Claims
- 1. A modular medical gas services unit for installation in a support surface to connect first and second medical gas operating devices to first and second gas supply conduits behind the support surface, the unit comprising:a first outlet panel support surface; a first medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising: a housing with a first end and a second end; a outlet on the first end for supporting the first medical gas operating device, the outlet being substantially flush with the first outlet panel support surface; wherein the second end extends behind the first outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the first gas supply conduit; a second outlet panel support surface; a second medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising: a housing with a first end and a second end; an outlet on the first end for supporting the second medical gas operating device, the outlet being substantially flush with the second outlet panel support surface; wherein the second end extends behind the second outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the second gas supply conduit; wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces define intersecting, vertically-oriented planes, wherein the outlet panel support surfaces are positioned relative to each other so that the outlets are adjacent, wherein the width of the first outlet panel support surface is only slightly greater than the width of the outlet of the first medical gas supply outlet assembly and the width of the second outlet panel support surface is only slightly greater than the width of the outlet of the second medical gas supply outlet assembly whereby the first and second medical gas operating devices can be supported more closely together than if the first and second outlet support surfaces were co-planar and wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces are supportable on the support surface so that the second ends of the housings of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies are behind the support surface.
- 2. The medical gas services unit of claim 1 further comprising a vertical frame, wherein the support surface is defined by the vertical frame, and wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces form an outlet panel, and wherein the outlet panel is supported on the support surface of the vertical frame.
- 3. The medical gas services unit of claim 1 wherein the intersecting first and second outlet panel support surfaces form an angle of at least 90 degrees.
- 4. The medical gas services unit of claim 3 wherein the angle is between about 120 degrees and 150 degrees.
- 5. The medical gas services unit of claim 2 wherein the vertical frame defines at least four planar external support surfaces forming a hollow column, and wherein an outlet panel is supported on at least two of the four external support surfaces of the frame.
- 6. A modular medical gas services unit for installation in a support surface to connect first and second medical gas operating devices to first and second gas supply conduits behind the support surface, the unit comprising:a first outlet panel support surface; a first medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising: a housing with a first end and a second end; an outlet on the first end for supporting the first medical gas operating device, the outlet having a center and being substantially flush with the first outlet panel support surface; wherein the second end extends behind the first outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the first gas supply conduit; a second outlet panel support surface; a second medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising: a housing with a first end and a second end; outlet on the second end for supporting the second medical gas operating device, the outlet having a width and being substantially flush with the second outlet panel support surface; wherein the second end extends behind the second outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the second gas supply conduit; wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces define intersecting planes, wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces are positioned relative to each other so that the outlets are adjacent, and so that the distance between the centers of the first and second medical gas supply outlets is less than the distance between the centers of the first and second medical gas supply outlets would be if the first and second outlet support surfaces were co-planner, and wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces are supportable on the support surface so that the second ends of the housing of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies are behind the support surface.
- 7. The medical gas services unit of claim 6 further comprising a vertical frame, wherein the support surface is defined by the vertical frame, wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces form an outlet panel, and wherein the outlet panel is supported on the support surface of the vertical frame.
- 8. The medical gas services unit of claim 6 wherein the intersecting first and second outlet panel support surfaces form an angle of at least 90 degrees.
- 9. The medical gas services unit of claim 8 wherein the angle is between about 120 degrees and 150 degrees.
- 10. The medical gas services unit of claim 7 wherein the vertical frame defines at least four planar external support surfaces forming a hollow column, and wherein an outlet panel is supported on at least two of the four external support surfaces of the frame.
- 11. A modular medical gas services unit for installation in a planar support surface behind which are located first and second gas supply conduits, the unit comprising:a first outlet panel support surface; a first medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising: a housing with a first end and a second end; an outlet on the first end for supporting the first medical gas operating device, the outlet having a width and being substantially flush with the first outlet panel support surface; wherein the second end extends behind the first outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the first gas supply conduit; a first medical gas operating device operatively supportable in the outlet of the first medical gas supply outlet assembly and having a width greater than the width of the outlet of the first medical gas supply outlet assembly; a second outlet panel support surface; a second medical gas supply outlet assembly comprising: a housing with a first end and a second end; an outlet on the second end for supporting the second medical gas operating device, the outlet having a width and being substantially flush with the second outlet panel support surface; wherein the second end extends behind the second outlet panel support surface and is connectable to the second gas supply conduit; a second medical gas operating device operatively supportable in the second medical gas supply outlet and having a width greater than the width of the outlet of the second medical gas supply outlet assembly; wherein when the unit is installed in the planar support surface the outlets of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies are supported adjacent each other on the planar support surface and extend therefrom so that the outlets are angled relative to each other and to the planar support surface, so that the first and second medical gas operating devices can be supported more closely together than if the outlets of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies were co-planar with each other, and so that the second ends of the housings of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies are behind the planar support surface.
- 12. The medical gas services unit of claim 11 wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces form a first angled outlet panel, wherein the outlets of the first and second medical gas supply outlet assemblies are supported in the first and second outlet panel support surfaces, and wherein the first angled outlet panel is supported on the first planar support surface.
- 13. The medical gas services unit of claim 12 wherein the first and second outlet panel support surfaces form an angle of at least 90 degrees.
- 14. The medical gas services unit of claim 13 wherein the angle is between about 120 degrees and 150 degrees.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/781,220, filed Jan. 10, 1997, entitled Modular Medical Gas Services Column, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/297,193, filed Aug. 26, 1994, entitled Modular Medical Gas Services Column, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,644,876.
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