JP3493076B2 - Refueling device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stand type refueling device, and more particularly to a structure of a delivery bend connecting a refueling hose to a refueling device body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a stand type oil supply device, a pair of pillars may be installed upright on an island in advance, and an oil supply device main body may be installed between these pillars. An example of this type of oil supply device is shown in FIG.
Shown in.

In FIG. 7, a refueling device 1 includes a refueling device main body 2 having a display portion 2a for displaying a refueling amount on a front surface and a rear surface (a back side of a paper surface), a plurality of delivery bends 50,
The delivery nozzle 4 is connected to each delivery bend 50 via the refueling hose 3. The refueling device main body 2 is installed between the two pillars 6 and 6 standing on the island 5, and the side surfaces 7a of the pair of left and right frame portions 7 are close to the pillar 6 and thus not shown. The space of the oil passage device storage portion 9 such as a pump and a meter is enlarged. On the other hand, the refueling device 1 including the delivery bend 50 is made smaller than the width between the columns 6 and 6 so that the refueling device 1 can be installed between the pair of columns 6 and 6.

[0004]

However, in this conventional example, the delivery nozzle 50 and the fueling nozzle 4 are alternately arranged in order to remove the fueling nozzle 4 from the nozzle hook 8 so that the fuel can be supplied. Therefore, the widths W1 and W2 of the frame portion 7 for providing the delivery bend 50 and the nozzle hook 8 are increased. Therefore, there is a problem that the width W3 of the oil passing device storage portion 9 becomes small.

The present invention has been made in view of the conventional problems described above, and an object thereof is to provide an oil supply device capable of maximizing the space of an oil passage device housing portion for housing a pump, a meter and the like. is there.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a refueling device of the present invention is provided with a plurality of deliverive bends projecting from the front surface and the back face of a refueling device main body, and each deliverive bend is provided on the front surface or the back surface of the main body. A base member that is fixed and protrudes forward or rearward, a tip member to which the refueling hose is connected, the base member and the tip member are connected, and the tip member is along a vertical plane parallel to the side surface of the main body. And a connecting member rotatably supporting the tip member, and the tip member projects laterally from the main body. The connecting member is rotatably attached to the base member about a horizontal axis that is orthogonal to the front surface and the back surface of the main body, and a fixture that prevents rotation of the connecting member is provided. With this fixing tool, the connecting member can be fixed at a position bent laterally from the base member.

[0007]

In the present invention, when the refueling device is installed between the pillars, the fixing member is loosened and the connecting member is rotated so that the connecting member and the tip member do not protrude from the side of the refueling device main body. After that, install the refueling device between the pillars. On the other hand, after installation, the connecting member is bent to the side from the base member, the fixing member is set to fix the connecting member, and the tip member is projected laterally from the main body of the fueling device. And

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Since this embodiment has the same basic structure as the conventional example of FIG. 7, the same or corresponding parts as those of the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 1, the refueling device main body 2 includes an oil passage device storage portion 9 at the lower center, an electric device storage portion 20 having a display portion 2a, and frame portions 7 on both sides of these storage portions 9 and 20. , 7 are included. The electrical device storage section 20
An air gap G is provided between each of the oil passage device storage portion 9 and the electric equipment storage portion 9 and between the electric equipment storage portion 20 and each of the frame portions 7 and 7, and the oil passage device storage portion 9 and the frame portion 7 are provided. Has a surface closed with respect to the electric device housing section 20. As a result, the oil passage device storage section 9 and the frame section 7, which are dangerous areas, are stored in the electrical equipment storage section 2
Since it is isolated from 0 through the air gap G, safety is improved.

In the oil-passing device housing portion 9 of the main body 2 of the oil supply device,
Fuel oil is introduced from an underground tank (not shown), the introduced fuel oil, Deriberibendo 10 ₁ provided on the upper portion of the frame part 7, 10 _2, 10 _3, via the oil supply hose 3 and the oil supply nozzle 4, an automobile, etc. Is supplied to the fuel tank. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of deliverive bends 10 (hereinafter, the reference numerals are collectively referred to as “deliverive bends”) are also provided on the back surface of the fuel supply device main body 2. Each Deriberibendo 10 ₁ to 10 ₆ protrudes from the front 2b or back 2c of the oil supply device main body 2.
The depth D1 of the refueling device main body 2 is set to be larger than the depth D2 of the column 6 shown by the chain double-dashed line.

Next, details of the delivery bend 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that FIG. 4 and FIG.
3 are cross sections taken along line IV-IV and line VV in FIG. 3, respectively. As shown in FIG. 3, each delivery bend 10 includes a base member 11, a tip member 13 to which the nipple 3 a of the fuel supply hose 3 is connected, and a connecting member 12.

