Receptacles – Closures – With condition responsive vent or valve
Patent
1995-07-19
1998-04-07
Shoap, Allan N.
Receptacles
Closures
With condition responsive vent or valve
16361, 16366, 217 60E, 220 862, 220 891, 220259, 220335, 220DIG33, B65D 5116
Patent
active
057354243
ABSTRACT:
A gas cap assembly for use on an automobile having a pivotable gas filling port access door is provided wherein access to the filling port of the automobile's gas tank is automatically provided upon pivoting of the access door. The gas cap assembly includes a body unit that is adapted to be sealingly engaged about the filling port of the fuel fill tube associated with the gas tank and which includes a central opening for receiving a gas filling nozzle; a cover member that is movably attached to the body unit between a closed position in which the cover member is sealed against the central opening and an open position wherein direct access to the central opening is provided; and an arrangement for interconnecting the cover member with the pivotable access door such that opening of the access door automatically shifts the cover member from its closed to open positions. A spring arrangement is provided to bias the cover member towards the closed position.
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Diederiks, Jr. Everett G.
Puett, Jr. Edwin E.
Hylton Robin A.
Shoap Allan N.
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