JP3284271B2 - Fuel feeler cup - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fuel feeler cup, and more particularly to a fuel feeler cup for opening and closing an inlet pipe for guiding the introduction of fuel oil to be injected into a fuel tank of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a fuel tank of a vehicle stores fuel. As shown in FIG.
A fuel filler cup 23 is mounted at the end of the inlet pipe 21 for guiding fuel injection.

In order to inject fuel into the tank body 20, a fuel door (not shown) formed on a rear side panel of a vehicle body is opened and a fuel feeler cup 23 is rotated. It is separated from the pipe 21.

When the fuel feeler cup 23 is separated,
The fuel nozzle is inserted into the opened inlet pipe 21 to perform lubrication. After the fuel is injected, the fuel nozzle is pulled out, and the fuel filler cup 23 is connected to the inlet pipe 2.
1 and close the fuel door.

[0005]

Incidentally, in the conventional case, the fuel filler cup 23 separated from the inlet pipe 21 for injecting the fuel is inconvenient to store while the lubrication is in progress. do you have in hand, or it will be loaded on to the trunk panel, closed and lubricate the worker does not pay enough attention, only fuel door without Fuze the inlet pipe 21 in the fuel feeler cup 23 of the vehicle the happen be Desha is forward people in to, and causing resulting in loss of fuel feeler cup 23, the atmosphere through the inlet pipe 21 to the fuel vapor generated from the fuel in the fuel tank is opened As a result, it causes air pollution and violates the regulation on fuel evaporative gas.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned various problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fuel feeler cup which can prevent loss when fuel is injected into a fuel tank. It is in.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a screw-rotating plug which is fitted at the end of an inlet pipe and seals, and rotates the screw-rotating plug. The fuel filler cup including a handle provided for the fuel feeder cup and a cover extending from the handle and surrounding the outer periphery of the inlet pipe in a state where the screw rotary plug is inserted into the inlet pipe. rotatably mounted along the periphery of the part, a rotary part which is engaged, the other end one end fixed to the rotating part and a tether that is secured to the vehicle body panel in the fuel door, the rotating part , The upper end of which covers the upper surface of the cover.
Is bent into a f-shaped cross section,
The lower end of the covering portion is accommodated in a shape surrounding the inverted U-shape.
Characterized in that that.

[0008] In addition, it is fitted to the tip of the inlet pipe so that
To rotate the screw rotation stopper and the screw rotation stopper
The handle provided on the handle and the screw extended from the handle
With the plug part inserted in the inlet pipe, the inlet pipe
To the fuel feeler cup, which includes a cover
And is rotatably mounted along the outer periphery of the covering portion.
One end is fixed to the rotating part and the rotating part, and the other end is
A connecting string fixed to the vehicle body panel in the
The turning part is a guide rail formed on the outer peripheral surface of the covering part.
Part is rotatably engaged with the guide rail part,
An upper projection and a lower projection are formed, and the rotation
The part surrounds the inside and outside of the lower end of the covering part in a U-shape.
Bends horizontally inward from the end of the U-shaped body
The extended support part is housed in the guide rail part
It is characterized by being supported by the lower projection .

Further, the upper protruding portion of the cover portion may be
It is longer than the lower protrusion so as to surround the upper part of the support part of the rotating part
It is characterized by being extended and protruded for
You.

According to the present invention as described above, since the rotating portion is in contact with the covering portion on a wide surface, the sense of stability is increased without swinging during the rotation operation of the fuel feeler cup , and the connecting cord is connected. in order not to interfere, no inconvenience de work of the fuel feeler cups, further, it becomes possible to prevent loss of fuel feeler cup.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Next, embodiments of the fuel feeler cup that written to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a fuel feeler cup according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a modified embodiment of the fuel feeler cup according to the present invention, in which the fuel feeler cup 1 has a screw rotary plug 2 having a screw thread 2a.
And a handle portion 3 and a cover portion 4.

The screw rotation stopper 2 is fastened to an inlet pipe (see 21 in FIG. 4) through a screw thread 2a, and the handle 3 is formed integrally with the screw rotation stopper 2.

The cover 4 is formed in an inverted U-shape between the cover 4 and the screw rotary plug 2, and the space around the tip of the inlet pipe 21 surrounds the outer periphery of the inlet pipe 21. become.

A guide rail 5 formed in a ring-shaped groove is provided on the outer periphery of the cover 4, and a rotating portion 6 is engaged with the guide rail 5, and the rotating portion 6 is connected to the guide rail. The rotation is enabled by being guided by the part 5. Therefore, when the rotating unit 6 is fixed, the covering unit 4 rotates.

One end of a connecting cord 7 is connected to the rotating part 6 by an insertion projection 8, and the other end of the connecting cord 7 is attached to a body panel (not shown) in a fuel door by a structure such as the insertion projection. Use has been fixed.

In FIG. 2, the rotating part 9 has an upper end 9a.
Is bent so as to form an F-shaped cross section so as to cover the upper surface 4a of the cover portion 4, and a lower end 9b is formed in an inverted U-shape to surround the lower end of the cover portion 4.

Here, reference numeral 10 denotes a packing for sealing the inlet pipe to prevent leakage of the fuel evaporative gas.

