Device for cleaning fuel and use thereof
OwnerManfred Runge, Christian Siry +1inventors
InventorsManfred Runge, Christian Siry, Andreas Schmidt
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Abstract
A device for cleaning fuel located in a tank of an aircraft, having a prescribed flow direction for the fuel and units fluidically connected to one another for transfer of fuel. The device includes in the flow direction an extractor configured to extract fuel from the tank of the aircraft, a filter configured to filter the extracted fuel, and a recirculator. The recirculator is configured to return the filtered fuel to the tank of the aircraft. The recirculator includes a hose configured to provide selective fluid connection of the device to the tank of the aircraft. A pump is provided for moving the fuel, at least through the hose of the recirculator.
Claims17
A device for cleaning fuel located in a tank of an aircraft, having a prescribed flow direction for the fuel and units fluidically connected to one another for transfer of fuel, the device comprising in the flow direction:
- an extractor configured to extract fuel from the tank of the aircraft;
- a filter configured to filter the extracted fuel;
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- a recirculator configured to return the filtered fuel to the tank of the aircraft, the recirculator comprising a hose configured to provide selective fluid connection of the device to the tank of the aircraft,
- wherein a pump is provided for moving the fuel, at least through the hose of the recirculator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.