Pressure regulator seat assembly

1. A pressure regulator seat assembly, the assembly comprising:

a chamber;

a tapered flange continuously sloping downstream from an upstream edge of the chamber into a flow path of the assembly, wherein a proximate end of the flange attached to the chamber is tapered continuously to its distal end into the flow path;

a throttling stem seat disposed on a lower surface of the flange;

a plurality of support ribs adapted to support the flange, wherein the plurality of ribs is spaced about one half side of the chamber; and

a complementary base adapted to mount to the chamber about a downstream edge of the chamber to form the assembly.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the chamber further comprising a ledge about a periphery of the upstream edge of the chamber to provide an adjacent surface to seal an upstream portion of the assembly to a pressure regulator housing.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base is adapted to secure and seal a downstream portion of the assembly to a pressure regulator housing.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein axial components of the chamber surface are disposed in a same direction to assist in shedding any debris within a fluid flow through the assembly.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein each rib of the plurality of ribs is separated by an open space therebetween.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an annular wall about one half of the throttling stem seat projecting downstream and supported by the plurality of ribs.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an internal ridge of the chamber that extends beyond the downstream edge of the chamber to assist in positioning the chamber over the base.

8. A pressure regulator seat assembly, the assembly comprising:

a chamber;

a flange continuously sloping downstream from an upstream side of the chamber into the flow path of the assembly, wherein a proximate end of the flange attached to the chamber is tapered to its distal end; and

a throttling stem seat disposed on a downstream side of the tapered flange.

9. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein an interior of the chamber includes curved interior surfaces to increase hydraulic efficiency.

10. The assembly of claim 8 , further comprising a base adapted to secure and seal a downstream portion of the assembly to a pressure regulator housing.

11. The assembly of claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of ribs to support the flange.

12. The assembly of claim 8 , further comprising a ledge around an upstream peripheral edge of the chamber.

13. A pressure regulator seat assembly, the assembly comprising:

a chamber;

a plurality of ribs projecting from a sidewall of the chamber towards a center of the assembly, wherein the plurality of ribs is spaced about one half side of the chamber;

a flange having an upstream surface continuously sloping downstream and covering an upstream portion of the plurality of ribs; and

a throttling stem seat supported about its periphery by the plurality of ribs.

14. The assembly of claim 13 , further comprising a base adapted to secure and seal a downstream portion of the assembly to a pressure regulator housing.

15. The assembly of claim 14 , wherein the flange is continuously tapered from its proximate end towards the throttling stem seat.

16. The assembly of claim 15 , wherein an exterior of the assembly having a conical frustum shape.