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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian Romanek, Noailles, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02M 3/704 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a ventilating device for a motor vehicle fuel tank wherein a valve ( ) is equipped with a ball ( ) arranged in a chamber ( ) wherein emerges an intake orifice ( ) which opens into the center of a lower wall ( ) concave upper surface ( ) of the chamber ( ), the ball ( ) being supported on the concave upper surface ( ). The invention is characterised in that the slope, relative to the horizontal, of the concave upper surface ( ) decreases in the direction radially away from the axis (A ).