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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick Ganachaud, Laval, FR;
Jacques Turpin, Carquefou, FR;
Eddy Maignan, Laval, FR;
Jean-Philippe Rolinat, Laval, FR;
Assignee:
Solvay (Societe Anonyme), Brussels, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141382 ; 141301 ; 220 862 ;
Abstract
Filling adaptor for a fuel tank, including a tubular body having a first open end communicating upstream with the filling orifice and a second open end communicating downstream with the filler pipe, the tubular body comprising downstream an internally frustoconical final portion whose cross-section decreases in the downstream direction, the cone vertex angle of which is no greater than 10.degree. and the smallest internal diameter of which is equal to or slightly greater than the external diameter of the spout of the filler nozzle.