Patent ID: 7182855

Claim:
A fuel filter usable to filter fuel, comprising: a housing including a first filter chamber and a second filter chamber, said first filter chamber and said second filter chamber extending longitudinally within said housing and separated by a chamber wall disposed between the first filter chamber and the second filter chamber; a filter element having a filter media surrounding said first filter chamber and said second filter chamber and having a central axis; an inlet and an outlet attached to said housing; a valve assembly disposed between said first filter chamber and said second filter chamber, said valve assembly further comprising; a valve casing attached to said chamber wall; a valve head slidably disposed within said valve casing and axially movable between a first valve head position and a second valve head position; a flag indicator slidably disposed within said valve casing that is axially movable between a first flag indicator position and a second flag indicator position and attached to a central portion of said valve head to move axially therewith; a port located in said valve casing that allows a fuel to flow from said first filter chamber to said second filter chamber, when said valve head moves from said first valve head position to said second valve head position; a transparent portion located on said valve casing that allows said flag indicator to be visible when said flag indicator is moved from said first flag indicator position to said second flag indicator position.