Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
Patent
1992-10-13
1993-10-19
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Access cover for gas tank filler pipe
220 862, B62D 3900
Patent
active
052539202
ABSTRACT:
A gas cap for sealing a gas tank adapted to be permanently mounted on a vehicle and a combination of gas cap and fender device for connecting the gas cap to the vehicle, the gas cap being attached to an access plate having a contoured recess hingably attached to a fender of the vehicle pivotal between a closed position and an open position containing a gas tank with a filler tube extending from the tank and attached to the fender wherein the filler tube includes a neck member provided with a threaded fitting and a gas cap comprising a cap of disk shaped construction with a transverse handle member for pivotal rotation, a cylindrical journal member, longitudinally slideable between an inner sealing position and an outer disengaged position, a sleeve, a threading device provided on the closure means for engaging the neck member and a retaining device adapted for preventing the removal the gas cap from the access plate providing a permanent connection to the vehicle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4185844 (1980-01-01), Hubbard et al.
patent: 4746089 (1988-05-01), Clapper
patent: 5066062 (1991-11-01), Sekalovski
patent: 5072986 (1991-12-01), Tai et al.
Kahrl Thomas A.
Song Robert R.
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