Patent ID: 6959727

Claim:
A check valve assembly for use in a fuel tank filler tube comprising: (a) a valve body having a valving passage with an inlet having a plurality of spaced projections disposed about a portion of the inner periphery of the passage adjacent the inlet; (b) an annular valve seat disposed in said passage downstream of said projections; (c) a valve poppet slidably disposed in the body with a resilient valving surface thereon operable for seating against said annular valve seat; (d) an aperture formed in the wall of said passage downstream of said valve seat and located in a portion of said body to be disposed within the tank; and, (e) means biasing said valve member in a direction closing said resilient valving surface on said valve seat, wherein upon insertion of one end of a siphon hose in said inlet, said projections are operable to direct the said one end through said aperture thereby facilitating further insertion into the tank.