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A rectangular compartment for receiving and dispensing pressurized gas cylinders. The compartment, for its use, requires a minimal space both inside and outside the compartment. The compartment contains a tank receiving unit configured to receive multiple tanks arranged in files. The tank receiving

A rectangular compartment for receiving and dispensing pressurized gas cylinders. The compartment, for its use, requires a minimal space both inside and outside the compartment. The compartment contains a tank receiving unit configured to receive multiple tanks arranged in files. The tank receiving unit is pivoted near its center of mass so as to permit easy rotation in place of the tank receiving unit. The compartment is provided with an access door. When the access door is open and the tank receiving unit is rotated outward to receive tanks, the tank receivers in a file project a short distance outside the compartment and are arranged one above the other. When the access door is closed, the tanks are in an upright position and secured in that position by an interlock between the tank receiving unit and the access door.

대표청구항 ▼

1. A space saving compartment for pressurized tanks, comprising:a) a rectangular metal compartment having a front, a back, a top, a bottom and two sides and the front is provided with an access door, b) tank mounts secured to the inside of the sides of the compartment and the tank mounts are positio

1. A space saving compartment for pressurized tanks, comprising:a) a rectangular metal compartment having a front, a back, a top, a bottom and two sides and the front is provided with an access door, b) tank mounts secured to the inside of the sides of the compartment and the tank mounts are positioned below the center of the compartment and closer to the front of the compartment than they are to the back, c) a tank receiving unit contained within the compartment and the tank receiving unit has a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and two sides and the two sides are provided with pivots projecting laterally outward form the sides to form a horizontal pivot axis and the pivots are pivotably engaged with the tank mounts and the pivots are located near the center of mass of tank receiving unit, d) a multiplicity of cylindrical tank receivers formed as a part of the tank receiving unit and the tank receivers are open at their tops and the tank receivers have their cylindrical center lines parallel and in a plane parallel to the sides of the tank receiving unit to form a file, and e) the tank receiving unit when rotated about its pivots projects outward from the compartment so that tank receivers are positioned one over the other with their open tops in position to receive tanks, and when the tank receiving unit is rotated about its pivots so that the tanks contained therein are in an upright file, and the access door is closed, the front of the tank receiving unit is adjacent to the access door.