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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Paul D. Walkowski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert P. Benjey, Dexter, MI (US);
Inventors:
Paul D. Walkowski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert P. Benjey, Dexter, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A capless seal door for a fuel tank filler tube employs a door valve with a flexible annular seal which, upon closing against a seat on the undersurface of a nozzle-receiving orifice formed in a bulkhead across the tube, initially wipes on the seat and is subsequently compressed thereon.