Patent ID: 7021295

Claim:
A fuel tank ( 1 ) for a motor vehicle, said fuel tank ( 1 ) including a fuel supply pump ( 16 ′) arranged in one area of the tank ( 1 ), a transfer pump ( 6 ) arranged in an other area of the tank ( 1 ) and including a fuel transfer line ( 7 ) extending from the transfer pump ( 6 ) to the one area of the fuel tank including the fuel supply pump ( 16 ′) for transferring fuel thereto, a collecting chamber ( 2 ) arranged in said tank ( 1 ) with a ventilation line ( 12 ) extending from the collecting chamber for ventilating the tank ( 1 ) said collecting chamber collecting liquid fuel from the ventilation line ( 12 . 1 ), and a suction line ( 3 ) extending from the collecting chamber to the transfer line ( 7 ) by way of a suction pump ( 4 ) operated by the fuel pumped by the transfer pump ( 6 ) through the transfer line ( 7 ).