Patents Assigned to RWC Incorporated
  • Apparatus and method for charging canisters with a high pressure gas
    Patent number: 5760360
    Abstract: An apparatus for charging a closed metallic canister with a gas under pressure comprising means for forming a gas filling opening in the canister, and dispensing means for sequentially injecting a high pressure gas through the gas filling opening to charge the canister, and depositing and fusing a fusible body in the gas filling opening, while continuing to inject gas into the canister and utilize the force of the gas to urge the dispensing means into sealing engagement with the canister being charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: RWC Incorporated
    Inventors: Ronald W. Richardson, Jr., James Harrington