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Apparatus for rapid refueling of armored fighting vehicles

  • US 4,535,826 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1983
  • Issued: 08/20/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for remotely transferring fuel between armored and/or tracked ground vehicles comprising the combination of:

  • a mobile storage or tanker vehicle having a quantity of liquid fuel stored therein;

    a mobile fuel consuming vehicle;

    fuel dispensing means operably carried on said storage vehicle for conducting stored fuel therefrom which includes an elongated pivoting telescoping boom outwardly cantilivered from a selected end of said storage vehicle and terminating at its free end in a nozzle configured for operation without human contact;

    a remotely operating cover enclosing said nozzle resiliently carried on said boom including a pair of doors having open and closed positions responsive to control means for exposing and covering said nozzle;

    receptacle mean carried on said fuel consuming vehicle at a selected end thereof for insertably receiving said exposed nozzle for receiving fuel from said storage vehicle in a remote manner;

    spacing means operably carried on said selected ends of said vehicle for abutting engagement to establish a predetermined spacing or distance between said vehicle selected ends; and

    said predetermined spacing or distance related to said insertable reception penetration depth of said dispensing means within said receptacle means.

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