Fuel feeding system for aircraft
OwnerHoward G. Worthyinventor
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Fuel in aircrafts is commonly stored in a pair of tanks, identified as right and left tanks, and a fuel selector valve is provided by the present invention to selectively feed fuel to the aircraft engine from either tank, and alternatively from both tanks simultaneously. When the fuel selector valve is in a fuel feed position, a white light is illuminated, as fuel flows to the engine, a green light is also illuminated. A timer is in electrical circuit with the tanks and is activated and manually set to a predetermined time setting to sound an alarm just prior to depletion of fuel in the tank in use to warn the operator to switch to the other tank. If for any reason, a tank runs dry while in use or fuel stops flowing or decreases in volume the green light will go out and a red light will be energized along with an audible warning, such as the sound of a buzzer, to enable the operator to switch to a reserve tank commonly provided with approximately ten minutes of fuel for the engine.
A fuel feeding system for aircraft having first and second fuel tanks, and including a fuel selector valve movable between first and second fuel feed positions to an existing aircraft engine, a first fuel line portion communicating between the first tank and said valve in said first position, a second fuel line portion communicating between the second tank and said valve in said second position, a third fuel line portion communicating from said valve in said first position to the engine and a fourth fuel line portion communicating from said valve in said second position to the engine, first and second indicator light means of a first distinctive color, first and second electric circuits from a power source such as a battery and connecting respectively to said first color indicator lights, means associated with said selector valve to selectively energize said first color indicator lights through said first and second circuits to visually indicate the valve position relative to said first and second tanks;
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