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.
Claims12
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;
- wherein said spring having a material selected from a lightweight metal;
- wherein said screen having a broad end and a narrow end and a plurality of holes disposed therethrough for allowing a flow of fuel from said narrow end to said broad end;
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- further 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.