Patent ID: 6021745
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
A device for adding lead to fuel to a fuel line fluidly connecting a fuel tank to a combustion engine, said device being fluidly connectable to the fuel line between the fuel tank and the combustion engine, said device comprising;a housing having an interior, an inlet, and an outlet;said inlet of said housing being fluidly connectable to said fuel line such that fluid may pass from a fuel tank into said interior of said housing through said inlet of said housing;said outlet of said housing being fluidly connectable to said fuel line such that fluid may pass from said interior of said housing through said outlet of said housing to a combustion engine;a plurality of beads being provided in said interior of said housing, anda pair of spaced apart screens being located in said interior of said housing, said screens defining a compartment therebetween such that fluid passing through said interior of said housing from said inlet of said housing to said outlet of said housing passes through said compartment, said beads being located in said compartment, said compartment having an area less than half an area of said interior of said housing such that fluid passing through said compartment is mixed in said interior space of said housing not containing said compartment.