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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1996
Jeffrey E Devall, Liberty, IN (US);
Lowell R Bell, Connersville, IN (US);
Robert S Harris, Connersville, IN (US);
Stant Manufacturing Inc., Connersville, IN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for controlling discharge of fuel vapor from an interior region of a vehicle fuel tank and preventing unsatisfactory liquid fill levels within the interior region of the vehicle fuel tank. The apparatus includes a housing adapted to be mounted in the vehicle fuel tank and formed to include a housing inlet, a vapor-inlet opening, and a passageway therebetween, a float valve disposed in the housing, and a skirt defining a channel around the float valve. Additionally a perforated baffle plate is coupled to the skirt and is formed to include a plurality of openings therethrough.