Filter and dehydrator

Claim 1

IN A FUEL AND WATER SEPARATOR COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL DISPOSED TANK, A VERTICAL PARTITION HAVING AN OPENING AND MOUNTED WITHIN THE TANK ADJACENT ONE END TO SEPARATE THE TANK INTO FIRST AND SECOND CHAMBERS, MEANS FOR POSITIONING WITHIN THE TANK A FILTER-SEPARATOR UNIT INCLUDING A COALESCER ELEMENT MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTITION WITH ITS INTERIOR CONNECTED FOR FUEL FLOW WITH THE OPENING IN SAID VERTICAL PARTITION, SAID POSITIONING MEANS INCLUDING A CYLINDER HAVING AN UPPER SCREEN PORTION PREVIOUS TO OIL AND NONPREVIOUS TO WATER SURROUNDING AND SPACED FROM THE COALESCER ELEMENT, SAID CYLINDER HAVING A LOWER NONPREVIOUS SOLID PORTIN WITH AN OPENING AT ONE END FOR FORMING A TROUGH TO CONVEY THE SEPARATED WATER TO A PREDETERMINED AREA IN THE SECOND CHAMBER, AN INLET MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE FIRST CHAMBER, A FUEL OUTLET MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPPER PORTION OF THE SECOND CHAMBER, AND A WATER DRAIN CONNECTED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SECOND CHAMBER.