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PCT No. PCT/SE91/00312 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 30, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 30, 1992 PCT Filed Apr. 30, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO91/17111 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 1991.A method and apparatus for opening and closing a cover-plate on an automotive vehicle, wherein the plate lies in line with the vehicle outer body panel and can be swung between an open and a closed position about a vertical or horizontal hinge axis and covers the space in which the mouth of the vehicle refuelling pipe is located. The cover-plate is opened in two stages, wherein the plate is opened slightly to a limited open position by a first opening device in a first opening stage, thereby enabling a second opening device to be inserted between the cover-plate and the outer body panel, and wherein the plate is opened completely by the second opening device in a second opening stage. The cover plate is swung from its open to its closed position by the second opening device.
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