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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth W Turner, Webster, NY (US);
Charles H Covert, Manchester, NY (US);
Patti S DuBois, Hamlin, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55179 ; 553853 ; 55387 ; 123519 ;
Abstract
A canister is divided into small and large bed portions, with the small portion being loaded separately with just diurnal vapors so that it can be purged with a greater efficiency. At fuel fill, both bed portions are loaded simultaneously with a proportion of fuel fill vapors keyed to their own volume ratio, so that an effective capacity equal to the sum of the two is achieved.