Firma Carl Freudenberg

Kautex Textron Gmbh & Co. Kg

Hartmut Hor

Joachim Heinemann

Reinhard Tinz

Axel Wagner

Jurgen Kriebel

1. A fuel tank (1) having a filler neck (3) closable by a filling flap (2), the volatile fuel components (5) located in free space (4) of the fuel tank (1) being able to be fed into a storage chamber (7) filled with an absorption element (6), including a vent line (8) that connects the free space (4) to the storage chamber (7) and is closable by a valve (9). The filler neck (3), on the side facing away from the fuel tank (1), has a plug fitting (10) with a valve support (11). The valve (9) includes a sealing flap (12), the sealing flap (12) and the filling flap (2) forming components of the valve support (11), each being able to pivot about a shaft (13,14), and, being acted upon by spring tension, each being able to be placed against a valve seat (15,16) in the valve support (11). The sealing flap (12) and the filling flap (2) are mechanically coupled by a driving device (17) and are able to be forced jointly into the open position by inserting a gas hose nozzle (18) through the filling flap (2) into the filler neck (3).

Fuel tank

A dispensing nozzle seal that can be inserted into the filler neck of a fuel tank. The nozzle seal has a sealing ring made of elastomeric material with a sealing lip that is configured to sealingly surround with a degree of elastic prestressing a dispensing nozzle that is inserted into the filler neck. The sealing ring is joined to a seal support tapering conically in the direction of the fuel tank. The seal support is constructed in one piece, and is connected frictionally or with form locking to the sealing ring.

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Mannheim, Germany

Hartmut Hor