Abstract: A nozzle for dispensing fuel into a vehicle having a body portion and a spout extending from the body portion. The spout passes fuel from the body portion to a vehicle during refueling. The body portion includes a fuel flow control member for allowing or preventing fuel from passing through the body portion and the spout. A fuel collector collects fuel remaining in the body portion and the spout after the fuel flow control member shuts-off the flow of fuel through the body portion and the spout. Preferably, the fuel collector is configured to allow fuel collected in the fuel collector when the vehicle is being refueled to drain into the fuel tank of the vehicle after the flow control member prevents fuel from passing through the body portion and the spout but prior to removal of the spout from the fuel tank of the vehicle.

Abstract: A nozzle for dispensing fuel into a vehicle. The nozzles includes a body portion and a spout extending from the body portion. The spout passes fuel from the body portion to a vehicle. The body portion includes a fuel flow control member for allowing or preventing fuel from passing through the body portion and the spout into the vehicle. The spout has first and second portions. The first portion of the spout is positioned adjacent the body portion and the second portion of the spout is removed from the body portion. Preferably, at least one fuel collection member is provided for collecting fuel remaining in the body portion and the spout after the fuel control member shuts-off the flow of fuel through the spout to prevent dripping of fuel from the end of the spout.

Abstract: A nozzle for dispensing fuel into a vehicle. The nozzles includes a body portion and a spout extending from the body portion. The spout passes fuel from the body portion to a vehicle during refueling. The body portion includes a fuel flow control member for allowing or preventing fuel from passing through the body portion and the spout into the vehicle. A fuel collector collects fuel remaining in the body portion and the spout after the fuel flow control member shuts-off the flow of fuel through the body portion and the spout. Preferably, the fuel collector is configured to allow fuel collected in the fuel collector when the vehicle is being refueled to drain into the fuel tank of the vehicle after the flow control member prevents fuel from passing through the body portion and the spout but prior to removal of the spout from the fuel tank of the vehicle.

Abstract: A nozzle for dispensing fuel into a vehicle. The nozzle includes a body portion and a spout extending from the body portion. The spout passes fuel from the body portion to a vehicle. The body portion includes a fuel flow control member for allowing or preventing fuel from passing through the body portion and the spout into the vehicle. The spout has first and second portions. The first portion of the spout is positioned adjacent the body portion and the second portion of the spout is removed from the body portion. Preferably, at least one fuel collection member is provided for collecting fuel remaining in the body portion and the spout after the fuel control member shuts-off the flow of fuel through the spout to prevent dripping of fuel from the end of the spout.

Abstract: A nozzle for dispensing fuel into a vehicle. The nozzles includes a body portion and a spout extending from the body portion. The spout passes fuel from the body portion to a vehicle. The body portion includes a fuel flow control member for allowing or preventing fuel from passing through the body portion and the spout into the vehicle. The spout has first and second portions. The first portion of the spout is positioned adjacent the body portion and the second portion of the spout is removed from the body portion. Preferably, at least one fuel collection member is provided for collecting fuel remaining in the body portion and the spout after the fuel control member shuts-off the flow of fuel through the spout to prevent dripping of fuel from the end of the spout.

Abstract: A hose construction, fastening member therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the hose construction comprising a tubular flexible hose having opposite ends and an outer peripheral surface, a fastening member, and a clamping unit fastened to one of the ends of the hose with the fastening member for substantially circumferentially and radially inwardly clamping the one end onto a member that has been inserted into the one end, the fastening member having a part thereof secured to the outer peripheral surface of the hose and having a recess therein that receives part of the clamping unit therein, the fastening member having snap-fit structure for holding the part of the clamping unit in the recess thereof before the fastening member is secured to the hose.

Abstract: A hose construction, fastening member therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the hose construction comprising a tubular flexible hose having opposite ends and an outer peripheral surface, a fastening member, and a clamping unit fastened to one of the ends of the hose with the fastening member for substantially circumferentially and radially inwardly clamping the one end onto a member that has been inserted into the one end, the fastening member having a part thereof secured to the outer peripheral surface of the hose and having a recess therein that receives part of the clamping unit therein, the fastening member having snap-fit structure for holding the part of the clamping unit in the recess thereof before the fastening member is secured to the hose.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for curing flexible hose on a mandrel wherein the mandrel lubricant is a polyoxyalkylene based lubricant having a pH greater than 8.0; in the preferred embodiments, the lubricant contains an aminoalcohol; lubricant compositions are also disclosed.

