Fuel oil anti-siphoning tool
OwnerJohn Lancasterinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a fuel oil theft prevention tool configured to prevent theft or siphoning of fuel oil from a fuel tank. The tool is compact and lightweight and includes a metal female×female reduced coupling, a heavy-duty metal screen having a plurality of holes disposed therein, the screen is positioned inside the reduced coupling and is secured/biased and held tight by a torsional spring, a male×female hex bushing having a hexagonal head is positioned inside the reduced coupling over the screen for further securing of the screen. The tool is positioned between the fuel delivery pipe and the supply pipe and is configured to allow flow of fuel oil in only one direction.
Claims13
A fuel anti-siphoning tool comprising:
- an anti-siphoning fuel tool having a reducing coupler, a screen, a spring, and a bushing;
- wherein said fuel anti-siphoning tool mounted between a delivery pipe and a supply pipe of a fuel tank;
- wherein said screen and said spring are retained between said reducing coupler at one end and said bushing at another end and said spring is comprised of a stainless steel;
- wherein said spring having a material selected from a lightweight metal;
- wherein said reducing coupler having a material selected from a copper or a malleable iron;
- wherein said reducing coupler having a female thread at a first end and a female thread at a second end;
- wherein said first end of said reducing coupler having a diameter of 2½ inches and said second end of said reducing coupler having a diameter of 2 inches;
- wherein said bushing having male National Pipe Taper (NPT) threads at a first end and female NPT threads at a second end for connecting pipes of different sizes;
- and
- further wherein said screen having a broad end and a narrow end and a plurality of holes disposed therethrough for allowing a flow of a #2 fuel from said narrow end to said broad end.
A fuel oil anti-siphoning tool comprising:
- a fuel oil anti-siphoning tool having a reducing coupler, a screen, a spring, and a bushing;
- wherein said fuel oil anti-siphoning tool mounted between a delivery pipe and a supply pipe of a fuel tank;
- wherein said screen and said spring are retained between said reducing coupler at one end and said bushing at another end;
- wherein said screen having a broad end and a narrow end and a plurality of holes disposed therethrough for allowing a flow of fuel oil from said narrow end to said broad end;
- wherein said bushing having male National Pipe Taper (NPT) threads at a first end and female NPT threads at a second end for connecting pipes of different sizes;
- wherein said reducing coupler having female threads at a first end and female threads at a second end;
- and
- further wherein said male NPT threads at said first end of said bushing screwed inside said female threads at said first end of said reducing coupler.
A fuel oil anti-theft device comprising:
- a fuel oil anti-theft device having a reducing coupler, a screen, a fastener, a spring, and a bushing;
- wherein said fuel oil anti-theft device mounted between a delivery pipe and a supply pipe of a fuel tank;
- wherein said screen and said spring are retained between said reducing coupler at one end and said bushing at another end;
- wherein said fastener positioned between said screen and said spring for fastening said spring to said screen;
- wherein said spring is a torsional spring for biasing said screen inside said reducing coupler and enabling movement therein of said spring inside said reducing coupler;
- wherein said screen having a broad end and a narrow end and a plurality of holes disposed therethrough for allowing a flow of fuel oil from said narrow end to said broad end;
- wherein said bushing having male threads at a first end and female threads at a second end for connecting pipes of different sizes;
- wherein said reducing coupler having female threads at a first end and female threads at a second end;
- and
- further wherein said male threads at said first end of said bushing screwed inside said female threads at said first end of said reducing coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.