Lock cap for a motor vehicle fuel filling pipe

Details Lock cap for a motor vehicle fuel filling pipe Lock cap for a motor vehicle fuel filling pipe

1994-10-20

1997-09-16

Garbe, Stephen P.

Receptacles

Closures

Removable closure guided in rotary movement

220 862, 220210, 220297, B65D 4106

Patent

active

056670931

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a cap for closing the filling pipe of a fuel tank in a motor vehicle, of the kind comprising a rotatable locking mechanism which cooperates with a complementary part formed on the end of the pipe. The cap comprises at least two stops disposed axially opposite one another between which a portion of a radial collar formed on the end of the pipe is received when the cap is in the closed position. The body of the cap further comprises two parts assembled by elastic engagement, each of which comprises one of said two axial stops.

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French Search Report dated 21 Jul. 1994.

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