Patent ID: 8256451

Claim:
A valve device for filling containers intended to contain liquefied gases, comprising: a valve body in which a gas duct is defined at the inlet of said container, said gas duct extending predominantly in an axial direction, a closure member axially movable in said valve body away from and towards a valve seat in order to open and to shut off said gas duct, and comprising a first upper extremity in the form of an appendix protruding from a base surface of the closure member and wherein a seal is provided at the base surface for preventing the passage of gas from the gas duct, a float-type actuator capable of exerting a thrust on a second end of said closure member, a deflector cover disposed transversely to the gas duct and integral with said valve body, and including a guide cavity, wherein the guide cavity comprises a first and a second guide surface, the appendix and an edge of the base surface being slidably engaged with the first and the second guide surface, respectively.