According to the present invention, when the fuel filler cup 1 is removed from the inlet pipe 21 and rotated by taking the handle 3 protruding in the shape of a "-" with a finger, the screwed state is released and the inlet pipe is released. At this time, not only the handle portion 3 and the screw rotating plug portion 2 but also the cover portion 4 rotate together, so that the connecting cord 7 fixed to the rotating portions 6 and 9 is twisted,
There is no interruption in rotation.

In particular, since the cover portion 4 and the rotating portions 6 and 9 are in cylindrical surface contact, the contact surface is fairly large, so that the cover portion 4 does not swing and has a good sense of stability to rotation and good operability. there is der Ru characteristics.

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of the present invention.
A one-piece handle 3 is protruded from an upper portion of the cover 4, and a ring-shaped upper and lower protruding portion 11, 1, 1 is formed on an outer peripheral surface of a lower end of the cover 4.
2, a guide rail groove 13 formed in an inverted U-shape is formed in a horizontal circumferential shape.

The upper protruding portion 11 is protruded outwardly longer than the lower protruding portion 12 and is provided with a guide rail groove 1.
The support portion 15 of the rotating portion 14 is inserted into 3, and the support portion 15 is supported by the lower projecting portion 12.

Thus, the rotating portion 14 has a shape that surrounds the lower end of the cover portion 4 inside and outside so as to form a U-shape, and the support portion 15 is bent horizontally from the end of the U-shaped body. It is extended.

Accordingly, since the rotating portion 14 maintains surface contact with the covering portion 4 over the entire circumferential surface, a sense of stability in rotation is increased. Further, since the upper protruding portion 11 surrounds the upper portion of the support portion 15, the inflow of foreign matter is blocked.

Further, an insertion projection 8 of the connecting cord 7 is connected to the rotating portion 14, and the other end of the connecting cord 7 is fixed to the vehicle body panel.

Reference numeral 2 denotes a stopper, and reference numeral 10 denotes a packing.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the rotating portion rotatably engaged with the outer periphery of the cover portion of the fuel feeler cup, and the rotating portion is attached to the vehicle body panel in the connecting door. When the handle is rotated, the covering portion smoothly rotates relative to the rotating portion by providing the connecting string, and in particular, the covering portion and the rotating portion maintain a wide cylindrical surface contact. Because the rotation operation is easy and there is a sense of stability, the string does not hinder the rotation, and even if the fuel filler cup is separated from the inlet pipe, it is hung on the body panel by the connecting string, so the fuel feeler Never lose a cup. This has the effect of preventing the emission of fuel evaporative gas due to the loss of the fuel feeler cup.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a fuel feeler cup according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a modified embodiment of the fuel feeler cup according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 fuel feeler cup 2 screw rotation stopper 2 a screw thread 3 handle 4 cover 4 a upper surface 5 guide rail 6 rotation unit 7 connecting cord 8 insertion protrusion 9 rotation unit 9 a upper end 9 b lower end 10 packing 11 upper protrusion 12 lower protrusion 13 Guide rail groove 14 Rotating part 15 Support part 20 Tank body 21 Inlet pipe 22 Fuel gauge center unit 23 Fuel feeler cup

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-10-211821 (JP, A) JP-A-11-43171 (JP, A) JP-A-9-2084 (JP, A) JP-A-57- 77226 (JP, A) Japanese Utility Model Hei 3-24922 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B60K 15/05 B65D 51/00 F02M 37/00

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A screw-rotating plug fitted to the end of an inlet pipe for sealing, a handle provided for rotating the screw-rotating plug,
In a fuel feeler cup including a cover extending from the handle portion and surrounding the outer periphery of the inlet pipe in a state in which the screw rotation stopper is fitted into the inlet pipe, the fuel rotary cup is rotatable along the outer periphery of the cover. mounting a rotary part which is engaged one end fixed to the rotating part and the other end is provided with a tether that is secured to the vehicle body panel in the fuel door, the rotating part, the upper end of the cover portion To cover the top
The lower end of the cover is bent in the shape of a letter F.
A fuel feeler cup characterized in that the lower end of the fuel filler cup is surrounded and housed in an inverted U-shape . 2. An injection pipe is fitted at the end thereof and sealed.
Screw rotation stopper, a handle provided to rotate the screw rotation stopper,
The screw rotation stopper is extended from the handle into the inlet pipe.
Cover that surrounds the outer circumference of the inlet pipe when inserted
In a fuel feeler cup including: a rotating portion rotatably mounted along the outer periphery of the cover portion
And one end is fixed to the rotating part, and the other end is a vehicle body in the fuel door.
A connecting string fixed to a panel , wherein the rotating portion includes a guide formed on an outer peripheral surface of the covering portion.
The guide rail portion is rotatably engaged with a rail portion, and has a ring-shaped upper projecting portion and a lower portion.
A protruding portion is formed, and the rotating portion surrounds the inside and outside of the lower end of the covering portion in a U-shape.
And folds horizontally inward from the end of the U-shaped fuselage.
The bent and extended support section is housed in the guide rail section.
A fuel feeler cup which is accommodated and supported by the lower projecting portion . 3. The rotating unit according to claim 3, wherein the upper protruding part of the covering part is provided with the rotating part.
Extending longer than the lower protrusion to surround the upper part of the support
The fuel feeler cup according to claim 2, wherein the fuel feeler cup is long and protruded .