Patent ID: 7000650

Claim:
Installation ( 1 ) for filling aerosol receptacles ( 4 ), of the type comprising a filling station ( 2 ) for aerosol receptacles, constituted by a frame ( 5 ), at least one cylinder ( 3 ), such as a beaker, whose lower portion is adapted to come into engagement with the valve of an aerosol receptacle ( 4 ), this cylinder ( 3 ) being mounted removably on the frame ( 5 ) of the filling station ( 2 ), at a position ( 6 ) located above the position ( 7 ) for reception of the aerosol receptacle ( 4 ), by a jack driving a piston ( 8 ) with recipricatory movement in the cylinder ( 3 ) to cause the liquid contained in the cylinder ( 3 ) to pass through the valve of the aerosol receptacle ( 4 ) in engagement with said cylinder ( 3 ), characterized in that the filling station ( 2 ) extends above a washing and drying station ( 14 ) for cylinder(s) ( 3 ), this washing station ( 14 ) being constituted by at least one reservoir ( 15 ) of washing fluid provided in its upper portion, extending above the maximum level of fluid in the reservoir ( 15 ), with means ( 16 ) for holding in suspension the cylinder or cylinders so as to ensure their drying by draining.