Gasoline dispensing nozzle guard with spout enclosure and vapor return line

Claim 1

The combination of a fuel dispensing nozzle having a body with an elongated inlet passage and an outlet mounting an elongated spout insertible into the filler opening of a fuel tank for discharging fuel thereinto, with a guard comprising a body portion having a front wall, spaced side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall and open at its rear, adapted to fit tightly over and substantialy enclose the nozzle body, a hollow projection extending forwardly from said front wall and adapted to surround the elongated nozzle spout in spaced relation with the exterior thereof and open at its forward end to engage structure surrounding the fuel tank filler opening, an elongated boss on one side wall extending from the rear portion of said hollow projection to the rear edge of said body portion, said boss being hollow and forming a passageway communicating at its forward end directly with the interior of said hollow projection and open at its rear end, and a vapor return tube alongside the nozzle inlet passage with its forward end telescopingly received in said passageway, said nozzle inlet passage having an opening at its rear end adapted to receive a fuel hose fitting, and a plate transverse of said inlet passage apertured to permit the passage therethrough of said hose fitting and adapted to be gripped between said hose fitting and the abutting rear end of said nozzle body, said plate being formed with a second aperture radially spaced from said first aperture to receive and position said vapor return tube.