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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heiner Oeffling, Wolfschulgen, DE;
Harald Bohringer, Neuhausen, DE;
Dieter Scheurenbrand, Wolfschlugen, DE;
Helmut Wawra, Korb, DE;
Assignee:
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137 43 ; 141 52 ; 141 59 ; 141326 ; 220 / ;
Abstract
A device for trapping fuel vapors during the refuelling of a fuel tank having a vapor control valve and which during refuelling, is moved into an open position provided outside the tank filler pipe safety valve which closes under the influence of gravity due to certain inclined positions of the fuel tank is connected upstream of the control valve, so that no fuel can escape through the vapor vent line in the case of a crash, even if the control valve no longer closes.