B - Operations – Transporting – 67 – D
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
67
D
B67D 7/32 (2010.01) F17C 13/12 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2386589
A safety system for grounding an operator at a fueling station prior to removing a fuel fill nozzle from a fuel tank upon completion of a fuel filling operation is provided which includes a fuel tank port in communication with the fuel tank for receiving and retaining the nozzle during the fuel filling operation and a grounding device adjacent to the fuel tank port which includes a grounding switch having a contact member that receives physical contact by the operator and where physical contact of the contact member activates the grounding switch. A releasable interlock is included that provides a lock position wherein the nozzle is locked into the port upon insertion of the nozzle into the port and a release position wherein the nozzle is releasable from the port upon completion of the fuel filling operation and after physical contact of the contact member is accomplished.
Cohen Joseph Perry
Farese David John
Xu Jianguo
Air Products And Chemicals Inc.
Mcfadden Fincham
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