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US 2015/0343896 A1Published application
Fuel Tank Mounted Refueling Device
AssigneeBluskies International LLC
InventorsChristopher Brown, Marvin Peplow
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Abstract
A refueling device that when mounted to a marine fuel tank facilitates refueling and minimizes the propensity for both spit-back and well back while simultaneously allowing a free flowing open pathway through which vapors generated by the refueling event may pass unencumbered.
Claims15
A fuel tank mounted refueling device comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a lower flange adapted to allow direct attachment of the body to a marine tank, the body having an upper threaded portion configured to receive and secure a fuel cap;
- a sleeve of smaller diameter than the body adapted to be inserted into the body, the sleeve having an upper flange with a plurality of vent holes;
- said sleeve having an inner diameter of greater than 1/32 but less than ¼ inch the diameter of a standard refueling nozzle.
A fuel tank mounted refueling device comprising, in combination:
- an outer filling body attachable to a fuel tank outer surface;
- a removable sleeve insertable into the outer filling body having an inner diameter not greater than ¼ inch larger than a standard refueling nozzle;
- a plurality of holes in an upper region of the sleeve having a total area of approximately ⅝ inch.
A method of providing a fuel tank mounted refueling device comprising:
- providing a cylindrical body having a lower flange adapted to allow direct attachment of the body to a marine tank, the body having an upper threaded portion configured to receive and secure a fuel cap;
- providing a sleeve of smaller diameter than the body adapted to be inserted into the body, the sleeve having an upper flange with a plurality of vent holes, said sleeve having an inner diameter of greater than 1/32 but less than ¼ inch the diameter of a standard refueling nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.