Patent ID: 6158461
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B60K,F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for delivering fuel from a fuel tank into a fuel delivery line and insertable into the fuel tank, the device comprising a reserve cup (11) insertable into the fuel tank to be placed at the bottom thereof in an end position in which said reserve cup is fixed in place in the fuel tank, said reserve cup being filled with fuel when inserted into the fuel tank; a fuel delivery pump (20) mounted in said reserve cup for aspirating the fuel from said reserve cup and pumping the fuel into the fuel delivery line, said reserve cup having at least one drain opening (28;36); and blocking means (30;32) for blocking said drain opening when said reserve cup is in said end position and releasing said drain opening when said reserve cup is lifted from said end position so that said reserve cup is completely drained when the device is disassembled from and taken out from the fuel tank.