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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1992
Henry C Billingsley, Kenosha, WI (US);
David J Hartke, Gurnee, IL (US);
Glenn R Belec, Gurnee, IL (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a fuel feed system for an internal combustion engine, the system including a fuel pump, a vapor separator including a fuel chamber having an inlet and an outlet and being adapted to contain a supply of fuel, the vapor separator including a float valve and a passage for venting fuel vapor from the chamber when the supply of fuel is below a predetermined level, and a vapor pump communicating with the passage and a source of cyclically varying pressure for pumping fuel vapor from the vapor separator and to a location remote from said source of alternating pressure, the fuel vapor pump operating independently of the fuel pump.