Patents by Inventor Martin P. Strefling

Martin P. Strefling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5453197
    Abstract: A fuel separator designed to separate water and contaminants out of fuel being used in internal combustion engines. Contaminated fuel enters the separator body by inlet port located in the upper portion of the separator body. Having a top, a conical bottom and a sidewall, and having an inlet port for fuel to be purified and an outlet port for purified fuel in an upper portion there of a pipe adjacent said sidewall extending downwardly from said inlet port, to a lower portion of said separator body and having a downward outlet at a lower end.A deflector body connected to said lower end of said pipe and extending away from said pipe at a downward angle to a C-shaped lip curving downwardly and back towards said pipe which causes the fuel to flow in a rotating motion and subsequently causes a vacuum to be formed at the conical shaped bottom of the separator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Inventor: Martin P. Strefling