Patent ID: 6286817
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: F02M

Abstract:
A fuel bowl for supplying gasoline to a carburetor of a combustion engine, said fuel bowl comprising:a fuel bowl housing including lateral sides, an inner fuel cavity defined by said lateral sides for receiving and delivering fuel, a fuel input port extending through said housing for supplying fuel to said inner fuel cavity, and a sight glass opening formed through one of said lateral sides;a fuel valve supported by said housing at said fuel input port for controlling the flow of fuel through said fuel input port into said inner fuel cavity,a float pivotally mounted in said inner fuel cavity of said fuel bowl housing for floating on fuel in said inner fuel cavity and actuating said fuel valve in response to the changing level of fuel in said inner fuel cavity and maintaining the fuel in said cavity at a nominal level that intersects said sight glass opening;a sight glass closing said sight glass opening, said sight glass including:an annular open ended side wall having opposed ends, an outer cylindrical surface and an inner cylindrical surface extending between said opposed ends,connector means formed on said outer cylindrical surface of said open ended side wall mounting said sight glass to said side of said fuel bowl housing in said sight glass opening,a collar mounted to one end of said open ended side wall of said sight glass of greater breadth than said sight glass opening for positioning outside said inner fuel cavity and limiting the movement of said sight glass into said sight glass opening, anda clear panel positioned in and supported by said inner cylindrical surface of said side wall between said inner end of said side wall and said collar, so that fuel in said inner fuel cavity is visible through said clear panel when the fuel in said inner fuel chamber is at its nominal level and intersects said sight glass opening.