Patent ID: 9310024
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: F17C

Claim Text:
1. A method for filling a gas cylinder for a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) with gas using a charge station, said method comprising: reading data from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag on a gas cylinder said data including at least one of a hydrostatic test date of the gas cylinder, an end of life date of the gas cylinder and an operating pressure of the gas cylinder; and filling the gas cylinder with gas based on data that consists of data read from the RFID tag on the gas cylinder and from data stored in a processor of the charge station, said method further comprising using the data read from the RFID tag to determine if at least one condition of the end of life date of the gas cylinder has expired, the hydrostatic test date of the gas cylinder has expired and the operating pressure of the gas cylinder is not equal to the fill pressure setting of the charge station, and if at least one of said conditions is met, displaying a warning and/or preventing the gas cylinder being filled.