Tank cap apparatus with assisted opening indentation
AssigneeDolmar GmbH
InventorChristian Vick
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Abstract
A tank cap has an upper longish handle portion engageable by a user's hand to open and close the cap relative to the tank. The handle also has, on each of its two sides, an indentation into which a screwdriver or the like can be inserted to aid in rotating the cap in the opening direction, the indentation being shaped so that if the inserted screwdriver is moved in the direction corresponding to closing of the cap the screwdriver will be cammed out of the indentation without over-tightening the cap in the closing direction.
Claims2
A cap for selectively closing an opening in a tank by rotating about a rotation axis in a first direction, said cap selectively releasing from said opening in said tank by rotating about said rotation axis in a second direction, said cap comprising:
- an indentation formed in said cap, said indentation extending into said cap transverse to said rotation axis;
- a jut formed in said cap, said jut being oriented adjacent said indentation;
- wherein said indentation is adapted to accept a tool therein, said tool being arrested by said jut and imparting additional torque to said cap when said tool is inserted into said indentation and rotated in said second direction;
- wherein said tool disengages from said jut and said indentation when said tool is inserted into said indentation and rotated in said first direction;
- a handle protruding outwardly from said cap, said handle being defined on both longitudinal sides respectively by a gripping surface and said indentation penetrating laterally into the handle;
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- wherein a profile of said indentation is defined in an exterior surface of said handle, thereby permitting insertion of said tool into said indentation in a direction transverse to said first and second directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.