FIELD: machine building.
SUBSTANCE: description of an overfill preventing valve connected to a dip tube section that is fluidly connected to a fluid reservoir and a structure for securing the dip tube sections is given. Overfill preventing valve includes a valve body arranged inside the dip tube section and, in certain embodiments, a non-contact valve actuator arranged outside the dip tube section and intended for shifting the valve body from an open position to a closed position without requiring any physical penetration through the wall of the dip tube section. Variety of internal actuators are used to actuate the valve body inside the dip tube section.
EFFECT: structure for securing the dip tube sections provides a first dip tube section with an annular groove into which the wall of a second dip tube section can be deformed for sealing and fastening the dip tube sections to each other.
90 cl, 72 dwg
