Patent ID: 6177658
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B01D,F02M,H05B,Y02T

Abstract:
An apparatus for externally heating fuel in a fuel filter in an automotive vehicle having a cigarette lighter comprising:internal wiring connected to a cable;a blanket having a first securement area, a second securement area, an outside surface and an inside surface, said internal wiring being fixedly engaged between said outside surface and said inside surface;a plurality of straps fixedly engaged to said blanket;the cable connected to said internal wiring and to an adapter having a dial for adjusting a flow of current in said cable and said internal wiring; andwherein, when said blanket is wrapped around said fuel filter and said adapter is inserted into the cigarette lighter, heat is transmitted from said internal wiring through the blanket to the fuel filter so that paraffin residue which has solidified in said fuel in said fuel filter will de-solidify.