(19)
(11) EP 1 106 814 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/24

(21) Application number: 00310424.7

(22) Date of filing: 23.11.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7F02M 25/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 30.11.1999 JP 34061899

(71) Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LIMITED
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 221-0023 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Maeda, Naoki
    Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Godwin, Edgar James 
MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LS
London WC2A 3LS (GB)

   


(54) Evaporated fuel treating apparatus and method


(57) A canister (1) contains adsorbent temporarily adsorbing a fuel component in an evaporated fuel which is generated within a fuel tank for an internal combustion engine. A drain passage (6) causes the canister (1) to communicate with atmospheric air. A separator (8) arranged in an atmospheric-air-side end portion of the drain passage (8) separates and removes water from air introduced into the separator. The separator (8) communicates with the drain passage (6) above a port (16) opened to the atmospheric air and a bottom drain hole (17).







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