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Arrangement for feeding fuel from supply tank to internal combustion engine of power vehicle

US4653979A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 9, 1985
Grant dateMar 31, 1987
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D5/005
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for feeding fuel to an internal combustion engine of a power vehicle, comprises a supply tank, a feeding pump having a pump chamber, a rotor rotatable in the pump chamber, a suction side connected with the supply tank, a pressure side connectable with the internal combustion engine, the rotor having two end sides and being provided on at least one of the end sides with a rim-shaped feeding member having a first feeding member rim and a second feeding member rim which are arranged so that the first feeding member rim is surrounded by the second feeding member rim, a wall of the chamber which is adjacent to the feeding member, the wall being provided with two substantially ring-shaped side passages which are located opposite to the feeding member rims and open toward the latter, a suction opening and a pressure opening, one of the side passages being an inner side passage and connected with the suction opening, while the other of the side passages being an outer side passage and being connected with the pressure opening, the inner side passage having an end portion located behind the suction opening, the outer side passage having a partial region located before the pre…

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