Motor fuel connector with replaceable tip seal
AssigneeMarshall Excelsior Company
InventorJames Zuck
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Abstract
An improved fuel line connector for connecting a fuel line connection valve to a fuel cylinder outlet valve includes an improved, replaceable tip seal mounted on the tip or nose of the connector valve. The tip seal provides an additional, effective face seal between the connector body and the cylinder outlet valve. The tip seal, being on the fuel line connector, can be maintained and replaced by the party using the vehicle or filling the fuel cylinder.
Claims1
In a fuel connection for connecting an LP gas fuel line to a service valve outlet valve on an LP gas cylinder by means of a releasable fuel line connector on the end of the fuel line, wherein the fuel line connector is releasably connectable to an outlet valve connector on the service valve outlet, the outlet valve including a normally closed valve that is biased outwardly from the cylinder toward an outer end of the outlet valve, the fuel line connector including a normally closed connector valve that is biased outwardly from the end of the fuel line, the fuel cylinder outlet valve and fuel line connector valve being biased toward each other, and the valves being opened by engagement together when the fuel line connector is mounted on the fuel cylinder outlet valve, the fuel cylinder outlet valve having a recessed opening in an outer end of a valve body of the outlet valve, the connector valve fitting in the recessed opening when the connectors are joined, the improvement wherein the connector valve includes a valve body that forms a collar surrounding an end of a valve member thereof, the collar fitting into the recessed opening in the fuel cylinder outlet valve body and abutting an end of the opening, an annular tip seal being releasably mounted on the end of the collar so as to engage the end of the recessed opening in the body, the tip seal sealing the end of the collar against the body of the outlet valve when the valves are fastened together, the seal having an open interior that permits fuel flow therethrough while the annular portion of the seal seals the joint between the valve bodies.
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