Projected fuel dispensing nozzle
View Patent ↗A fuel dispensing unit for refueling vehicles includes a first nozzle holder for holding a first fuel dispensing nozzle, and a second nozzle holder for holding a second fuel dispensing nozzle. Both nozzle holders are arranged on a common side of the fuel dispensing unit. The first nozzle holder is configured to project, in a direction away from the side of the fuel dispensing unit, at least a part of the first fuel dispensing nozzle in relation to a corresponding part of the second fuel dispensing nozzle.
1. A fuel dispensing unit for refueling vehicles, said fuel dispensing unit comprising:
a first fuel dispensing nozzle connected to a first fuel hose;
a second fuel dispensing nozzle connected to a second fuel hose;
a first nozzle holder for holding the first fuel dispensing nozzle, and
a second nozzle holder for holding the second fuel dispensing nozzle, both nozzle holders being arranged on a common side of the fuel dispensing unit, wherein at least a portion of the first nozzle holder protrudes further from said common side of the fuel dispensing unit in a direction substantially orthogonal to said common side in relation to a corresponding portion of the second nozzle holder, and wherein the first nozzle holder projects at least a part of the first fuel dispensing nozzle a first distance away from said common side of the fuel dispensing unit in the direction substantially orthogonal to said common side, and the second nozzle holder projects a corresponding part of the second fuel dispensing nozzle a second distance away from said common side of the fuel dispensing unit in the direction substantially orthogonal to said common side, the first distance greater than the second distance.
2. A fuel dispensing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the part of the first fuel dispensing nozzle comprises a handle of the first fuel dispensing nozzle and the corresponding part of the second fuel dispensing nozzle comprises a handle of the second fuel dispensing nozzle.
3. A fuel dispensing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the portion of the first nozzle holder is a lower portion of the first nozzle holder, and the corresponding portion of the second nozzle holder is a lower portion of the second nozzle holder.
4. A fuel dispensing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first nozzle holder comprises sides extending in said direction and being at least partly wider than corresponding sides of the second nozzle holder.
5. A fuel dispensing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second nozzle holders are configured to hold the fuel dispensing nozzles separated by a distance less than 25 cm along a first direction, said first direction being perpendicular to a normal to said common side.
6. A fuel dispensing unit according to claim 5 , wherein the first and second nozzle holders are configured to hold the fuel dispensing nozzles separated by a distance less than 15 cm along a second direction, said second direction being perpendicular to said normal and to the first direction.
7. A fuel dispensing unit according to claim 1 , wherein an insert is mounted between the first nozzle holder and said common side of the fuel dispensing unit, for projecting at least a portion of the first nozzle holder in said direction.
8. A fuel dispensing unit according claim 1 , wherein said direction away from the side of the fuel dispensing unit is a normal to said common side.
9. A fuel dispensing unit according to claim 1 , wherein each respective fuel hose provides fuel to the respective fuel dispensing nozzles.
10. A fuel dispensing unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second fuel hoses are urged in laterally opposite directions substantially parallel to the common side.