Patent ID: 8356618
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: B01D,F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A small boat fuel tank that supplants a pre-existing portable, small boat fuel tank, comprising: a portable, hollow, modified fuel tank having a generally parallelepiped structure including a top wall and a bottom wall, said modified fuel tank having a fuel-holding capacity substantially equal to a fuel-holding capacity of said pre-existing, portable small boat fuel tank; an independently formed fuel/water separator canister; a canister housing formed in said top wall, said canister housing adapted to receive said independently formed fuel/water separator canister therein; said canister housing including an imperforate floor disposed in substantially parallel relation to said top wall, spaced vertically downward from said top wall and vertically upward of said bottom wall; said canister housing including imperforate side walls mounted about the periphery of said imperforate floor and projecting upwardly therefrom; said imperforate side walls having an uppermost end formed integrally with said top wall to define a periphery of said canister housing; said independently formed fuel/water separator canister being disposed within said canister housing; said imperforate floor and side walls preventing fuel in said modified fuel tank from flowing into said canister housing through said imperforate floor and side walls; said independently formed fuel/water separator canister including an inlet adapted for fluid communication with liquid fuel housed within said modified fuel tank; said independently formed fuel/water separator canister including an outlet adapted for fluid communication with a fuel outlet conduit; said fuel outlet conduit adapted to receive fuel from said outlet; said independently formed fuel/water separator canister retaining water separated from said fuel; and said canister housing displacing an amount of fuel in said modified fuel tank that is substantially equal to an amount of fuel contained within said fuel/water separator canister.