Gasoline supply accessory
US4064901A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 1976 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 4, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/6895
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An accessory device attachable to a vehicle for pumping gasoline from the attached vehicle into a portable tank or into the gasoline tank of a disabled vehicle. The device includes a flexible hose permanently connected by a valve to the supply tube in the attached vehicle leading from the gasoline pump to the carburetor of the vehicle; together with a fixture mountable in the interior of fender of the attached vehicle about which the hose may be wound, when not in use. A valved outlet nozzle is mounted to the free end of the hose. The valve unit joining the hose to the vehicle supply tube is in the form of a tee connection with a rotatable valve cock that serves to connect the supply tube from the pump only to the carburetor tube or alternately to join the supply tube to both the carburetor tube and to the flexible hose.
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