Receptacles – Closures – Motor driven
Patent
1992-08-10
1993-08-10
Shoap, Allan N.
Receptacles
Closures
Motor driven
220263, 220335, 220 862, 220DIG33, 296 9722, 292201, B65D 5500
Patent
active
052341224
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a power fuel tank cover and in particular to one including a motor, a collar having a circular member and a tubular member formed at one side thereof, a worm rod inserted into the tubular member of the collar, a sleeve fitted into said collar, a worm gear mounted on the sleeve and engaged with the worm rod, an actuating cylinder with external threads being threadedly engaged with the center hole of the worm gear, a lid pivotally connected with an upper portion of the actuating cylinder and having a seat with a groove at a bottom, a positioning plate on a top and a hole extending through the seat and the positioning plate for receiving a ball, a plug and a spring, a connecting member pivotally connected between the collar and the lid, and a press plate threadedly engaged with the positioning plate by a screw connected with a linking rod via a ring which is in turn connected with a fixing plate, whereby the fuel tank may be automatically opened and closed simply by pressing a switch near the driver seat hence facilitating the operation of filling gasoline.
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patent: 4030322 (1977-06-01), Pettit
patent: 5066062 (1991-11-01), Sekulovski
patent: 5072986 (1991-12-01), Tai et al.
patent: 5076622 (1991-12-01), Detweiler
patent: 5145081 (1992-09-01), Gravino
Schwarz Paul A.
Shoap Allan N.
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