Fuel tank for an agricultural vehicle
AssigneeCNH America LLC
InventorsJeffrey Mowatt, Thomas Kindred
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Abstract
A fuel tank for an agricultural vehicle, comprises a main fuel tank 10 having a filler pipe 11 and a separate inlet 15 and a removable auxiliary tank 30 having a second filler pipe 32 and an outlet 36 for supplying fuel into the separate inlet 15 of the main tank. To avoid spillage from the filler pipe of the main tank 10, in one aspect of the invention, a valve 16 is provided in the main fuel tank 10 to close off the second inlet 15 when the fuel level within the main tank 10 reaches a predetermined level. In a second aspect of the invention, spillage is avoided by means of an extension tube 40 which sealingly engages the filler tube 11 of the main tank at its lower end and opens at its upper end into the filler pipe 46 of the auxiliary tank 30.
Claims7
A fuel tank for an agricultural vehicle, comprising a main fuel tank having a filler pipe and a separate inlet and a removable auxiliary tank having a second filler pipe and an outlet for supplying fuel into the separate inlet of the main tank, wherein a valve is provided in the main fuel tank to close off the second inlet when the fuel level within the main tank reaches a predetermined level.
A fuel tank for an agricultural vehicle, comprising a main tank having a first filler pipe and a separate inlet, a removable auxiliary tank having a second filler pipe and an outlet for supplying fuel into the separate inlet of the main tank, and an extension tube sealingly engaging the filler tube of the main tank at its lower end and opening at its upper end into the filler pipe of the auxiliary tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.