Patent ID: 6716349
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B01D,F02M,Y10S

Abstract:
A filter for Diesel engine fuel, comprising: an enclosure; a filtering mass contained within the enclosure; an intake connector; a discharge connector; said mass being provided so as to be crossed by, the fuel following a path inside the filter between the intake connector and the discharge connector and to form to an emergence surface thereof coalesced water droplets, said enclosure comprising a bottom water collection chamber; and at least to micromeshes which we arranged so as to be crossed sequentially by the fuel that exits from the filtering mass, a first one of said micromeshes being provided so as to retain at an intake surface thereof the coalescence droplets formed at said mass and to form at a discharge surface thereof further coalescence droplets, a second one of said micromeshes being dimensioned so as to capture said further coalescence droplets.