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High efficiency vapor storage canister

US4894072A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 1989
Grant dateJan 16, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02M2025/0863
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A canister is divided into small and large bed portions, with the small portion being loaded separately with just diurnal vapors so that it can be purged with a greater efficiency. At fuel fill, both bed portions are loaded simultaneously with a proportion of fuel fill vapors keyed to their own volume ratio, so that an effective capacity equal to the sum of the two is achieved.

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