Title: Motor vehicle fuel tank

Abstract: This invention relates to a fuel tank for a motor vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine, in which means are provided for preventing depriming of the pump which conveys the fuel to the engine feed circuit. According to the invention, the mouth of a fuel withdrawal conduit is situated in a small chamber contained in the tank, bounded laterally by a baffle and communicating with the remaining part of the tank through at least one gap in the baffle. This gap extends in the form of a channel formed by parallel walls disposed side-by-side over a length substantially equal to the chamber dimension in the direction parallel to the side-by-side walls.

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Inventors: Pasini, Luciano (Milan, IT)

Application Number: 923381
Filing Date: 1978-07-10
Publication_date: 1979-12-18
Assignee: Alfa Romeo S.p.A. (Milan, IT)
Primary Class(es): 220/563 137/574
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US Patent Ref:

1701490	Feb, 1929	Carter	220/22.
2094437	Sep, 1937	Walker	220/22.
3020950	Feb, 1962	Schraivogel	137/574.
3049171	Aug, 1962	Neuerburg et al.	137/574.
4077884	Mar, 1978	Naumann	220/22.

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Primary Examiner: Pollard, Steven M.
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Attorney: Holman & Stern