The base member 11 has a flange portion 11b.
Is fixed to the front surface 7b (or the back surface) of the frame portion 7 by a bolt (not shown), and the socket portion 11a projects from the frame portion 7 to the front F (or the rear). The socket portion 11a of the base member 11 is provided with the outlet portion 12 of the connecting member 12.
a is inserted, and the connecting member 12 is rotatably attached to the base member 11 about a horizontal axis X orthogonal to the front surface 2b and the rear surface 2c (FIG. 2) of the fuel supply device main body 2.

As shown in FIG. 4, an annular separation preventing groove 12b is formed in the spout 12a of the connecting member 12, and a rotation preventing recess 12c in which a part of the separation preventing groove 12b is deeply formed. And are formed. On the other hand, a pair of first male screws (fixtures) 14 are screwed into the receiving portion 11a of the base member 11 in the pipe radial direction, and when the first male screw 14 is screwed in deeply, Since the tip portion 14a of the male screw 14 is fitted into the rotation preventing recess 12c of the connecting member 12, the connecting member 12 is prevented from rotating. It should be noted that when the first male screw 14 is slightly loosened, the tip portion 14a of the first male screw 14 is engaged with the separation preventing groove 12b to prevent the connecting member 12 of FIG. 3 from coming off in the direction of arrow F. To do. That is, the detachment prevention groove 12b and the first male screw 14 constitute the retaining prevention mechanism 16.

As can be seen from FIGS. 3 and 5, the connecting member 12 is formed of a 90 ° elbow, and at the position bent from the base member 11 to the side L by the first male screw 14 described above. It is fixed. The connecting member 12
Is for connecting the base member 11 and the tip member 13, and the receiving member 12d of the connecting member 12 has a tip member 13
13A is inserted, and the tip member 13 is mounted rotatably around a horizontal axis Y parallel to the front surface 2b (or the rear surface) of the fuel supply apparatus main body 2. That is,
The connecting member 12 rotatably supports the tip member 13 along a vertical plane parallel to the side surface (side surface of the main body) 7a of the frame portion 7.

An annular separation preventing groove 13b is formed in the opening 13a of the tip member 13. On the other hand, a pair of second male screws 15 are screwed into the receiving portion 12d of the connecting member 12 in the pipe radial direction, and the tip portion 15a of the second male screw 15 engages with the separation preventing groove 13b. This prevents the tip member 13 from coming off the connecting member 12. The tip member 13 is composed of a 90 ° elbow, and a nipple 3a indicated by a chain double-dashed line is screwed into the tip portion 13c thereof.

The tip member 13 of each of the delivery bends 10 described above.
Protrudes from the frame portion 7 in the lateral direction L, and as shown in FIG. 1, the tip end members 13 of the first deliverive bend 10 ₁ and the third deliverive bend 10 ₃ of the deliverive bend 10 are attached to the fuel supply device main body 2. It projects to the side. On the other hand, a nozzle hook 8 is arranged below each of these delivery bends 10. Therefore, the widths W1 and W2 of the left and right frame portions 7, 7 are narrower than those of the conventional example shown in FIG. 7, and the width W3 of the oil passage device storage portion 9 shown in FIG. 1 is increased. Incidentally, reference numerals 31 and 32 in FIG. 3 and 33 in FIG. 5 are packings for sealing.

Next, a method of installing the oil supply device 1 will be described. When installing the oil supply device 1, first, the first male screw 14 of FIG. 4 is loosened, and the tip portion 14 a of the male screw 14 is loosened.
Is retracted from the rotation preventing recess 12c. Then, the tip member 13 shown by the alternate long and short dash line together with the connecting member 12 of FIG.
The tip member 13 is rotated about the point 0 in the direction of arrow A1 by about 90 ° so that the tip member 13 does not project from the side surface 7a of the frame portion 7. In this state, the refueling device 1 of FIG. 2 is pushed in the direction of the arrow B to install the refueling device 1 between the columns 6 and 6 of FIG. After installation, the tip member 13 of FIG.
Together with the rotation in the direction of arrow A2, the connecting member 12 is lateral L
In the position bent toward, the first male screw 14 is tightened to set the connecting member 12 and the tip member 13 to the positions shown in the drawing.

In this embodiment, a part of the separation preventing groove 12b shown in FIG. 4 is further deeply formed to prevent the rotation preventing recess 12c.
Is formed, loosen the first male screw 14 slightly,
The tip portion 14a of the first male screw 14 has a groove 12b for preventing separation.
It is possible to maintain the state of being engaged only with. Therefore, since the connecting member 12 does not separate from the base member 11 at the time of installation, there is no need to disassemble the delivery rebend 10 through which the fuel oil flows.
Since the refueling device 1 can be installed, there is no risk that fuel oil will leak in the delivery bend 10 later. Therefore, for example, it is safe for a person who does not have detailed knowledge of the refueling device 1 to perform the construction.

