Fluid dispensing nozzle
AssigneeM. Carder Industries, Inc.
InventorMervin L. Carder, Sr.
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Abstract
A fluid dispensing nozzle for dispensing gasoline includes a main valve, an actuating lever for operating the main valve, a plastic plunger to which the actuating lever for the nozzle is pivoted, and a sleeve slidably mounted on the lower end of the plunger for preventing breakage of the plunger. The sleeve includes a yoke part which surrounds both the end of the plunger and the end of the lever. A cast hand guard surrounds the yoke.
Claims16
A fluid dispensing nozzle including a casing defining a flow passage having an inlet and an outlet;
- a main valve in said casing for selectively opening and closing said flow passage, said main valve including a valve stem slidably mounted in said casing;
- a manually operable lever engaging said valve stem for operating said main valve;
- an automatic high-level shut-off means for disabling said lever and shutting said main valve in response to filling of a tank or the like with said fluid, said shut-off means including a plunger slidably mounted in said casing;
- a hole extending transversely through said plunger at a lower end thereof;
- a pivot pin extending through said hole in said plunger and pivotally mounting said plunger to the forward end of said lever;
- by and yoke means extending upwardly from said pivot pin on opposite sides of said plunger for preventing application to said plunger, adjacent said hole through said plunger, of a substantial bending moment sufficient to break said plunger by transverse motion of said lever.
A fluid dispensing nozzle including a casing defining a flow passage having an inlet and an outlet;
- a main valve in said casing for selectively opening and closing said flow passage, said main valve including a valve stem slidably mounted in said casing;
- an automatic high-level shut-off means for shutting said main valve in response to filling of a tank or the like with said fluid, said shut-off means including a plunger slidably mounted in said casing, a hole extending transversely through said plunger at a lower end thereof;
- a manually operable lever engaging said valve stem for operating said main valve, said lever including a pair of side walls straddling said lower end of said plunger;
- openings extending through said pair of side walls of said lever in register with said hole in said plunger;
- a pivot pin extending through said hole in said plunger and said openings in said lever, said pivot pin pivotally mounting said plunger to a forward end of said lever;
- and a hand guard, side walls of said hand guard extending around each end of said lever on both transverse sides of said lever, characterized by a yoke, said yoke including a pair of legs extending between said side walls of said lever and said side walls of said hand guard, said yoke being constructed and arranged to prevent application to said plunger, adjacent said hole through said plunger, of a substantial bending moment sufficient to break said plunger by transverse motion of said lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.