SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING GAS CYLINDERS, INCLUDING MEANS FOR IDENTIFYING THE TYPE OF CYLINDER, COMPRISING A COLOUR SENSOR AND A SENSOR FOR DETECTING FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL

摘要

This system (10) for distributing gas cylinders, wherein the gas cylinders (11) are likely to be of different types defined by different shapes, volumes and colours, comprises means (20) for identifying the type of gas cylinder (11), the identification means (20) comprising a first sensor (60) for sensing the colour of the gas cylinder. The identification means (20) also include a sensor (62) for detecting ferromagnetic material.