Patent ID: 6212854
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B60R,F17C

Abstract:
An assembly for charging a canister having a filler opening therein with a gas under pressure and then sealing said opening to provide a closed, pressurized canister comprising:support means for supporting;sealing means for sealing disposed on said support means, displaceable relative to said support means between a retracted position out of sealing engagement with said canister and an extended position in sealing engagement with said canister, having means defining a guide passageway therethrough communicating with said filler opening of said canister when in said extended position in sealing engagement with said canister;means having a guide passageway therethrough, engageable with said canister in sealing engagement with said guide passageway communicating with said filler opening of said canister;means for conveying a gas under pressure to said guide passageway of said sealing means when said sealing means is disposed in sealing engagement with said canister;dispensing means for dispensing a welding ball for delivery through said guide passageway of said sealing means to be deposited on said canister across said filler opening therein;conveying means for conveying said welding ball from said dispensing means to said guide passageway of said sealing means when said sealing means is disposed in sealing engagement with said canister; anddisplacing means for displaceable between a first position in an obstructing relation with said welding ball conveying means when said sealing means is disposed in said sealing engagement with said canister, and a second position in an non-obstructing relation with said welding ball conveying means when said sealing means is disposed in said retracted position.