Fluent material handling – with receiver or receiver coacting mea – Automatic control of flow cutoff or diversion – Level or overflow responsive
Patent
1992-10-19
1994-07-12
Recla, Henry J.
Fluent material handling, with receiver or receiver coacting mea
Automatic control of flow cutoff or diversion
Level or overflow responsive
141208, 141218, 141392, B65B 130, B65B 328, B65B 5706, B65B 5714
Patent
active
053279492
ABSTRACT:
A fuel dispensing nozzle is disclosed and includes a housing having a hollow main body portion and a handle portion with a hand-grip spaced from the main body portion, an elongate nozzle body mounted in the main body portion of the housing and having a fuel passageway extending longitudinally therethrough in a generally straight line devoid of any abrupt changes in direction, main valve means disposed in the fuel passageway for controlling the flow of fuel through the nozzle, manually operable valve actuating means, a spout for insertion into the fill opening of a vehicle fuel tank and having three integrally formed passageways therethrough comprising a fuel passageway, a vapor recovery passageway and a shut-off, venturi-vacuum passageway, a vapor recovery passageway through the main body and handle portions of the housing, a venturi-vacuum means for shutting off the flow of fuel through the nozzle when the vehicle fuel tank is full, attitude responsive means for preventing the opening of the main valve when the nozzle is not in the proper attitude for insertion of the spout into the fill opening of the vehicle fuel tank and attitude responsive valve means in the vapor recovery passageway in the housing for closing the vapor recovery passageway when the nozzle is not in position for insertion of the spout into the fill opening of the vehicle fuel tank. The housing and nozzle body are molded of a composite resin and the spout is extruded of a lightweight metal.
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Dotson Kenneth W.
Johnson John L.
Mac Harmon Stewart
Shih Chih-Kun J.
Weeks Francis B.
Douglas Steven O.
Emco Wheaton Inc.
Recla Henry J.
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