By the way, the first and the second delivery bends 10 ₁ and 10 ₂ in FIG. 1 are symmetrical to each other. Here, although the connecting member 12 of the _first deliverive bend 10 _{1 and} the connecting member 12 of the second deliverive bend 10 ₂ are bent in directions opposite to each other, the connection of the first deliverive bend 10 ₁ of FIG. 180 degrees for member 12
By rotating, the second delivery bend 10
_Two (FIG. 1) connecting members 12 can be constructed. Therefore, since the connecting members 12 of all the deliverive bends 10 can be the same part, the number of parts is reduced.

By the way, in the above embodiment, the receiving portion 11a is formed in the base member 11 of FIG.
Although the spigot portion 12a is formed in and the connecting member 12 is rotatably attached to the base member 11, the present invention is not limited to such a structure. For example, the connecting member 12 may be rotatably attached to the base member 11 by forming the spout portion on the base member 11 and the receiving portion on the connecting member 12.

Further, in the above embodiment, the first male screw 14 is used.
Although a part of the retaining prevention mechanism 16 and the fixture are configured by the present invention, the present invention does not limit such a structure. A modification thereof is shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a modified example of the delivery bend 10, which is a cross section corresponding to FIG. 4 of the above embodiment. In this figure, the spigot portion 12a of the connecting member 12 of the present modification is shown.
The groove 12b for preventing separation is formed in the groove, and the recess 12c for preventing rotation in FIG. 4 is not formed. Fixture 14A
Is a set screw at the tip of the depression, and
It is screwed in, and its tip portion 14b bites into the outer periphery of the spigot portion 12a to prevent rotation of the connecting member 12 and fix the connecting member 12. The third male screw 17 is screwed into the base member 11, and the tip portion 17a of the third male screw 17 is engaged with the separation preventing groove 12b, thereby preventing the connecting member 12 from coming out of the base member 11. The third male screw 17 and the detachment prevention groove 12b constitute a retaining mechanism 16, and even if the male screw 17 cannot be rotated by caulking the head 17b of the male screw 17. Good.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the connecting member of the delivery bend is rotatably attached to the base member around a horizontal axis orthogonal to the front and back of the main body of the fueling device, the fixing member for preventing the connecting member from rotating is provided. By operating, the tip member of the deliverive bend can be installed between the two pillars in a state where the tip member does not project to the side of the refueling device main body, while the tip member is installed from the side of the refueling device main body after installation. As a protruding state, a large space can be set in the oil communication device storage section. Moreover, since two types of delivery bends having different assembly shapes can be configured by the same component, the number of components is reduced.

Further, when the connecting member is rotatable about the horizontal axis with respect to the base member and a retaining mechanism for preventing the connecting member from coming off the base member is provided, the delivery bend can be disassembled. Since the refueling device can be installed between pillars, even if a person without detailed knowledge of the refueling device installs it, there is no risk of fuel oil leaking.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an oil supply device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a delivery bend.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG.

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 4 showing a modification of the delivery bend.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing an example of a conventional oil supply device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Refueling device 2: Refueling device main body 2a: Display part 2b: Front face 2c: Rear face 3: Refueling hose 4: Refueling nozzle 7a: Side faces 10, 10 ₁ to 10 ₆ : Delivery bend 11: Base member 12: Connecting member 13: Tip Members 14, 14A: Fixture X: Horizontal axis

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A refueling device main body having front and rear display parts for displaying the amount of refueling, a plurality of deliverive bends projecting from the front and rear faces of the main body, and a fueling nozzle communicating with each deliverive bend via a refueling hose. Wherein the delivery bend is fixed to the front surface or the back surface of the main body and projects forward or backward, a tip member to which the refueling hose is connected, the base member and the tip member, and A connecting member that rotatably supports the tip member along a vertical plane parallel to the side surface of the main body, wherein the tip member is an oil supply device protruding laterally of the main body, and the connecting member is a base member. On the other hand, a fixture that is rotatably mounted around a horizontal axis that is orthogonal to the front surface and the back surface of the main body, and that prevents rotation of the connecting member. Provided by the fixture fixable to the fuel supply device in a position which is bent towards the connecting member from the base member to the side. 2. A retaining mechanism for preventing the connecting member from coming off from the base member in a state where the connecting member is rotatable about the horizontal axis with respect to the base member. Refueling equipment.