Receptacles – Container attachment or adjunct – Filling member
Patent
1981-05-29
1983-07-26
Shoap, Allan N.
Receptacles
Container attachment or adjunct
Filling member
137587, 137588, 138 40, 280 5A, 285402, B65B 304, B67C 300, G05B 0000
Patent
active
043949258
ABSTRACT:
A fuel tank-filler neck is provided for avoiding the return of fuel from a fuel tank during the filling process. The fuel tank-filler neck is adapted to be disposed sloping upwards from the fuel tank at an oblique angle and comprises a filler pipe having an air vent in a lower portion of the filler pipe adapted to the disposed within the fuel tank; a mouth at the upper end of said filler pipe adapted to receive a fuel pump nozzle; a Venturi-type neck of reduced diameter extending the aforesaid lower portion of the filler pipe below the air vent; and an air vent pipe extending within the filler pipe from the mouth to the air vent.
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Franzen Wolfgang
Rump Egon
Ford Motor Company
May Roger L.
McDermott Peter D.
Petrik Robert
Shoap Allan N.
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