Patent ID: 8177261
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: F02M,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for collecting fuel leaks on feed pipes of an interface, each feed pipe including at each end a nut for securing the feed pipe in position on an interface, behind which nut is located a device for collecting fuel leaks, said device for collecting fuel leaks comprising a recovery unit having a spout integral in a sealing manner with said nut and said feed pipe, each end of the feed pipe being spherical or conical externally so as to cooperate with an internal wall of a free end of the corresponding interface, upstream of the end the feed pipe including a bulge forming a stop for the nut, the nut including a cylindrical apron and a retaining ring arranged inside said apron and integral with said apron and cooperating with the bulge, the bulge and the retaining ring defining a first compartment screwed onto an external wall of the corresponding interface, and a second lower compartment cooperating with the recovery unit, the recovery unit being a bell-shaped part made of a supple, leak proof material surrounding the feed pipe and attached in a sealing manner against the retaining ring in the second compartment, a top of the bell-shaped part clasping the feed pipe in a sealing manner.