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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rainer Gramss, Dorfacker, DE;
Assignee:
ITW-Ateco GmbH, Norderstedt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220335 ; 220582 ; 220 862 ; 220326 ; 16287 ; 16297 ; 296 9722 ;
Abstract
An inlet tray of a car tank, comprising a tray body and a tank cap, the tank cap being pivotally supported by the tray body at one end thereof and being adapted to be brought from a closed position to an opened position and vice versa, the tank cap further including locking or arresting elements cooperating with locking or arresting elements of the tank tray, the tank cap being supported such that upon releasing the locking or arresting elements the tank cap can be moved towards the locking or arresting elements of the tray body, and a spring element is provided between the tray body and tank cap which pretensions the cap towards the mentioned direction of movement.