Universal nozzle boot for fuel dispenser
AssigneeDresser Industries, Inc.
InventorsWilliam J. Gerstenmaier, Richard G. Bisker
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Abstract
A nozzle boot for a fuel dispenser in which the nozzle support hook is adjustably settable between a first position for accommodating a standard size dispenser nozzle and a second position for accommodating a larger size dispenser nozzle utilized for recovering fuel vapor while fuel is being dispensed. For electrically actuating the dispenser to enable fuel to be dispensed through the nozzle, the nozzle support is slidably displaceable for operating a linkage mechanism connected to the operating switch.
Claims7
In a fuel dispenser including a cabinet, operating components housed within said cabinet and adapted for connection to a source of fuel for dispensing, a dispenser nozzle, a flexible hose extending connected from said operating components internally of said cabinet to said dispenser nozzle externally of said cabinet, and a nozzle boot receptacle on said cabinet having an opening into which said nozzle can be inserted for supporting said nozzle during periods of non-use, the improvement in said nozzle boot receptacle comprising means to adjustably preset the effective size of said nozzle boot opening to accommodate nozzles of different size.
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