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Apparatus for adsorbing fuel vapor

US4381929A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 22, 1981
Grant dateMay 3, 1983
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S55/42
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for adsorbing fuel vapor having a fuel vapor inlet hole communicating to a fuel tank, a mixed gas outlet hole communicating to the intake passage for internal combustion engine, an inlet hole for the desorbent air communicating to the atmospheric air and an adsorbent for adsorbing fuel vapor and by using, as to the adsorbent which is at least partially foamed body of active charcoal constituting a three-dimensional network cell structure having an inner communicating space between granular active charcoals.

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