Dover Corporation

Steven R Ebbesmeyer

Donald A Lasater

Charles W Taylor

In an automatic shut-off nozzle, the vacuum chamber, which has its vacuum increased when flow through the nozzle is to be stopped in response to a predetermined condition such as the tank being filled to a predetermined level, for example, has the reduction in the vacuum therein controlled so that the automatic shut-off mechanism cannot be returned to its latching position by the attendant for a predetermined period of time after having been activated. A check valve allows removal of air from the chamber to increase the vacuum in response to the predetermined condition while preventing flow of air into the chamber. The flow of air into the chamber to reduce the vacuum therein must be through metering means so that a predetermined period of time must elapse until the vacuum in the chamber has been reduced by the air flow through the metering means to enable the shut-off mechanism to be latched.

Liquid dispensing nozzle having controlled shut-off mechanism

A swivel connector comprises three hollow members with the first and second members rotatably connected to each other for rotation about a first axis and the second and third members rotatably connected to each other for rotation about a second axis at an angle to the first axis. The first member has adjustable members for connection to the gasoline supply and vapor return passages of a gasoline dispensing nozzle body. The third member has the gasoline supply and vapor return hoses, which are connected to the pump pedestal, connected thereto. A hollow tubular member is supported in the first and third members and extends through the second member to provide the passage for the gasoline supply within the swivel connector while the space between the inner walls of the first, second, and third members and the outer surface of the hollow tubular member provides the vapor return passage within the swivel connector.

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Middletown, OH, United States of America

Steven R Ebbesmeyer