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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1990
William P Shore, Ashfield, AU;
The Commonwealth Industrial Gases Ltd., St. Leonards, AU;
Abstract
An apparatus for inflating balloons of the kind having a body and a filling neck terminating in a beaded edge, said apparatus comprising a balloon support plate having a sealing surface and an open ended slot extending from one edge thereof to receive the filling neck of a balloon such that the beaded edge is adjacent said sealing surface and the body of the balloon is disposed on the remote side of the plate; a filling head selectively moveable toward said sealing surface to clamp said beaded edge between the filling head and sealing surface and establish a substantially gas tight seal between the filling head and beaded edge; and a pressurized gas flow passage through said filling head to the neck of a clamped balloon for inflation of the balloon. The apparatus further includes means for stretching, twisting and sealing the neck of the inflated balloons. In a preferred embodiment has the apparatus has a plurality of support plates mounted on a conveyor in the form of an endless loop. A plurality of filling heads are provided around the loop which includes suitable indexing means to respectfully align each slot with one of the filling heads.