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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2001
Dean C. Foltz, Shelbyville, IN (US);
Stant Manufacturing Inc., Connersville, IN (US);
Abstract
A filler neck closure assembly ( ) includes a closure apparatus ( ) formed to include a pump nozzle-receiving opening ( ) and adapted to be mounted on an open mouth of a filler neck A cover pivotally mounted to the closure apparatus ( ), is movable between a first position covering the nozzle-receiving opening ( ) to seal the filler neck ( ) and a second position uncovering the nozzle-receiving opening ( ) to allow access thereto. An overcenter leaf spring ( ) normally biases the cover ( ) toward its first closed position. A tether ( ) coupled to the cover ( ) has its other end ( ) coupled to a filler neck access door ( ) so that as the access door ( ) is moved from a closed position blocking access to the filler neck ( ) to an open position unblocking access to the filler neck ( ), the cover ( ) is moved from the first position covering the nozzle-receiving opening ( ) to the second position uncovering the nozzle-receiving opening ( ).