Patent ID: 7628342

Claim:
A liquefied gas dispensing nozzle comprising: a cylinder with an axis in a vertical direction; a plug slidably inserted into the cylinder from above; a plurality of slit portions for letting through the liquefied gas formed in an inner circumferential face of the cylinder in parallel and in an axial direction of the cylinder from an upper end to a lower end of the cylinder, a width of at least one pair of mutually opposed slit portions in the plurality of slit portions is generally constant from the upper end to the lower end, a bottom of the at least one pair of mutually opposed slit portions is inclined so that a depth of the slits becomes gradually shallower from the upper end to the lower end of the cylinder, and each slit portion of the cylinder is closed by the plug when the plug is positioned at a lowest position relative to the cylinder; a rod for reciprocating the plug; and a universal joint for connecting the rod and the plug movably, wherein the lower end of the at least one pair of slit portions having an inclined slit bottom is formed as a rounded corner portion.