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Title Fuel system
Creator/Author Wolf, G.
Publication Date1988 Jun 07
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 6843943
Report Number(s)US 4748960
Resource TypePatent
Resource RelationPat. File: Filed date 14 Apr 1986
Subject330100 -- Internal Combustion Engines; FUEL SYSTEMS-- HEAT EXCHANGERS;HEAT EXCHANGERS; AUTOMOTIVE FUELS;CONTAINERS;DUCTS;FLUID FLOW;HEATERS;HEATING;INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
Related SubjectENGINES;FUELS;HEAT ENGINES
Description/Abstract This patent describes a heating apparatus for a fuel system having a container which stores the fuel, comprising: a fuel pickup conduit having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being insertable into the container; and heat exchanger means for heating both the fuel in the container and the fuel in the pickup conduit.^ The heat exchanger means includes a heat conductive portion insertable into the container in contact with the fuel in the container, inlet means for admitting a heatable fluid into the heat conductive portion, outlet means for discharging the heatable fluid from the heat conductive portion.^ The heat conductive portion of the heat exchanger means surround a first portion of the fuel pickup conduit between the inlet and the outlet.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: v
AvailabilityPatent and Trademark Office, Box 9, Washington, DC 20232.
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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