Patent ID: 6047743
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B01D,F17C,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for filling a cylinder from a source of pressurized fluid, comprising:an adaptor having an inlet, a coupling section, said coupling section having an outlet port and a locking mechanism having a locked position and an unlocked position;a flow controller distinct from a cylinder being filled having a section couplable to said adaptor coupling, said couplable section having an inlet port and an outlet port section, said flow controller being lockable to said adaptor when said locking mechanism is moved to said locked position, said flow controller having an off position in which flow controller outlet port is closed and at least one open position in which flow controller outlet port is open;a valve mechanism associated with said adaptor outlet port and said flow controller inlet port, said valve mechanism having an open position where the source of pressurized fluid fills the cylinder through said adaptor inlet, said adaptor outlet and said low controller inlet and a closed position where said adaptor can be removed from said flow controller and said flow controller can be moved to said open position to permit fluid to flow from the cylinder through the flow controller to the atmosphere.