Patent ID: 6273131
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B01D,F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for conveying fuel from a fuel tank (10) to an internal combustion engine (18) of a motor vehicle, said device comprisinga reserve pot (12) accommodated in an interior of said fuel tank (10);a conveying unit (14), communicating, on an intake side, with said fuel tank (10) and, on a pressurized side, with said internal combustion engine (18);a jet pump (24) arranged near a tank bottom (11) of the fuel tank (10) and including means for pumping excess fuel into said reserve pot (12);a return line (22) for supplying the jet pump (24) with excess fuel from the internal combustion engine (18);a siphon-like mixing region (29) provided between the reserve pot (12) and the tank bottom (11), through which said jet pump supplies said excess fuel to said reserve pot (12), said siphon-like mixing region (29) having an opening (32) in a transitional region (31) leading to said reserve pot (12) and said opening (32) extending parallel to the tank bottom (11); anda closing element (44,61) for closing said opening (32), said closing element (44,61) being axially movable relative to the opening (32) in order to open said opening (32) for passage of said fuel through said opening into said reserve pot (12).