Patent ID: 8210382
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fuel oil fill-port locking mechanism for a threaded fuel oil fill pipe having a threaded cap fitting and a threaded cap comprising: a) a coupling having threads mateable with said fuel oil fill pipe; b) a nipple having outside threads mateable with said coupling and outside threads mateable with said cap fitting; c) an oil fill-port cover sized to fit over and prevent access to said cap, said cap fitting, said coupling and said nipple; d) a pair of apertures oppositely disposed in said coupling; e) a pair of apertures oppositely disposed in said cover, said pair of apertures in said cover co-alignable with said pair of apertures in said coupling; f) a lock pin sized to fit through and extend beyond said co-alignable pairs of apertures in said coupling and said cover; g) a transverse bore through one distal end of said lock pin; and h) a lock pin stop at an opposite distal end of said lock pin.