FUEL DELIVERY NOZZLE AND AIR VENT AND PORTABLE CONTAINER HAVING SAME

摘要

Featured is a delivery nozzle/vent assembly for a portable container including a first section, a second section movable coupled to the first section, a passageway alignment assembly and a valve assembly. The alignment assembly is configured and arranged to align liquid and air lines/passages of the first and second sections when the nozzle is moved to a given position. The valve assembly includes an actuation mechanism that selectively fluidly couples/decouples the aligned liquid and air lines/passages in the first and second sections. When these passages are so fluidly coupled, liquid can flow from the portable container and delivered to a targeted receptacle and air can flow into the container as a volume replacement for the departing liquid. Also featured are a portable container with such a nozzle/vent assembly and methods related thereto. The liquid can be a liquid organic compound such as gasoline, kerosene and diesel.

主权项

1. A delivery nozzle and vent assembly for a portable container containing a liquid organic compound, the portably container including a fill/delivery nozzle and an interior volume, the delivery nozzle and vent assembly comprising:
a first section that is operably and fluidly coupled to the fill/delivery nozzle and the interior volume of the fuel container, the first section including a fuel line through which fuel from the container flows and a vent airline through which air flows to the interior volume; a second section that is movably coupled to the first section, the second section include a fuel delivery passage through which fuel flows from the first section and an air vent passage through which air flows to the first section; a passageway alignment assembly disposed in the first and second sections, the passageway alignment assembly being configured so as to align the first section fuel line and the second section fuel delivery passage and to align the vent airline and the second section vent passage responsive to movement of the second section with respect to the first section; a valve assembly that includes a longitudinal valve member having a first and second valve portions, and an actuation member operably coupled to the longitudinal valve member, where the first valve portion and second valve portion are selectively opened and closed responsive to movement of the actuation member; wherein, when the first section fuel line and the second section delivery passage and the vent airline and the second section vent passage are aligned with respect to each other and the actuation member is moved to open the first and second valve portions, the first section fuel line and the second section delivery passage are fluidly coupled to each other and the first section vent airline and the second section vent passage are fluidly coupled to each other.