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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshio Hattori, Yokohama, JP;
Taiki Aoyama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 2/404 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 2/404 ;
Abstract
A valve for preventing fuel leaking from a fuel tank includes a housing that has a passage that communicates with the outside. In the housing there is a float that is used to open and close the passage by being moved axially along the housing. The valve is provided with a device to guide the float to close the passage. The device includes a gap formed between the housing and the float that increases in size with increasing distance from the passage.