Fluid handling – Diverse fluid containing pressure systems – Fluid separating traps or vents
Patent
1996-04-15
1997-12-09
Michalsky, Gerald A.
Fluid handling
Diverse fluid containing pressure systems
Fluid separating traps or vents
137 43, F16K 2404
Patent
active
056949685
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is provided for controlling discharge of fuel vapor from an interior region of a vehicle fuel tank and preventing unsatisfactory liquid fill levels within the interior region of the vehicle fuel tank. The apparatus includes a housing adapted to be mounted in the vehicle fuel tank and formed to include a housing inlet, a vapor-inlet opening, and a passageway therebetween, a float valve disposed in the housing, and a skirt defining a channel around the float valve. Additionally a perforated baffle plate is coupled to the skirt and is formed to include a plurality of openings therethrough.
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Bell Lowell R.
Devall Jeffrey E.
Harris Robert S.
Michalsky Gerald A.
Stant Manufacturing Inc.
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