Filler neck arrangement for a vehicle fuel tank

Details Filler neck arrangement for a vehicle fuel tank Filler neck arrangement for a vehicle fuel tank

1987-05-14

1988-07-26

Thronson, Mark J.

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Container attachment or adjunct

Filling member

138109, 141 1, B65B 3900

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047594586

ABSTRACT:
In order to prevent back spraying of fuel after switching-off of a fuel filler nozzle an expansion space is provided at the fuel tank filler neck in the area of the inserted fuel filler tube, expansion space is formed by a widening of the cross-section of the filler tube. The expansion space widens approximately starting from a free end of the fuel filler tube when in the fuel filling position, in upward direction, in a funnel shape and subsequently is returned to the cross-section of the filling collar supporting the filler tube.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2138104 (1938-11-01), Kellogg
patent: 4450880 (1984-05-01), Scheurenbrand
patent: 4572394 (1986-02-01), Tanahashi et al.
patent: 4632270 (1986-12-01), Sasaki et al.
patent: 4635813 (1987-01-01), Peickert

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