Vapor suppressing fuel handling system
CA 2079580 A1 · Owner: Jones, Grady D. · Inventors: Jones, Grady D.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, A fuel handling system incorporates a reservoir canister within the fuel tank that is enclosed, but for a float controlled vapor vent valve with a vent orifice of predetermined size. A second stage pump sends fuel to the engine, with unused fuel being returned to the canister through a bubble separator that removes the entrained fuel vapor bubbles and sends them into a vapor space just below the top of the canister. A first stage pump continually runs to send fuel into the canister, thereby maintaining the vapor space at a vapor suppressing elevated pressure. When the vapor space grows far enough that the float falls and opens the vapor space, fuel sent in by the …
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- Filed September 30, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 30, 2012.
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