(19)
(11) EP 0 309 141 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.12.1989 Bulletin 1989/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.03.1989 Bulletin 1989/13

(21) Application number: 88308471.7

(22) Date of filing: 14.09.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: F02M 37/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 24.09.1987 GB 8722498

(71) Applicant: LUCAS INDUSTRIES public limited company
Birmingham, B19 2XF West Midlands (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Dobson, Justine Elizabeth
    Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 2AJ (GB)
  • Pope, Dennis Graham
    Gillingham Kent ME8 9LQ (GB)

(74) Representative: Thompson, George Michael et al
MARKS & CLERK, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham B1 1TT
Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)


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    (54) Fuel treatment device


    (57) A fuel treatment device for an internal combustion engine includes a mounting 12 which carries a part 10 defining a fuel treatment chamber. The mounting defines inlet and outlet ports 14, 16 for connection into the engine fuel system and also a priming pump 18 which is operated by a powered actuating device 32 conveniently an electrical solenoid.







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