Abstract: A hose construction, fastening member therefor and methods of making the same are provided, the hose construction comprising a tubular flexible hose having opposite ends and an outer peripheral surface, a fastening member, and a clamping unit fastened to one of the ends of the hose with the fastening member for substantially circumferentially and radially inwardly clamping the one end onto a member that has been inserted into the one end, the fastening member having a part thereof secured to the outer peripheral surface of the hose and having a recess therein that receives part of the clamping unit therein, the fastening member having snap-fit structure for holding the part of the clamping unit in the recess thereof before the fastening member is secured to the hose.

Abstract: A device is provided for crimping a coupling on the end of a hose. The device has a die assembly for holding the hose and coupling spaced apart from and in axial alignment with a crimping mechanism comprised of a hydraulic cylinder and a pusher. The cylinder has an internal stop. A fluid operated actuator mechanism moves the crimping mechanism axially downward to engage the die assembly. The device has an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the crimping mechanism in a predetermined relationship to the die assembly. The crimping mechanism and the adjusting mechanism cooperate so that when the crimping mechanism engages the internal stop, the coupling is crimped to the hose end in accordance with the predetermined relationship. The adjusting mechanism contains an angular scale and a linear scale both with marked divisions. The adjusting mechanism provides for easy recalibration of the device.

Abstract: A device is provided for crimping a coupling on the end of a hose. The device has a die assembly for holding the hose and coupling spaced apart from and in axial alignment witha crimping mechanism comprised of a hydraulic cylinder and a pusher. The cylinder has an internal stop. A fluid operated actuator mechanism moves the crimping mechanism axially downward to engage the die assembly. The device has an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the crimping mechanism in a predetermined relationship to the die assembly. The crimping mechanism and the adjusting mechanism cooperate so that when the crimping mechanism engages the internal stop, the coupling is crimped to the hose end in accordance with the predetermined relationship. The adjusting mechanism contains an angular scale and a linear scale both with marked divisions. The adjusting mechanism provides for easy recalibration of the device.

Abstract: A device is provided for crimping a coupling on the end of a hose. The device has a die assembly for holding the hose and coupling spaced apart from and in axial alignment with a crimping mechanism comprised of a hydraulic cylinder and a pusher. The cylinder has an internal stop. A fluid operated actuator means moves the crimping mechanism axially downward to engage the die assembly. The device has an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the crimping mechanism in a predetermined relationship to the die assembly. The crimping mechanism and the adjusting mechanism cooperate so that when the crimping mechanism engages the internal stop, the coupling is crimped to the hose end in accordance with the predetermined relationship. The adjusting mechanism contains an angular scale and a linear scale both with marked divisions. The adjusting mechanism provides for easy recalibration of the device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a machine for crimping a workpiece. The machine of the invention comprises a bed plate, a conical shaped bowl adjacent the bed plate, and a ram reciprocal substantially upward and downward along an axis toward and away from the bowl. A crimping die assembly comprising a plurality of circumferentially disposed die fingers attached to a die retaining ring is disposed adjacent to the bowl for receiving a workpiece. A driving means is provided for advancing the ram toward the die assembly, and a pusher assembly comprising a single pusher ring is provided to transmit the forces of the ram to the die assembly. The driving means has a variable length stroke, and the length of the stroke is controlled by matching a reference voltage with a comparative voltage on a balancing circuit. The diameter of the circle embraced by the die fingers is correspondingly reduced as the die fingers are advanced into the conical shaped bowl.

Abstract: A crimping die assembly comprising a plurality of die fingers, a holding unit for holding the die fingers in a working relationship, the holding unit comprising a retaining ring having a plurality of substantially evenly spaced openings for receiving the die fingers therein for holding the die fingers at one end of the die assembly, each die finger having a connecting part connecting the die finger to the retaining ring, each connecting part permitting radial movement of its respective die finger with respect to the central axis of the retaining ring, and a springing arrangement integrally associated with the connecting parts tending to force the die fingers radially outwardly with respect to the retaining ring, the top surfaces of the die fingers extending beyond the top surface of the retaining ring so as to receive pressing forces directly from a ram through a pusher ring that engages the top surfaces of the die fingers when the crimping die is used to crimp a workpiece.