Fluid handling – Liquid level responsive or maintaining systems – Control of outflow from tank
Patent
1997-07-08
1999-04-20
Ferensic, Denise L.
Fluid handling
Liquid level responsive or maintaining systems
Control of outflow from tank
137565, 137573, 123514, 123515, 123516, F16K 2118
Patent
active
058948570
ABSTRACT:
A fuel delivery device for a fuel tank comprising a float chamber for sucking fuel in a normal state, a sub chamber for sucking a small quantity of fuel remaining within a tank and a communication chamber for communicating the float chamber and the sub chamber to each other in lower portions thereof En the fuel delivery device for a fuel tank, a sub float chamber is provided above the sub chamber, the sub float chamber has a gas discharge port communicating with-the fuel tank in an upper portion, a vent hole communicating with the sub chamber in a lower portion and a sub float valve within, and the sub float valve ascends and descends in accordance with a quantity of an excess fuel returned to the sub float chamber from the engine so as to open and close the vent hole. Further, in the fuel delivery device for a fuel tank, a bypass passage having bent passage sections of down, up and down which is formed by arranging a lower separation wall having a gap in an upper portion with respect to a communication passage for feeding out fuel from the sub chamber to the communication chamber and an upper separation wall having a gap in a lower portion with respect to the communication passage in order is formed within the sub chamber and the bypass passage and the communication passage are connected to each other.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2297238 (1942-09-01), Neugebauer et al.
patent: 2414158 (1947-01-01), Mock
patent: 2599699 (1952-06-01), Dilworth et al.
patent: 4279232 (1981-07-01), Schuster et al.
patent: 4367181 (1983-01-01), Hack, Jr.
patent: 5170764 (1992-12-01), Tuckey
patent: 5389245 (1995-02-01), Jaeger et al.
patent: 5447175 (1995-09-01), Takaki et al.
Kawai Kunihito
Shimada Shinya
Takaki Hiroshi
Ball John
Ferensic Denise L.
OM Corporation
LandOfFree
Fuel delivery device of fuel tank does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Fuel delivery device of fuel tank, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Fuel delivery device of fuel tank will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2241126