| 摘要 |
Apparatus for the automatic fuelling of automotive vehicles, comprising a robot which includes a fuelling pistol and which is operative, to move the fuelling pistol automatically from a rest position to a vehicle fuelling location. The invention is characterized in that the fuelling pistol (16) includes a rigid, first tubular element (20), which is intended to be moved by the robot (1) towards a receiving plate (21) provided with a hole and forming part of the vehicle fuelling location. A flexible second tube (26), is arranged within the first, rigid tube (20) for movement from a first terminal position; in which the outer free end (27) of the second tube (26) is located within the first tube (20), to a second terminal position in which the second tube projects from the first tube. A pipe connector is provided between the hole and the fuel pipe of the vehicle. The robot is intended to move the free end of the first tube (20) into abutment with the receiving plate (21), and is intended to move the free end (27) of the second tube (26) out of the first tube (20) and down into the vehicle fuel pipe, in order to pump fuel through the second tube (27) down into the vehicle fuel tank.
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