Appeal No. 2000-0075
Application 08/969,941
and a rounded shoulder portion with a gas under pressure
comprising;
support means having a first canister loading and
unloading station and second and third stations;
at least one means for removable retaining said canister
in a predetermined orientation;
means for advancing said canister retaining means
sequentially to said stations;
means disposed at said second station for forming an
opening in said rounded wall portion of said canister
positioned at said second station including a piercing tool
displaceable along a line of travel penetrating said rounded
wall portion, said piercing tool having an end configuration a
d length of penetrating stroke to form an opening having
diverging configuration providing a lower annular support
surface for receiving and retaining a fusible body; and
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 filling opening.
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