US1467609A

US1467609A - Closure

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Publication number: US1467609A
Application number: US503205A
Authority: US
Inventors: John W Cripe
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-09-26
Filing date: 1921-09-26
Publication date: 1923-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 1940-09-11

Description

Sept. 11, 1923..

J. W. CRIPE CLOSURE Filed Sept. 26. 1921 ,TEEE

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cnosuan Application filed September 26, 1921. Serial No. 503,205.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that, 1, JOHN W. CRIPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at N ewville, in the, county of Towner and State of\North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements inClosures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to closures for motor vehicle fuel tanksand other liquid con-. tainers, and its object is to provide the same with a novel and improved valved closure which allows .the tank to be easily filled without unscrewing a cap or similar closure, the valve automatically closing when the nozzle of the filling hose is removed.

The object stated is attained by meansof a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter .described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which: v

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the device, showing the valve closed;

Fi 2 is an enlarged horizontal section on i the line 2-2 of F ig. 1, and

Fig.- 3 is a vertical section of the device showing the valve opened.

Referrin specifically to the drawing,'5 denotes a ra'gment of a gasoline or other liquid tank,the same being provided with a top filler opening 6 to which is ordinar ly applied a screw cap orsimilar closure WhlCh' must be removed when a supply of asoline or other liquid is to be run into t e tank.

It is the purpose of the invention to do away with this screw cap, and to employ in its place a valved closure which will now be described.

The reference numeral 7 denotes acylinder having a number of side openings 8, but closed at the bottom, as shown at 9. They top of the cylinder 7 is given the form of a screw plug 10 so that it may be screwed into the filler opening 6. This plug or top por-, tion of the cylinder has a central opening 11,1 and inside the same is located a valve 12 which is adapted to seat in the o enin The opening extends completely t oug the plug from the top thereof and into the interior of the cylinder, and hence when the valve 12 is unseated the tank 5 may be filled through ,said opening, the liquid passing into the cylinder and escaping through the side openings 8 thereof into the tank. The seating portion or to of the valve 12 is convex to make a tight e l slightly from the opening 11 so that it may be engaged by the nozzle of the filling hose and unseated' by a downward pressure on said nozzle. A spring 13 is employed for holding the valve seated, and hence when the nozzle is removed from the valve, the latter is automatically closed. The spring is located between the under side of the valve 12 and the bottom 9 of the cylinder 7.

osure, and it protrudes F min the bottom of the valve 12 extends a tubular guide 14 which is open at the bottom, and from the bottom 9 of the cylinder 7 risesa stationary guide stem 15 which extends into the guide tube 14, the latter having a sliding fit on the stem. The spring is coiled around the

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14 and 15, and the latter provides a simple and eflicient means for guiding .the Valve 12 and assuring its proper seating at all times.

The device is very simple and hence it can be cheaply and easily manufactured. No modification in the structure of the tank 5 is required, and the device can be applied to the tank by merely removing theusual filler plug from the filler opening and screwing the top portion 10 into said opening so that the cylinder 7 extends downwardly into the tank.

I claim:

. A closure for. liquid containers comprising a cylinder which is closed at the bottom and has its top in the form of a screw-plug and provided with an inlet opening, said cylinder also having side liquid escape openings, a valve seating upwardly in the inlet opening and expose on the outside thereof, telescopically connected guide members, for the valve, one of said members depending from the valve and movable therewith and the other member being stationary and supported by the closed bottom of the cylinder,

and a spring for normally holding the valve JOHN w. cairn.