Fuel filter

Claim 1

A FUEL FILTER COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT CYLINDRICAL FILTER CHAMBER CLOSED AT ONE END AND OPEN AT THE OTHER END INCLUDING AN ANNULAR INTERIOR ABUTMENT SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY THEREOF, A RIGID ANNULAR FIRST FILTER POSITIONED WITHIN THE CYLINDRICAL FILTER CHAMBER THE RADIALLY OUTER PERIPHERY OF WHICH IS SUPPORTED IN THE FILTER CHAMBER ON THE ANNULAR INTERIOR ABUTMENT, A RIGID ANNULAR SECOND FILTER POSITIONED WITHIN SAID FILTER CHAMBER WITH THE RADIALLY OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RADIALLY OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE FIRST FILTER AND WITH THE RADIALLY INNER PERIPHERY THEREOF IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RADIALLY INNER PERIPHERY OF THE FIRST FILTER, SAID FIRST AND SECOND FILTERS HAVING PORTIONS IN SPACED RELATION BETWEEN THE RADIALLY INNER AND OUTER PERIPHERIES THEREOF, A CAP MEMBER FOR CLOSING SAID OTHER END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL FILTER CHAMBER INCLUDING A CIRCULAR FLANGE DEPENDING THERFROM ADAPTED TO COMPLETELY SURROUND SAID OTHER END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL FILTER CHAMBER, SAID CAP INCLUDING FUEL INLET AND OUTLET PASSAGES THEREIN AND A TUBULAR EXTENSION OF ONE OF SAID PASSAGES EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY OF THE CYLINDRICAL FILTER CHAMBER WHICH TUBULAR EXTENSION HAS AN ANNULAR EXTERIOR ABUTMENT THEREON ENGAGEABLE WITH THE INNER PERIPHERY OF THE SECOND FILTER WHEREBY FUEL FROM SAID ONE PASSAGE IS DIRECTED INTO A FIRST CHAMBER FORMED BETWEEN THE CYLINDRICAL FILTER CHAMBER AND FIRST FILTER, THE OTHER PASSAGE TERMINATING WITHIN A SECOND CHAMBER FORMED BETWEEN THE CAP MEMBER, FILTER CHAMBER AND SECOND FILTER MEMBER, AND MEANS FOR SECURING THE CAP MEMBER, CYLINDRICAL FILTER CHAMBER AND FILTERS IN RIGID ASSEMBLY.