Fuel nozzle

Claim 1

A FILLER NOZZLE STRUCTURE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING A TUBULAR HOUSING BODY HAVING A DELIVERY END SUBJECTED TO SEALED CONNECTION WITH A FLUID RECEIVING MEANS AND A RECEIVING END ATTACHED TO A SUPPLY LINE, A SHELL SURROUNDING AND TURNABLE ABOUT SAID BODY AND HAVING PROVISION FOR CONNECTION WITH THE FLUID RECEIVING MEANS, HANDLE MEANS ON SAID SHELL FOR TURNING THE SAME IN EFFECTING ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT OF THE SHELL AND NOZZLE STRUCTURE WITH AND FROM THE FLUID RECEIVING MEANS, SAID SHELL AND BODY HAVING OPPOSING FLANGE MEANS PRESENTED FOR RELATIVE ROTATIVE MOVEMENT DURING ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT OF THE NOZZLE, THE SHELL FLANGE BEING MORE CLOSELY ADJACENT THE RECEIVING END OF THE BODY THAN THE BODY FLANGE FOR IMPARTING THRUST TO THE BODY FOR MOVING THE SAME INTO SEALED CONNECTION WITH THE FLUID RECEIVING MEANS, A REPLACEABLE WEAR PLATE BETWEEN SAID FLANGE MEANS AND IN RUBBING CONTACT THEREWITH FOR TRANSMITTING SAID THRUST, SAID WEAR PLATE BEING DISPOSED WHOLLY BENEATH SAID BODY FLANGE MEANS, SAID WEAR PLATE BEING OF A ONE-PIECE CONSTRUCTION AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR PERMITTING THE APPLICATION OF SAID WEAR PLATE TO THE POSITION THEREOF BETWEEN SAID FLANGE MEANS AND ABOUT SAID BODY BY MOVEMENT OF THE WEAR PLATE IN A GENERALLY RADIALLY INWARD DIRECTION.