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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2019
Mann+hummel Gmbh, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Lars Spelter, Ditzingen, DE;
Jens Neumann, Stuttgart, DE;
Matheus Henrique Mendes Alexandre, Estado de Minas Gerais, BR;
MANN+HUMMEL GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Abstract
A fuel filter has a separating device separating, from a medium flow comprising a first medium and a second medium, the first medium as a separated first medium contaminated with the second medium. The fuel filter has a cleaning device receiving a proportion of the second medium contained in the separated first medium. The cleaning device is arranged upstream of a discharge opening for discharging the first medium from the fuel filter. The cleaning device is provided with an absorbent/adsorbent cleaning material. The cleaning material contains or is made of an organoclay as an active component. The organoclay is a bulk material, wherein at least 50 wt. % of the organoclay has an average particle diameter of greater than 50 Φm and smaller than 1,000 Φm.