Receptacles – Closures – Removable closure guided in rotary movement
Patent
1993-10-18
1995-09-12
Shoap, Allan M.
Receptacles
Closures
Removable closure guided in rotary movement
220303, 220304, 220DIG33, B65D 4104
Patent
active
054490863
ABSTRACT:
A filler neck cap is provided for closing a threaded filler neck of a tank. The cap includes a housing having threads for engaging the filler neck, a seal for sealingly engaging the filler neck upon rotation of the housing in a first direction, and a handle for rotating the housing relative to the filler neck. The handle includes a top wall and an appendage directly appended to the underside of the top wall and cantilevered downwardly therefrom at a point spaced apart from the axis of rotation of the handle. The cap further includes a delayed actuation mechanism for providing a lost-motion driving connection between the handle and the housing. The delayed actuation mechanism includes an annular ring engaging the housing and a driven lug appended to the annular ring. The driven lug engages a terminal portion of the appendage during rotation of the handle about its axis of rotation to provide the driving connection between the handle and the housing.
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Newhouse Nathan J.
Shoap Allan M.
Stant Manufacturing Inc.
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