Patent ID: 6520222
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
In a fuel dispensing nozzle including a nozzle body defining a fuel supply passage and a fuel vapor return passage, and a manually actuated valve for controlling the supply of fuel through said fuel supply passage, an improved spout assembly projecting from said body, comprising an outer spout tube having an inner end portion connected to said body and an outer end portion, a fuel supply tube within said outer spout tube and a defining therebetween a vapor return passage, a spout extension tube having an inner end portion projecting into said outer end portion of said outer spout tube and connected to said fuel supply tube, said spout extension tube having circumferentially spaced and generally axially extending grooves forming corresponding vapor return passages between said spout extension tube and said outer end portion of said outer spout tube, said vapor return passages having open ends at a distal end of said outer spout tube, and said spout extension tube reinforces said outer end portion of said outer spout tube.