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Positive pressure canister purge system integrity confirmation

  • US 5,297,529 A
  • Filed: 01/27/1993
  • Issued: 03/29/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A canister purge system comprising a collection canister for collecting volatile fuel vapors from a fuel tank, and means for selectively purging collected fuel vapors from said canister to an internal combustion engine'"'"'s intake manifold for entrainment with a combustible mixture that passes from the intake manifold into combustion chamber space of the engine for combustion therein, said means including a purge flow path between said canister and intake manifold, said canister having tank port means for communicating said canister with said fuel tank and other port means for communicating said canister with other than said fuel tank, characterized by an associated diagnostic system for detecting leakage from a portion of the canister purge system, which portion includes said canister and tank, said diagnostic system comprising means for positively pressurizing said portion to a predetermined positive pressure, detecting means for detecting loss of said predetermined positive pressure indicative of leakage from said portion, and signaling means for giving a signal indicative of such loss, and further characterized in that said means for positively pressurizing said portion of said canister purge system comprises means for positively pressurizing said portion through said other port means by pumping atmospheric air into said portion through a vapor collection medium within said canister so that pressurizing air entering said portion is entrained with some of the fuel vapors previously collected in said canister.

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