Drop separator

US8813781B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Waldemar Nickel · Lippstadt, DE
• Manfred Prueser · Rheinbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/8634
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A drop separator for the bleeding line of a fuel container, comprising a drop separator housing that is connected to a space surrounded by the filler tube of the fuel container, preferably directly to the refueling channel of the filler tube, and at least two bleeding line connections, wherein the housing is divided by at least one partition into at least two separate gas paths, wherein a first gas path is designed as a gas inlet channel and a second gas path as a gas outlet channel. The gas inlet channel is closed on the end face by a lid and communicates via a passage of a surrounding wall of the drop separator housing with the filler tube.