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US 2006/0185761 A1Published application
Filling pipe discharge nozzle
AssigneeKautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
InventorRalf Kolberg
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Abstract
A discharge nozzle for the filling pipe of a motor vehicle fuel tank for the introduction of fuel into the tank includes a check flap which is held by spring loading in a closed position, being caused to bear pivotably against the mouth opening of the nozzle. The check flap is sealed in relation to the mouth opening of the nozzle by way of at least one sealing element with a peripherally extending sealing lip. The sealing lip extends radially outwardly in relation to the cross-section of the discharge mouth opening.
Claims16
A discharge nozzle for a filling pipe of a fuel tank comprising
- a nozzle body having a mouth opening,
- a check flap having a sealing surface,
- means mounting the check flap on the nozzle body pivotably between an open position and a closed position it which it bears pivotably against the mouth opening of the nozzle body,
- a spring loading the check flap towards the closed position, and
- a sealing element with a peripherally extending sealing lip on the nozzle body, the sealing lip extending radially outwardly in relation to the cross-section of the mouth opening and the sealing lip bearing against the sealing surface of the check flap in the closed position thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.