Patent ID: 8301020
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: B60S,F01N,Y02A,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tank withdrawal system for a vehicle tank adapted to store a liquid, the tank withdrawal system comprising a heating system and a conduit system, the heating system comprising at least one electric heating element and a secondary heating device, the conduit system comprising at least one withdrawal conduit with a withdrawal opening, the withdrawal opening configured to be positioned in the vehicle tank, the at least one electric heating element adapted to melt a cold start volume of the liquid extending around the withdrawal opening, the conduit system further comprising at least one heating conduit which is adapted to be passed through by a heating fluid and which is configured to be positioned in the liquid in the vehicle tank, and that the heating conduit is connected to the withdrawal conduit in a liquid conveying manner such that molten liquid serving as heating fluid is fed to the heating conduit through the withdrawal conduit, and a withdrawal unit with a housing configured to be inserted into the vehicle tank through a mounting port in one piece and to be immersed at least partially into the liquid contained in the vehicle tank, wherein the withdrawal unit comprises a section of the withdrawal conduit comprising a withdrawal opening and electric heating elements.