Patent ID: 8720472

Claim:
A fuel cutoff valve that opens and closes a passage connecting an interior and exterior of a fuel tank, the fuel cutoff valve comprising; a casing main body that has an upper wall, a side wall projecting cylindrically and downwardly from an outer periphery of the upper wall, a valve chamber surrounded by the upper wall and the side wall and connected to the interior of the fuel tank, and a connecting hole formed in the wall and connected to the valve chamber, a cover that has a cover main body forming a communication chamber connected to the connecting hole by being fixed to an upper portion of the casing main body, and a tube member projecting from the cover main body with a pipe passage for connecting the exterior and the communication chamber, and a float that is housed in the valve chamber that opens and closes the connecting hole by moving up and down following a fuel liquid level within the fuel tank, wherein the casing main body includes; a liquid closure member that projects upwardly from the upper wall in the communication chamber to surround all around the connecting hole, the liquid closure member being configured to form a retaining chamber for temporarily retaining liquid fuel flown out of the connecting hole, and partition members that projects from the upper wall in the retaining chamber, wherein each of the partition member is arranged radially extending outward from a periphery of the connecting hole and to divide the retaining chamber into a plurality of divided chambers, and each opening of the divided chambers is configured to be arranged facing to the connecting hole.