Liquid tank cap having a vent
CA 1110582 A · Owner: Outboard Marine Corporation · Inventors: Reineck, Lester W.; Fields, Ernest E.
Overview
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Disclosed herein is a cap for a liquid tank having a filler neck, such as a fuel tank for an outboard motor which cap includes a hollow body having a top wall portion for closing the filler neck and a depending annular flance for releasably engaging the filler neck. The interior of the tank is vented to the atmosphere through one or more vent ports located in the top wall portion and the vent port(s) is selectively opened and closed by a closure member including a shank threadably mounted on the top wall portion and a cover portion for opening and closing the vent port when the closure member is turned in opposite directions. A dish-shaped baffle disposed inside the cap body in spaced …
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- Granted October 13, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 13, 1998.
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