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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dean C. Foltz, Shelbyville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Stant Manufacturing Inc., Connersville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/00 ; B67C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 ; B65B 3/00 ; B67C 3/00 ;
Abstract
A filler neck includes a housing adapted to be coupled to a fuel-delivery conduit coupled to a fuel tank inlet of a vehicle fuel tank. The housing includes a passageway that defines an axis of the filler neck and is adapted to receive a pump nozzle. The filler neck further includes a shuttle positioned for movement in the passageway along the axis between a closed position to close the passageway and an opened position to open the passageway in response to engagement with the pump nozzle