Universal hose adapter for gasoline pump
US4938251A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 11, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/87571
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A universal hose adapter includes an upper member for permanent mounting on the piping housing of a blending type gasoline dispenser, and a plurality of lower members each mateable to the upper member, and each configured for permitting retrofitting of the dispenser to accept a particular hose configuration, in modifying the dispenser system. The upper member includes a vapor return outlet port for connection to the dispenser's vapor return line, if any; a vapor return outlet port; a plurality of gasoline input ports for connection to gasoline lines of the dispenser carrying different grades of gasoline, respectively; and a plurality of gasoline outlet ports associated with each gasoline inlet port, respectively. Each lower member includes appropriate ports along an upper face for coupling to associated one's of the ports along a lower face of the upper member, for connecting the latter via internal passsageways in the lower member to hose connecting ports along a lower face thereof permitting coupling to a predetermined hose configuration, for either a desired non-vapor recovery or vapor recovery blending type dispenser arrangement.
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