Abstract: A fuel nozzle guard, in some embodiments, comprises a static control material. When a consumer grabs the fuel nozzle, his or her hand will touch the static control material, thereby, safely dissipating any electrostatic charges at a controlled rate of discharge without a spark. The fuel nozzle guard, in some embodiments, slides onto the nozzle interfacing with the nozzle so that retaining edges secure the fuel nozzle guard to the nozzle, without removing the nozzle from its hose. The material, in some embodiments, lacks plastisol and allows labels to adhere directly to it.

Abstract: An automatic shut-off nozzle having an operating lever pivoted at its forward end to a plunger, a clip pivoted to the lever, the clip engaging a holding structure and holding the lever open when the plunger is elevated and the lever lifted, and at least one protrusion on the lever or the clip for mechanically forcing the clip out of engagement with the structure when the plunger drops.

Abstract: A system for dispensing a fluid from a first tank into a second tank, in which one of the tanks is attached to a vehicle. The system comprises a flexible, stretchable, resilient delivery hose, a first end of the delivery hose being connected to the first tank and a second end of the delivery hose being attached to a nozzle adapted to dispense the fluid into the second tank. A flexible tension element is provided between first and second fittings on the hose, the fittings being separated by at least six feet (two meters), the tension element substantially eliminating stretching of the delivery hose between the fittings. The tension element substantially reduces damage to the hose and to surrounding persons and objects when the hose is pulled and released as in a drive-away from a gasoline dispenser.

Abstract: A breakaway coupling for joining two hoses includes a main body and an end body which are telescopically connected. A frangible link holds the two parts together. The link is inserted in a recess formed in a surface of the coupling which spans the junction of the bodies. The link is subject only to tensile forces and is formed to break at across the center of the link, where the two bodies abut each other. Each body includes a check valve. When the two bodies are connected, the valves urge against one another to open the valves. The urging of the valves against one another also exerts a tensile force on the link to hold it in its recess. A spacer separates the valves so that high pressure flow will not close the upstream valve.

Abstract: A fluid dispensing nozzle for gasoline or the like includes a cast body having an inlet, an outlet, a valve seat between the inlet and the outlet, and a hand guard. Mounted in and on the cast body are a poppet valve for controlling flow through the valve seat, a spring urging the poppet valve closed, a valve stem extending into the poppet valve, a cast lever engaging the valve stem for manually urging the poppet valve away from its seat, and a high-level shut-off means for disabling the lever. The high level shut-off means includes a plunger to which the actuating lever for the nozzle is pivoted, a latch pin, latching balls, and a cylindrical sleeve which acts as a guide for the plunger and as a stop for the latching balls. A hold-open clip is pivoted to the integral hand guard and engages latching teeth on the lever. Release of the high-level shut-off causes a heel portion of the lever to force the clip out of engagement with the teeth.