US 11,673,792 B2
Fuel dispensing nozzle having single-handed hold open mechanism
David Lucas, Altoona, PA (US); Brian Christopher Worley, Beavercreek, OH (US); Niranjan Srinivasan, Beavercreek, OH (US); Brandon Kirby, Beavercreek, OH (US); and Andres Deogracias Viduya, Export, PA (US)
Assigned to Gilbarco Inc., Greensboro, NC (US)
Filed by Gilbarco Inc., Greensboro, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/391,792.
Application 17/391,792 is a continuation of application No. 16/879,394, filed on May 20, 2020, granted, now 11,078,068.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,541, filed on May 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362997 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. B67D 7/50 (2010.01)
CPC B67D 7/50 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fuel dispensing nozzle comprising:
a nozzle body defining a dispensing path extending upstream from a distal inlet downstream to a proximal outlet, said nozzle body having a handle portion defining a handle flow axis along which said dispensing path extends;
a fuel flow valve disposed in said nozzle body and movable against a valve closure spring that normally maintains said fuel flow valve in a closed position, said fuel flow valve opening in an upstream direction so as to open along the handle flow axis against flow of fuel in said dispensing path;
an actuation assembly having a shaft assembly on a downstream side of said fuel flow valve, said shaft assembly operative to move along said handle flow axis so as to cause said fuel flow valve to open; and
a hand lever pivotally connected with respect to said nozzle body, said hand lever being operatively connected to said actuation assembly so as to cause opening of said fuel flow valve when said hand lever is pivoted in a valve opening direction;
wherein said fuel flow valve is configured as a two-part valve having a primary poppet and a secondary poppet, a portion of said shaft assembly passing through said secondary poppet such that an end thereof is received in a recess defined in said primary poppet.