High-efficiency fuel-water filter

A marine fuel-water filtering system used to eliminate contamination from gasoline, comprising:

• a body having a generally cylindrical structure, the body including a side portion, a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion contains a screw-on structure and has a central fuel input port and one or more fuel output ports, and wherein the side portion and bottom portion of the body are of unitary construction;
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• a cylindrical filter unit contained within the body, wherein the filter unit includes a top cover, a bottom cover and a ten-micron or less filter media disposed between the top and bottom covers, the filter media being pleated to form a radial zig-zag pattern having peaks and nadirs;
• wherein the cylindrical filter unit occupies a filter-zone located over a water reservoir-zone, the water reservoir-zone used to collect water contamination, wherein the water reservoir-zone occupies less that a linear inch along the central axis of the filter body

A marine fuel-water filtering system used to eliminate contamination from gasoline, comprising:

• a body having a generally cylindrical structure, the body including a side portion, a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion contains a screw-on structure and has a central fuel input port and one or more fuel output ports, and wherein the side portion and bottom portion of the body are of unitary construction;
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• a cylindrical filter unit contained within the body, wherein the filter unit includes a top cover, a bottom cover and a ten-micron or less filter media disposed between the top and bottom covers, the filter media being pleated to form a radial zig-zag pattern having peaks and nadirs;
• wherein the cylindrical filter unit occupies a filter-zone located over a water reservoir-zone, the water reservoir-zone used to collect water;
• and wherein the ratio of filter-zone to water reservoir-zone is at least 4:1 as measured linearly along the central axis of the filter body

A marine fuel-water filtering system used to eliminate contamination from gasoline, comprising:

• a body having a generally cylindrical structure, the body including a side portion, a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein the top portion contains a screw-on structure and has a central fuel input port and one or more fuel output ports, and wherein the side portion and bottom portion of the body are of unitary construction;
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• a filter unit contained within the body, wherein the filter unit includes a top cover, a bottom cover and a ten-micron or less filter media disposed between the top and bottom covers, the filter media being pleated to form a radial zig-zag pattern having peaks and nadirs and being formed into a generally cylindrical shape having an outer radius and an inner radius;
• wherein the inner radius of the pleated filter media is large enough to prevent substantially all of the nadirs from touching or forming constriction zones.