(19)
(11) EP 0 919 516 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/30

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/22

(21) Application number: 98500244.3

(22) Date of filing: 11.11.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B67B 3/064, B67B 5/03, B67B 3/20, F17C 5/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 27.11.1997 ES 9702474

(71) Applicant: REPSOL BUTANO, S.A.
28015 Madrid (ES)

(72) Inventors:
  • Méndez Rutllan, Andrés
    El Soto, 28100 Alcobendas (Madrid) (ES)
  • Antunez Jiménez, José
    28529 Rivas Vaciamadrid (Madrid) (ES)

(74) Representative: Riera Blanco, Juan Carlos 
Doctor Fleming 24, 1o A
28036 Madrid
28036 Madrid (ES)

   


(54) Sealing cap installing machine


(57) Machine for installing sealing caps, particularly caps for protecting the outlet valve of containers holding gas under pressure, the sealing caps proceeding down towards the lower end of a feed channel (3), where they are pushed upwardly by a cylinder (2) in order to insert them in a lower lodging (6, 6') of a respective cylinder (5, 5') comprised in a group liable to rotate along a horizontal plane when driven by an actuator (4) for the purpose of transferring the collected cap to a position where it is applied onto the container (7), which is retained in said position through a brake (8).






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