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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2007
Jeffrey William Mowatt, Billericay, GB;
Thomas Charles Kindred, Wickford, GB;
Jeffrey William Mowatt, Billericay, GB;
Thomas Charles Kindred, Wickford, GB;
CNH America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A fuel tank for an agricultural vehicle, comprises a main fuel tankhaving a filler pipeand a separate inletand a removable auxiliary tankhaving a second filler pipeand an outletfor supplying fuel into the separate inletof the main tank. To avoid spillage from the filler pipe of the main tank, in one aspect of the invention, a valveis provided in the main fuel tankto close off the second inletwhen the fuel level within the main tankreaches a predetermined level. In a second aspect of the invention, spillage is avoided by means of an extension tubewhich sealingly engages the filler tubeof the main tank at its lower end and opens at its upper end into the filler pipeof the auxiliary tank