| 摘要 |
A sump for use with a transmission or lubricating system of an internal combustion engine includes a sump pan which has a partition wall supported therein, the partition wall having an opening therethrough in which is positioned a filte r element. The partition wall divides the pan into an upper chamber and a lower chamber wit h a suction tube that passes through the partition wall and projects, into the lower chamber. Dirty oil pools in the upper chamber and then passes through the filter element into t he lower chamber by gravity and by suction created by a recirculation pump attached t o the suction tube. In order to keep the partition from flexing so that the filter element restricts flow of oil in the lower chamber to the suction tube, a plurality of spacers are mounted between a frame of the filter element and the floor of the lower chamber. Th e spacers maintain a gap, which gap provides a channel allowing filtered oil to flow without undue restriction or blockage to the suction tube.
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