Patent · US Expired

Liquid dispensing nozzle having a sealing arrangement for vapor recovery

US4196759A · kind A · utility

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27Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 8, 1977
Grant dateApr 8, 1980
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Expiry dateDec 8, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S141/01
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A liquid dispensing nozzle has an annular member of a relatively soft material at one end of a bellows, which is disposed in spaced relation to the spout of the nozzle to form an annular vapor return passage therebetween, to engage the fill pipe to form a seal therewith when the spout is disposed therein so that the vapors flow from the tank to the annular vapor return pasage of the nozzle. The soft seal member is removably fastened to the end of the bellows for easy replacement. The spout has a pair of latch rings thereon spaced from each other with each having a retaining lug to enable the spout to be retained within any type of fill pipe since one of the lugs on one of the latch rings is always capable of being retained by the lip of the fill pipe opening.

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