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1. A nozzle holder for a fuel hose reel assembly including an upstanding support frame having an upper end, a lower end, a first side, a second side, a hose reel rotatably mounted on the support frame, and a fuel hose wound upon the hose reel with the fuel hose having a dispensing nozzle for dispensing fuel including a discharge spout and a hand guard, comprising:
a vertically disposed support bracket having an upper end and a lower end; said lower end of said support bracket being secured to the first side of the support frame; an inclined support plate, having an upper end and a lower end, secured to said upper end of said support bracket; an elongated and inclined hollow base tube secured to said support plate; said base tube having an open upper end, a lower end, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall; said front wall of said base tube having an elongated slot with an upper end and a lower end, formed therein at a lower end of said front wall of said base tube; said first side wall of said base tube having a first pin opening formed therein below an upper end of said first side wall thereof; said second side wall of said base tube having a first pin opening formed therein below an upper end thereof which is aligned with said first pin opening in said first side wall of said base tube; said first side wall of said base tube having a second pin opening formed therein below said first pin opening thereof; said second side wall of said base tube having a second pin opening formed therein below said first pin opening thereof which is aligned with said second pin opening in said first side wall of said base tube; an elongated and inclined hollow fuel containment tube having a closed lower end, an upper end, a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall; said fuel containment tube having a pin receptacle at said lower end thereof; said front wall of said fuel containment tube having an elongated opening formed therein below an upper end thereof; said lower end of said fuel containment tube being selectively removably received in said open upper end of said base tube with said opening in said front wall of said fuel containment tube being positioned above said upper end of said front wall of said base tube; said opening in said front wall of said containment tube configured to receive the spout of the dispensing nozzle and said slot in said front wall of said base tube being configured to receive the hand guard of the dispensing nozzle when the spout of the dispensing nozzle is positioned in said opening in said front wall of said containment tube; a first pin extending through said first pin opening in said first side wall of said base tube, through said pin receptacle and through said first pin opening in said second side wall of said base tube to selectively maintain said fuel containment tube in said base tube; and a second pin extending inwardly through said second pin opening in said first side wall of said base tube, through the hand guard positioned in said slot in said front wall of said base tube and through said second pin opening in said second side wall of said base tube to selectively maintain said hand guard in said slot in said front wall of said base tube. |
