Appeal No. 2000-0075
Application 08/969,941
APPENDIX
1. An apparatus for charging a closed metallic canister
with a gas under pressure comprising;
support means having a first cannister loading and
unloading station and second and third stations;
at least one means disposed on said support means for
removably retaining said canister in a predetermined
orientation;
second means for advancing said canister retaining means
sequentially to said stations;
third means disposed at said second station for forming
an opening in a wall portion of
said canister positioned at said second station; and
fourth means disposed at said third station for
sequentially injecting said gas under pressure through said
opening into said canister positioned at said third station,
and then depositing and fusing a fusible body in said opening
to close said opening while maintaining said gas injected into
said canister under pressure, including means utilizing the
force exerted by said gas under pressure for urging a contact
portion of said third means into sealing engagement with said
canister during the gas injecting, fusible body depositing and
fusible body fusing, in closing said gas gilling opening.
54. An apparatus for charging a closed metallic canister
having a cylindrical body portion
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