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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2009
Richard Eberle, Saarbrücken, DE;
Richard Eberle, Saarbrücken, DE;
Hydac Filtertechnik GmbH, Sulzbach/Saar, DE;
Abstract
A fuel filter system, especially for Diesel engines includes filter housing () having a fuel inlet () and a fuel outlet () and a dehydrating filter medium () between the inlet and the outlet for the fuel to pass through. The filter housing () has a collection chamber () for the water trapped by the filter medium from which collection chamber the water can be supplied to a water absorbing and evaporating device () via a controlled dispenser (). The components of the evaporating steam are releasable into the environment through the evaporating steam outlet (). The water absorbing and evaporating device () has a valve arrangement () by which the evaporating water outlet () can be closed depending on an inadmissible amount of non-evaporated water () collected in the evaporating device ().