Patent ID: 8210496

Claim:
A fuel can adapter adapted to enable connection of a fuel device and a fuel can, with the fuel device including a fuel can connecting section having a cavity with a threaded wall and a needle disposed in the cavity, and with the fuel can including a reservoir for storing fuel and a head having a flange, a protuberance, a slot spacing a proximal end and a distal end of the flange, and a valve disposed in the protuberance, comprising: a coupling member including a threaded section engagable with the threaded wall of the cavity; a first connecting member insertably mounted in the coupling member and rotatable therein, with the first connecting member including a passage extending therethrough, with the needle including an end received in one open end of the passage; a locking member rotatable with respect to the first connecting member, with the locking member including a locking block insertable in the slot, with a slit provided on the locking block and adapted to allow the proximal end of the flange to engage therein; a second connecting member connected to the first connecting member and rotatable with the first connecting member, with the second connecting member including a hole defining a first compartment and a second compartment and extending therethrough, and with the first compartment adapted to receive the protuberance and the second compartment adapted to receive the valve; and wherein the locking member is rotatable between an unlocked position and a locked position with the slit receiving the proximal end of the flange, thereby locking the fuel can; wherein the coupling member includes a hole extending therethrough, wherein the coupling member includes an inner peripheral edge delimiting the hole; wherein the first connecting member includes an outer peripheral edge defining a ridge and a supporting section, with the outer peripheral edge disposed in the hole except for the ridge and the supporting section; and wherein the locking member includes two opposing sides and a hole extending through the two opposing sides and inserted by the supporting section to support the locking member.