Patent ID: 6892710

Claim:
An apparatus for separating entrained air and/or vapor from a liquid fuel comprising: a base having an inlet port for receiving said fuel, an outlet port and a return port; a filter element having an interior chamber in fluidic communication with said outlet port and said return port; a draw tube in fluidic communication with said outlet port and extending to a lower area within said interior chamber of said filter element; and a canister secured to said base and surrounding said filter element in fluidic communication with said inlet port; wherein fuel with entrained air and/or vapor enters said inlet port of said base and said air and/or vapor separates from said fuel and accumulates at the top of said canister, said air and/or vapor passes through an upper portion of said filter element and exits through said return port in said base, said fuel passes through said filter element and exits through said draw tube to said outlet port.