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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Knut Meyer, Essen, DE;
Peter Andreas Low, Erbach, DE;
Thomas Zapp, Eschborn, DE;
Christian Kochsmeier, Dortmund, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann VDO AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ; B67C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
141286 ; 141234 ; 141236 ; 141237 ; 141285 ; 141301 ; 220 862 ; 220 863 ; 137256 ; 137262 ;
Abstract
In the case of a filling device for a motor vehicle fuel tank, a distributing element extends from a filling nozzle to an anti-surge tower of the motor vehicle. When there is a low volume flow of fuel in the filling nozzle, the distributing element supplies all of the fuel to the anti-surge tower. When there is a large volume flow, the greater part of the fuel passes directly into the fuel tank. It is thereby ensured that during an initial filling or emergency filling with a jerrycan, virtually all of the fuel passes into the anti-surge tower.