas tank (100) to form an output gas with a predetermined pressure. The switching assembly (42) disposed on the outlet portion (18) is located between the decompression chamber (16) and the outlet port (182) and is manipulatable to block or open the output gas.