Tap for compressed or liquefied gas
First Claim
1. Tap, for compressed or liquefied gas, comprising a tap body designed for fitting onto a gas bottle and containing at least one opening and closing member (16, 24) associated with at least one manoeuvring means (18, 26) and communicating via an inlet channel (20, 28, 40) with the inside of the bottle (10) in order to allow the drawing-off of gas, characterized by a filling circuit communicating with the inside of the bottle (10) via a level valve (34) which automatically closes the filling circuit at a specific level and in that each inlet channel (20, 28, 40) is associated with at least one retention valve (22, 32) which forces the bottle (10) to be filled via the level valve.
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Abstract
The tap is designed for fitting onto a gas bottle and to allow both the drawing-off of gas and the filling of the bottle. To this end, the tap includes a filling circuit communicating with the inside of the bottle via a level valve which automatically closes at a specific level and a drawing-off circuit comprising at least one retention valve (22, 32) preventing filling of the bottle via the drawing-off circuit.
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- 1. Tap, for compressed or liquefied gas, comprising a tap body designed for fitting onto a gas bottle and containing at least one opening and closing member (16, 24) associated with at least one manoeuvring means (18, 26) and communicating via an inlet channel (20, 28, 40) with the inside of the bottle (10) in order to allow the drawing-off of gas, characterized by a filling circuit communicating with the inside of the bottle (10) via a level valve (34) which automatically closes the filling circuit at a specific level and in that each inlet channel (20, 28, 40) is associated with at least one retention valve (22, 32) which forces the bottle (10) to be filled via the level valve.
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