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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6938650 | Filling apparatus A filling apparatus for attachment to a neck of a fluid reservoir is disclosed. The apparatus has a container for fluid and a stem projecting from the container. Two passages extend through the stem. One of the these passages allows fluid from the container to flow ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6810931 | Electromagnetically-controlled filler spout The filler spout comprises a tubular body having mounted therein a valve member and a magnetic actuator element connected to the valve member via a coupling member comprising two elements that are coupled to each other via a coupling that includes radial clearance. | 11/02/2004 |
| 6546972 | Filler neck for a fuel system A filler neck includes a housing adapted to be coupled to a fuel-delivery conduit coupled to a fuel tank inlet of a vehicle fuel tank. The housing includes a passageway that defines an axis of the filler neck and is adapted to receive a pump nozzle. The f... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6415827 | Filler neck closure assembly A closure assembly includes a filler neck, a housing, and an appearance cover. The housing includes a nozzle-receiving passageway and an interior region. A closure door is coupled to housing and prevents fuel vapor from flowing through passageway. A press... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6189578 | Filling system and filling element A filling system for filling bottles or similar containers with a liquid product under counter pressure has a plurality of filling elements. Each filling element has a liquid valve for the controlled dispensing of the product as well as a plurality of gas... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6062274 | Vapor reduction in filling fuel storage tanks A fuel storage tank with reduced vapor generation capability having a drop tube with a pressure activated valve in the wall of the drop tube to permit communication between the inside upper region of the tank and the inside of the drop tube. The valve is ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6029719 | Fuel tank 1. A fuel tank (1) having a filler neck (3) closable by a filling flap (2), the volatile fuel components (5) located in free space (4) of the fuel tank (1) being able to be fed into a storage chamber (7) filled with an absorption element (6), including a ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6006799 | Motor vehicle tank To diminish the escape of fuel vapors from a fuel tank filling tube during filling of the tank, a valve is provided that is switched by insertion of a fuel pump nozzle into the filling pipe so that fuel vapors escaping upon filling of the fuel tank are tr... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5501253 | Apparatus for filling vessels with liquid In an apparatus for filling bottles with liquid, the liquid supply tank has several bottle filling adapters mounted to its body and providing a valve seat for liquid to flow from the tank to a bottle. The seat is proximate to a vertically movable valve bo... | 03/26/1996 |
| 4924921 | Liquid delivery/filling system By employing two independent, separate and distinct flow paths which are controllably sequentially opened during use in a single actuation operation, an error-free, flame and explosion proof liquid delivery/filling system is achieved. In the preferred emb... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4833329 | System for generating and containerizing radioisotopes A system for eluting a daughter radioisotope from a parent radioisotope and containerizing the resultant eluate in an evacuated container having a rubber stopper, providing for delivery of eluant from a reservoir through a tube to a generator containing t... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4342344 | Filling element for counterpressure container-filling machines A filling element for counterpressure container-filling machines. The filling element includes: a filling tube, open at the bottom, for the liquid to be bottled; a liquid valve, arranged ahead of the inlet into the filling tube, which includes an axially ... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4314657 | Measuring dispenser The measuring dispenser includes a fixed assembly having liquid and air passages an external guide, a slidable assembly having pouring, measuring and connecting chambers and an internal guide slidably sealed on the external guide to slidably mount theslid... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4296785 | System for generating and containerizing radioisotopes A system for eluting a daughter radioisotope from a parent radioisotope and containerizing the resultant eluate in an evacuated container having a rubber stopper, providing for delivery of eluant from a reservoir through a charge of the parent radioisotop... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4232715 | Coaxial vapor recovery nozzle A vapor-recovery system in which a coaxial vapor-recovery fuel dispensing nozzle cooperates with portions of the vehicle fuel receiving and storage system to prevent the escape of vapors into the atmosphere during refueling. The fuel-dispensing nozzle com... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4144915 | Liquid supply measuring and dispensing apparatus A device for the accurate measuring and for holding a discharge of liquid quantities is described as well as apparatus for charging liquid into the device from bulk storage. The measuring and dispensing device includes a liquid compartment, a dispensing n... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4077429 | Push-fit inlet valve assembly A push-fit inlet valve assembly for the opening into the fuel chamber, such as in a lighter, consists of a flexible valve member and a rigid stem fitted into a bore in the valve member. The valve member, tightly secured in the fill opening, normally effec... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4057086 | Vapor control Fuel vapors displaced from a vehicle's fuel tank during refueling are recovered by a system employing a liquid jet pump to produce a suction. A minor portion of a conventional fuel pump's output is diverted from the usual metering-and-dispensing conduits,... | 11/08/1977 |
| 3990487 | Vacuum filler A vacuum filler is provided which enables empty or partially full cans to be filled without drawing a significant amount of the filling material into the vacuum system.... | 11/09/1976 |
