Filling nozzle

Claim 1

A fuel dispensing nozzle for a receiver having a fastening member for connecting said nozzle to an outlet of a fuel container, said fastening member having a sleeve to couple said nozzle to said outlet comprising: a fluid passageway extending through said nozzle, a valve member, biasing means to bias said valve member to a position in which flow through said passageway is prevented, and said valve member being openable against the action of said biasing means by pressing the nozzle into a filling hole, an air conduit in the form of a channel extending along the passageway through the nozzle to be opened and closed by the said valve member simultaneously with the passageway, said passageway being provided with an end opening in the container below the fuel surface in the receiver when at least a part of said nozzle and said passageway are submerged in the fuel in said receiver, said sleeve being threaded at both ends whereby either end may be screw-threaded on said outlet of the fuel container and a cap adapted to be removably attached to one end of said nozzle whereby said nozzle is adapted to be turned approximately 180 degrees relative to its longitudinal axis so that the opposite end thereof is connected to said fuel container to thereby function as a closure for said fuel container whereby fuel flows freely from said fuel container by gravity when one end of the nozzle is connected to said container and fuel flow from the container is prevented when said opposite end of the nozzle is connected to said fuel container.