Gasoline vapor emission control
OwnerAlbert L. Wokasinventor
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Abstract
A system of nozzles and seals provides a means to return gasoline vapors from a gasoline tank to a gasoline storage tank.
Claims18
In a gasoline vapor emission control system for use with a motor vehicle having a gasoline tank with a fill tube having an opening, a gasoline dispenser, a gasoline dispensing nozzle having a spout to enter said fill tube, a gasoline vapor passage tube means of fixed length and of smaller cross sectional area than said spout mounted on the spout and extending over a major part of the length thereof and having an inlet opening located inside the fill tube and an outlet opening located outside the fill tube and adjacent a vapor receiving receptacle when the spout is inserted in the fill tube, a gasoline delivery hose connecting said nozzle to said dispenser, and vacuum type vapor flow assist means connected to said tube means.
In a gasoline vapor emission control system for use to collect gasoline vapors emitted during filling of a motor vehicle gasoline tank, said tank having a fill tube with an entrance opening, a gasoline dispensing nozzle having a spout to project into said fill tube through said entrance opening, means for sealing the spout and fill tube to substantially restrict escape of vapor to atmosphere adjacent said fill tube, a gasoline storage tank, a gasoline dispenser connected to the gasoline storage tank to receive gasoline from it, a hose connecting the dispenser to the nozzle to deliver gasoline to the nozzle, means providing a gasoline vapor return passage having an inlet end extending into the inside of the vehicle gasoline tank when the spout is inserted into the fill tube, said means being supported by said nozzle, said vapor return passage extending to and having an outlet into said gasoline storage tank whereby gasoline vapors in said vehicle tank have a flow passage to the gasoline storage tank, and fluid pressure generating and control means in said vapor return passage to assist flow of said vapors through said passage from the gasoline tank to the storage tank.
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