Fuel supplying apparatus

• US 4,359,074 A
• Filed: 10/17/1980
• Issued: 11/16/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tokico Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.), Tokico YUKI Limited
• Original Assignee: Tokico Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.), Tokico YUKI Limited
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Hiromitsu, Maruyama, Eisuke, Mitsuhashi, Masakazu, Takeuchi, Hiromichi, Suzuki, Naohito, Futamura, Yoshiki
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Jr., Houston S.
• Application Number:
  US06/198,245
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 251/65, 251/30, 141/206-229, 141/198, 141/290, 141/346-362, 141/392, 141/DIG. 1, 220/86 R
• US Class Current: 141/94
• CPC Class Codes: B67D 7/48 by making use of air suction through an opening closed by the rising liquid
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 141/01 Magnetic

Abstract

A fuel supplying apparatus comprises a fuel supplying nozzle having an ejection pipe for ejecting fuel and a supplying passage for supplying the fuel to the ejection pipe, an opening and closing valve provided in the supply passage, a nozzle lever for opening the opening and closing valve, locking mechanism for locking the opening and closing valve in an open state, negative pressure generating mechanism for generating negative pressure upon supply of the fuel outside through the ejection pipe, lock releasing mechanism for releasing the lock of the locking mechanism by the introduction of the negative pressure generated by the negative pressure generating mechanism, atmosphere introducing mechanism for introducing atmosphere into the lock releasing mechanism to neutralize the negative pressure, solenoid valve for interrupting the introduction of the atmosphere by the atmosphere introducing mechanism when no current is introduced, and allowing the introduction of the atmosphere by the atmosphere introducing mechanism when introduced with current, and detection and current applying switch for detecting the insertion of the ejection pipe inside a fuel intake opening of a vehicle and the like and introduces current to the solenoid valve.

Claims

1. A fuel supplying apparatus comprising:

a fuel supplying nozzle having an ejection pipe for ejecting fuel and a passage for supplying fuel to said ejection pipe;

an opening and closing valve means provided in said supply passage;

a nozzle lever for opening said opening and closing valve;

locking means for locking said opening and closing valve in an open state;

negative pressure generating means for generating negative pressure upon supply of said fuel outside through said ejection pipe;

lock releasing means for releasing the lock of said locking means by the introduction of said negative pressure generated by said negative pressure generating means;

atmosphere introduction means for introducing atmosphere into said lock releasing means to neutralize said negative pressure;

solenoid valve means for interrupting or allowing the introduction of the atmosphere by said atmosphere introducing means; and

detection means for enabling the detection of the insertion of said ejection pipe inside a fuel intake opening of a vehicle and allowing the atmosphere introduction by said solenoid valve means, and for interrupting the atmosphere introduction by said solenoid valve means when said ejection pipe is not inserted inside said fuel intake opening,

said opening and closing valve means, locking means, negative pressure generating means, locking releasing means, atmosphere introducing means and solenoid valve means accommodated within said fuel supplying nozzle,

said detection means consisting of a magnet provided freely displaceable at said ejection pipe, and a reed switch opening or closing according to the displacement of said magnet,

said magnet undergoing displacement upon insertion of said ejection pipe inside said fuel intake opening to open or close said reed switch by the magnetic force emitted by said displaced magnet so that said solenoid valve interrupts the atmosphere introduction, and

said lock releasing means releasing the lock of said locking means by use of said negative pressure upon interruption of said atmosphere introduction to close said opening and closing valve.

2. An apparatus as described in claim 1 in which said solenoid valve means interrupts the atmosphere introduction by said atmosphere introducing means when no current is applied and allows the atmosphere introduction by said atmosphere introducing means when applied with current, and said detection means applies current to said solenoid valve means upon insertion of said ejection pipe inside said fuel intake opening of said vehicle and applies no current upon non-insertion of said ejection pipe inside said fuel intake opening of said vehicle.

3. An apparatus as described in claim 1 in which said magnet is provided freely displaceable at the outer periphery of said ejection pipe, said magnet being a pipe-shaped body having an outer diameter larger than the diameter of said fuel intake opening, and said magnet engaging to the outer periphery surface of said fuel intake opening upon insertion of said ejection pipe inside said fuel intake opening to relatively undergo displacement with respect to said ejection pipe.

4. An apparatus as described in claim 1 in which said locking means comprises a valve shaft which unitarily undergoes displacement with said opening and closing valve, and a locking part which locks said opening and closing valve in an open position, and said lock releasing means comprises a diaphragm chamber which is communicated to said negative pressure generating means and said atmosphere introducing means and introduced respectively by said negative pressure and atmosphere, a diaphragm membrane which patitions said diaphragm chamber, and a displacing part which unitarily displaces said locking part with said diaphragm membrane, said diaphragm membrane and said displacing part undergoing displacement to release the lock against said valve shaft by said locking means when the pressure inside said diaphragm chamber becomes of negative pressure.

5. An apparatus as described in claim 1 in which said solenoid valve means comprises a valve body which opens and closes said atmosphere introducing passage, an urging means for constantly urging said valve body to close the passage of said atmosphere introducing passage, and a solenoid which is applied with current and displaces said valve body against said urging means to open the passage of said atmosphere introducing passage by said detection means, the solenoid being cut off its applying of current upon stoppage of the supply of fuel, said valve body displaced by said urging means due to the cut off applying of the current to said solenoid to close the passage of said atmosphere introducing passage.