Patent · US Expired

Automatic shut-off nozzle with vapor return seal

US4418730A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 1982
Grant dateDec 6, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 12, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB67D2007/545
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Liquid flow through an automatic shut-off nozzle is automatically stopped if the fill pipe opening of the tank being filled is not sealed so that vapor return means can carry vapor from a tank being filled to vapor recovery equipment. If the sealing means is not effective when the spout is disposed in a fill pipe opening, a valve, which controls the liquid flow through the body of the nozzle, is automatically shut off.

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