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US 5,851,268 AGranted
Canister
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshihiko Hyodo, Takaaki Itoh
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Abstract
According to the present invention, there is provided a canister comprising: a casing having an interior therein and a separator for separating the interior into first and second interior sections, the first interior section containing an absorbent and having a fuel vapor inlet and a fuel vapor outlet, the second interior section containing an absorbent and having an opening which is open to the outside air, the separator having fuel vapor channels therein and being formed by compressing a flexible filtering material to elongate the channels.
Claims6
A canister comprising:
- a casing having an interior therein;
- a separator for separating said interior into first and second interior sections, said first interior section containing an absorbent and having a fuel vapor inlet and a fuel vapor outlet, said second interior section containing an absorbent and having an opening to outside air, said separator being formed of a flexible filtering material having a plurality of fuel vapor channels extending therethrough, wherein the flexible filtering material is compressed to elongate said fuel vapor channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.