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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1996
Peter Francis Bradford, Sheppey, GB;
Lucas Industries PLC, , GB;
Abstract
The fluid treatment apparatus may comprise a sedimenter or agglomerator for insertion in a fuel line between a fuel tank and a fuel injection pump in order to remove dirt particles and water from diesel fuel passing along the fuel line. A water reservoir (4) is positioned at the bottom of the apparatus in order to collect the water removed from the fuel. In order to avoid applying a compressive clamping force to the side wall (17) of the water reservoir (4), the arrangement is such as to clamp only the top part of the side wall (17) �as shown in FIG. 1! or else to apply no clamping force at all to the water reservoir (4) �see FIG. 16!. This enables the water reservoir (4) to be made of cheap plastics material.