Fuel handling system

Details Fuel handling system Fuel handling system

1994-01-21

1994-11-29

Cross, F. Rollins

Internal-combustion engines

Charge forming device

Fuel flow regulation between the pump and the charge-forming...

123516, 137587, F02M 3704

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053680014

ABSTRACT:
A fuel handling system for an internal combustion engine having a reservoir for receiving fuel under low pressure from a remote gas tank and a fuel pump for delivering the fuel under high pressure to a fuel injector of the engine while providing vapor separation. The reservoir has an inlet for receiving fuel from the tank, an outlet for removing fuel from the reservoir and delivering it to the engine, a fuel return for returning fuel not used by the engine, a drain for removing water, and a vapor vent for removing fuel vapors from a gas dome above the liquid within the reservoir. The inlet has a valve controlled by a float in the reservoir for admitting fuel to maintain the level of liquid in the reservoir so that the pump is supplied with fuel. To remove fuel, a fuel pickup is coupled to an inlet of the pump which has its outlet coupled to the reservoir outlet. The pickup has a diaphragm for filtering fuel entering the pump while preferably preventing the admission of gas or water. Preferably, a water sensor in the reservoir provides an electrical signal when it is immersed in water so that the drain can be opened to remove the water, preferably before the pickup is immersed and fuel flow to the pump and engine is cut off.

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