Enhanced fuel delivery system
OwnerDarrell Scogginsinventor
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Abstract
An enhanced fuel delivery system having a fuel storage container for storing a quantity of liquid fuel and a vaporization vessel with an enclosed inner cavity having a central core structure with one or more openings and an inner core passage connected to a fuel line of a reciprocating engine, wherein liquid fuel is directed from the fuel storage container to the vaporization vessel and is drawn through the wicking material and converted into a vapor state where the fuel vapor is directed through the one or more openings to the inner core passage and out through the fuel line to be introduced into the combustion chamber of the reciprocating engine.
Claims20
An enhanced fuel delivery system for use with a reciprocating engine, the enhanced fuel delivery system comprising:
- a fuel storage container for storing a quantity of liquid fuel;
- a vaporization vessel having an inner vessel surface and an outer surface and connected to said fuel storage container through a fuel supply channel that operates to transfer liquid fuel stored in said fuel storage container to flow into said vaporization vessel;
- wherein said vaporization vessel includes a central core structure and wicking material positioned between said inner surface of said vaporization vessel and said central core structure such that said wicking material is concentrically spaced around said central core structure, whereby the wicking material operates to draw the liquid fuel entering said vaporization vessel through said wicking material transforming the liquid fuel into vapor;
- wherein said vaporization vessel has an upper vessel component includes a plurality of apertures sized and angled such that they operate to direct air from outside said vaporization vessel into said vaporization vessel and create a laminar air flow within said vaporization vessel;
- wherein said central core structure has an inner core passage and one or more openings that operate such that said vapor is directed through said one or more openings in said central core structure to said inner core passage and out to a fuel line that operates to direct said vapor to a fuel intake of the reciprocating engine.
An enhanced fuel delivery system for use with a reciprocating engine that is effective for improving fuel usage, the enhanced fuel delivery system comprises:
- a fuel storage container for storing a volume of liquid fuel;
- a vaporization vessel connected to said fuel storage container through a fuel supply channel that operates to direct liquid fuel from said fuel storage container to said vaporization vessel;
- wherein said vaporization vessel has an upper vessel component, a bottom vessel end and a vessel body having an inner vessel surface that together define an enclosed inner cavity;
- wherein said enclosed inner cavity has a central core structure with one or more openings and wicking material positioned around said central core structure;
- wherein said wicking material is formed from a material that operates to draw liquid fuel entering said vaporization vessel through said fuel supply channel using capillary action such that said liquid fuel is vaporized transforming said liquid fuel into fuel vapor;
- wherein said upper vessel component of said vaporization vessel includes a plurality of apertures that operate to direct air from outside said vaporization vessel into said enclosed inner cavity and wherein said plurality of apertures are each angled to produce laminar air flow within said enclosed inner cavity;
- wherein said inner vessel surface of said vessel body has continuous rounded configuration that is effective for maintaining laminar air flow within said enclosed inner cavity;
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- wherein said fuel vapor is then directed through said one or more openings in said central core structure to an inner core passage to a fuel line that operates to direct the fuel vapor to a fuel intake of the reciprocating engine.
An article having a reciprocating engine having an exhaust system and with an enhanced fuel deliver system, the enhanced fuel delivery system comprises:
- a fuel storage container for containing and storing a quantity of liquid fuel;
- a vaporization vessel having an inner vessel surface and an inner vessel end and is connected to said storage container through a fuel supply channel that operates to direct said liquid fuel from said fuel storage container to said vaporization vessel;
- wherein said vaporization vessel has an upper vessel component having a plurality of apertures sized and angled such that they operate to direct air from outside said vaporization vessel into said vaporization vessel and along said inner vessel surface to create a laminar air flow within said vaporization vessel and minimize the amount of turbulent air flow within said vaporization vessel;
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- wherein said vaporization vessel has a central core structure and wicking material positioned around said central core structure such that it is between said inner vessel surface and said central core structure, wherein said wicking material operates to draw said liquid fuel entering said vaporization vessel through said wicking material by capillary action to transform said liquid fuel into fuel vapor and whereby said fuel vapor is directed through one or more openings in said central core structure to an inner core passage and out to a fuel line that operates to direct said fuel vapor to a fuel intake of the reciprocating engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.