Patent ID: 7069913

Claim:
A fuel delivery system for supplying liquid fuel to at least one combustion engine, the fuel delivery system comprising: at least one fuel tank; a first fuel chamber defined by the at least one fuel tank; a second fuel chamber defined by the at least one fuel tank; a first fuel pump having an inlet communicating with the first fuel chamber and a pressurized outlet communicating with the at least one combustion engine; a fuel transfer conduit having a first end disposed in the first fuel chamber and a second end disposed in the second fuel chamber, wherein the second end is not disposed at the highest elevation of the transfer conduit; a first transfer jet disposed in the first fuel chamber, the first transfer jet having a high pressure inlet communicating with the outlet of the first fuel pump, a low pressure inlet communicating continuously with the first end and communicating intermittently with the first fuel chamber and an outlet communicating with the first fuel chamber; and a first control valve disposed in the first fuel chamber, the first control valve having an inlet port communicating with the first fuel chamber, an outlet port and a transfer port, wherein the first control valve is constructed and arranged to isolate the inlet port from the outlet and transfer ports upon low fuel level in the first fuel chamber.