Patent ID: 6959742

Claim:
An adaptor for releasable securing a container having a fuel reservoir and an elongated nozzle for discharge of fuel therefrom to a fuel consumption device, the container having a recess at one end of the container, the adaptor comprising: a body member having a passageway for receiving the elongated nozzle, said passageway adapted for communicating between the fuel reservoir and the fuel consumption device when the adaptor is coupled to the container; a holding member attached to said body member and shaped to engage the container recess for securing the container in a predetermined position with respect to said body member with said nozzle received within said passageway; and a tightening assembly having an inner locking element and an outer ring rotatable with respect to said inner locking element, said tightening assembly operative between a locked and unlocked position to press said inner locking element against the container with a force that is dependent on a position of said outer ring with respect to said inner locking element, said tightening assembly including a spring applying a rotating force to said outer ring in a direction towards said unlocked position.