Patent ID: 6708740
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A tanking valve consisting of a female part and a male part, the refilling being performed in at least two steps at the same time as a closed room is formed by tightening surfaces on said female and male parts between an equipment tank and a refilling outfit before the opening of said tanking valve, characterized in that said female part comprises a cover part provided with a piston, said cover part is tightly cooperating with an adjacent slide located outside said cover part, and that said male part comprises a lid, said lid and slide with belonging cover part are biased by springs towards their free end portions during a first step, while during a second step said slide and said cover part are separateable from each other first after that said male part is pressing in said slide a predetermined distance into said female part, the biased lid being pressed into said male part by said cover part during stopping of said piston against an end piston stop and during a further proceeding of the second step both said slide and said lid are free so that the fuel can flow through said tank valve.