System for storing and making available gas bottles

US6474502B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme à Directoire et Conseil de Surveillance pour l'Étude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude · FR

Inventors

• Anthony Mc Cord · Paris, FR
• Pierre Pic · La Ciotat, FR
• Yves Le Nevez · Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W30/62
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The system comprises at least one cabinet (A) having several compartments for containing bottles, each compartment consisting of a generally half-cylindrical gutter part (5) and an access part (6) that converges toward the gutter part and opens at the front of the cabinet, where it can be closed by a door (13) fitted with a bolt (15) controlled by a transaction module (B). Applicable to the on-site distribution of industrial gas bottles.