Daimler Chrysler Ag

Andreas Richter

Werner Hennrich

A device for drawing off gaseous and liquid media from an inflowing medium, in particular in a tank ventilation system, has the following features: a housing, a feed connection for introducing the inflowing medium into the housing, an outlet connection for drawing off the liquid medium at the lower side of the housing, an outlet connection for drawing off the gaseous medium at the upper side of the housing, a float chamber which is arranged between the outlet connections, a floating body which is arranged in the float chamber in a manner which allows it to be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the float chamber, a closing device for closing the float chamber with respect to the outlet connection for the liquid medium, a closing device for closing the float chamber with respect to the outlet connection for the gaseous medium, and a deflecting device for deflecting a longitudinal movement of the floating body within the float chamber into an opposite direction and for transmitting the said longitudinal movement to a tappet-shaped element for the purpose of opening the closing device of the float chamber with respect to the outlet connection for liquid media.

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Remseck, Germany

Andreas Richter