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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1987
Ranald L Griffin, Huntsville, AL (US);
Alfred H Glover, Decatur, AL (US);
William D McKee, Huntsville, AL (US);
Chrysler Motors Corporation, Highland Park, MI (US);
Abstract
In a vehicle fuel tank, a fuel handling apparatus including a fuel pump supported by a fuel delivery conduit, a fuel return conduit and an elongated fuel collector. The collector is pivoted with respect to the pump and the fuel return conduit between a compact installation position to an expanded installed position. In addition to the return flow of fuel into the collector, additional fuel is drawn into the collector by an aspirating action produced by a rapidly flowing stream of return fuel from the end of the fuel return conduit which has a hood thereabout configured to produce the aspirator effect.