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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sascha Bauer, Auenwald, DE;
Assignee:
Filterwerk Mann & Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/5143 ; F02M 3/722 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/5143 ; F02M 3/722 ;
Abstract
A filter device for separating water and other impurities from liquid fuel including a housing body ( ), inside which a first filter element ( ) is disposed; a collector vessel ( ) which is disposed underneath the filter element ( ); a pump ( ) which is used to remove water present in the collector vessel ( ), and a detector ( ) which is used to determine whether water has accumulated in the collector vessel ( ).