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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Richard P. Kolb, Prairieview, IL (US);
Harvey Ruth, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Bombardier Motor Corporation of America, Grant, FL (US);
Abstract
A vent control system having a closed biased vent valve is used to separate vapor and/or air from a liquid in an enclosed chamber. The closed biased vent valve has a float having an upwardly extending float arm which cooperates with a lever arm of the closed biased vent valve to prevent unintended release of vapor or liquid from the enclosed chamber. The upwardly extending float arm and the lever arm are coupled to one another when the float is located beneath a designated level in the enclosed chamber and are decoupled from one another when the float rises above the designated level. The vent control system is much less susceptible to vibration induced vent opening than a traditional vent valve. The vent control system is well suited for use in a fuel vapor separator that includes a housing having the enclosed chamber formed within it.