Abstract: A modular medical gas services unit with multiple medical gas outlets supported at the same level on the column. The unit preferably comprises a hollow column with an internal space for housing the gas conduits and power lines. The medical gas supply outlets are mounted so that their longitudinal axes extend radially from the vertical axis of the frame, and the longitudinal axes of adjacent outlets intersect to form an acute angle. In this way, the horizontal dimensions of the column can be minimized while the number of medical gas outlets at the desired height is maximized. In one embodiment, the column is pentagonal in cross-section providing five planar support surfaces for five medical gas outlets. In another embodiment, a square column is equipped with angled outlet panels, each supporting two medical gas outlets. Thus, though the frame is four-sided, as many as eight medical gas outlets can be mounted at the same height on the frame.

Abstract: A modular medical gas services unit with multiple medical gas outlets supported at the same level on the column. The unit preferably comprises a hollow column with an internal space for housing the gas conduits and power lines. The medical gas supply outlets are mounted so that their longitudinal axes extend radially from the vertical axis of the frame, and the longitudinal axes of adjacent outlets intersect to form an acute angle. In this way, the horizontal dimensions of the column can be minimized while the number of medical gas outlets at the desired height is maximized. In one embodiment, the column is pentagonal in cross-section providing five planar support surfaces for five medical gas outlets. In another embodiment, a square column is equipped with angled outlet panels, each supporting two medical gas outlets. Thus, though the frame is four-sided, as many as eight medical gas outlets can be mounted at the same height on the frame.

Abstract: A modular medical gas services unit with multiple medical gas outlets supported at the same level on the column. The unit preferably comprises a hollow column with an internal space for housing the gas conduits and power lines. The medical gas supply outlets are mounted so that their longitudinal axes extend radially from the vertical axis of the frame, and the longitudinal axes of adjacent outlets intersect to form an acute angle. In this way, the horizontal dimensions of the column can be minimized while the number of medical gas outlets at the desired height is maximized. In one embodiment, the column is pentagonal in cross-section providing five planar support surfaces for five medical gas outlets. In another embodiment, a square column is equipped with angled outlet panels, each supporting two medical gas outlets. Thus, though the frame is four-sided, as many as eight medical gas outlets can be mounted at the same height on the frame.

Abstract: A concealed services module comprising a frame, service outlets mounted on the frame and a picture assembly. The frame preferably is installed inside a wall so that only the service outlets are exposed, and the picture assembly is mounted over the outlets to conceal them. The picture assembly also may be mounted over existing service outlets in a wall. The picture assembly is slidably mounted for up and down movement, and includes a device such as a counterbalancing mechanism to retain it in the up position.

Abstract: A modular gas services outlet unit for providing gas related services, such as compressed air, oxygen and vacuum, to a health care facility. The unit is enclosed within a shell which may be mounted on a surface or installed in a recess in a wall. Preferably, each of the gas service devices utilized in the unit is supported by a swivel connector assembly which allows the gas service device to be moved between an operating position in which the device extends a distance outside the shell and a storage position in which the device is contained entirely within the shell. In this way, when the gas service is not required the fully assembled gas service device can be rotated to the storage position inside the shell. In most instances the unit will include a cover which is slidably mounted over the shell for concealing the unit when none of the gas services are in use.