Patent ID: 7513937

Claim:
An oil reconditioning device, comprising: a) a housing defining a substantially enclosed open chamber; b) an engine oil inlet in the housing in fluid communication with the open chamber and configured to direct heated engine oil into said open chamber prior to contacting any interior surface; c) a vapor outlet in the open chamber configured to allow removal of volatile fluids vaporized from said heated engine oil thereby forming a reconditioned oil; d) a reconditioned oil outlet oriented below each of the engine oil inlet and vapor outlet; said oil reconditioning device being free of heating other than intrinsic heat from the heated engine oil as it enters the open chamber; and e) a powered return mechanism operatively connected to the device to force the reconditioned oil out the reconditioned oil outlet, said powered return mechanism being a negative pressure device fluidly coupled to the reconditioned oil outlet, said device comprising i) an oil return line; and ii) a reconditioned oil line fluidly coupled to the reconditioned oil outlet and the oil return line, said reconditioned oil line having an end portion distal to the reconditioned oil outlet, said end portion being concentrically oriented within the oil return line and oriented having an opening thereof directed downstream.