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US 6,293,304 B1Granted
Fuel valve
AssigneeDu-Bro Products, Inc.
InventorJames E. Broberg
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Abstract
A valve includes a fuel passageway and a vent passageway in a single unitary fitting. The valve is externally threaded to be threaded into a hole made in the cap of a fuel container. The fuel passageway includes nipples for attachment of conduits. The vent passageway includes an O-ring to receive a nozzle connected to the fuel passageway and used for conducting fuel from the container to a fuel tank.
Claims4
A fuel valve for insertion through a single hole in a fuel cap and seating thereon comprising:
- a valve body having first and second passageways which pass through a downwardly extending stem, said stem having external threads which coact with a threaded fastener to secure said valve body to said cap;
- nipples for receiving tubing extending from said first passageway;
- said second passageway sized to releasably receive a nozzle;
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- an O-ring seated in said second passageway, said O-ring cooperates with the nozzle to seal said second passageway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.