Fuel nozzle servicing tool
AssigneeHusky Corporation
InventorJohn Sever
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Abstract
A tool for servicing a fuel dispensing nozzle, said tool comprising a substantially semicircular base plate with two uprights protruding from the top to receive a fuel pump nozzle therein; said base plate being formed to fit on the mouth of a bucket and substantially cover the mouth of said bucket, while leaving open a portion of the bucket; said base plate having on its bottom surface protruding guides to ensure a snug fit on the mouth of said bucket; so that a fuel dispensing nozzle may be easily secured for separation from a hose and residual fuel may be easily drained from said nozzle and said hose.
Claims8
A tool for servicing a fuel dispensing nozzle, said tool comprising:
- (a) a substantially semicircular base plate with a top surface, a bottom surface, a back edge, and a front edge, said base plate being precisely formed to substantially cover the mouth of a bucket, leaving open a portion of the bucket mouth;
- (b) two uprights protruding from said top surface of said base plate, said uprights extending inward from the edge of said base plate, with the vertical axes of said uprights being substantially perpendicular to the top surface of said base plate, said uprights being mirror images of each other, said uprights further being curved so that the gap between them is tapered, with the widest part of said gap at the front edge of said base plate and the narrowest part of the gap at the opposite end of the uprights;
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- (c) at least two guides protruding from said bottom surface of said base plate, said guides being situated in complementary pairs arranged on opposite sides of said bottom surface of said base plate, such that upon insertion into a bucket said guides provide for a snug fit of the servicing tool in the mouth of said bucket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.