Gas convenience outlet

摘要

A gas convenience outlet is provided for connecting an outdoor grill or other outdoor gas fired appliance to a home gas supply or other fixed position source of fuel gas, such as natural gas or liquid petroleum gas. The outlet includes a case having an open interior and an openable cover with a manifold mounted in the interior. The manifold has an inlet operatively connected with the supply of fuel gas and has one or more outlets. A primary manual shutoff valve located in the interior of the case is operatively connected with the manifold outlet. The outlet includes an outlet connector extending outside the case. The connector has a standardized fitting that releasably couples in gas tight engagement with one or more gas fired appliances by means of standardized appliance connectors, without the need for adaptors and without a loss of performance due to restriction of the gas supply.

主权项

1. An outdoor appliance connection system, comprising:
a fuel gas supply providing a high pressure fuel gas to a structure, the high pressure fuel gas being connected to the structure through a building pressure regulator reducing the high pressure of the fuel gas to a lower operating pressure outside of the structure, the fuel gas at the lower operating pressure entering the structure through a low pressure fuel supply line; a convenience outlet box mounted on an exterior of the structure, the box containing a gas convenience outlet for an exterior appliance, the gas convenience outlet connectable in a sealed fashion to a conventional supply connector for an exterior appliance, the gas convenience outlet being fluidly connected to the high pressure fuel gas of the fuel gas supply upstream of the building pressure regulator.