Patent ID: 8590493
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: B01D,F02M

Abstract:
1. A device for separating water and contaminants from fuel that is being supplied from an upstream fuel reservoir to a downstream internal combustion engine, the device comprising: a housing configured to couple with the fuel reservoir, the housing having an inlet receiving fuel, water and contaminants, and an outlet discharging the fuel; a gravity separator disposed in the housing between the inlet and the outlet, the gravity separator separating the water from the fuel; and a filter disposed in the housing between the inlet and the outlet, the filter filtering the contaminants from the fuel; wherein the housing comprises a water cavity holding the water separated from the fuel and a fuel cavity supplying the fuel to the outlet; wherein the gravity separator comprises primary and secondary baffles disposed between the water cavity and the fuel cavity such that as the fuel and water sequentially pass over the primary and secondary baffles from upstream to downstream the fuel and water separate by gravity.