Apparatus to automatically perform certain operations on the liquefied gas bottles during their travel on the filling chain. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

摘要

Apparatus for automatically carrying out certain operations on the liquefied gas bottles during their travel on the filling chain, particularly applicable to the closing and/or opening of the valves of the butane or propane gas bottles transported on a conveyor, characterized by the fact of comprising, on one side of the conveyor, a rotary guidance device adapting to the lateral surface of the bottle and, on the other side of the conveyor, an elastic tightening device that applies the bottle against said guide member in a dragging manner to this in rotation during the passage of the bottle between these two devices on the conveyor, and means for producing by this rotational movement the descent on the bottle and the operation of a tool intended to perform the operation considered. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)