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US 2003/0089347 A1Published application
Vapor fueled engine
OwnerRaymond B. Bushnell, Danny R. Lewisinventors
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Abstract
A vapor fuel producing system for optimizing fuel efficiency including a vapor producing chamber, a controlled level of liquid fuel maintained in the chamber, agitation of the fuel to convert the liquid fuel to vapor, a temperature control for the fuel and thereby the fuel vapor, and a controlled input of ambient air to the fuel vapor to achieve a desired air to fuel mix throughout fuel demand of the engine, and conveyance of the mixture to the engine intake manifold.
Claims2
A method of producing fuel for a combustion engine that comprises:
- providing a chamber defining a bottom, top and side;
- inputting liquid fuel into the bottom of the chamber and controlling the input of the liquid fuel to maintain a specified liquid fuel depth in the chamber;
- heating and cooling the liquid fuel as required to maintain the liquid fuel at a desired temperature and which results in the desired production of fuel vapor;
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- drawing off the vapor and mixing the vapor with a controlled volume of air to maintain a desired fuel to air mixture that is provided to an engine for combustion.
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A system for producing fuel for a combustion engine comprising:
- a chamber having a top, bottom and sides;
- a fuel line connected into the chamber for inputting liquid fuel to the chamber;
- a depth control module controlling the liquid fuel input to maintain the depth of the liquid fuel within the chamber;
- a heating and cooling coil immersed in the liquid fuel to maintain the liquid fuel at a desired temperature at which temperature the fuel emits vapors that fill an upper portion of the chamber;
- a conveyance pipe that protrudes from the chamber interior to the chamber exterior through an outlet, and said outlet adapted for connection to an intake manifold of an engine;
- and a mixing valve providing controlled transmission of air from the exterior of the chamber and into the interior of the pipe to be transmitted through the pipe, and providing controlled vapor input from the chamber into the pipe and the combination of air and vapor fuel providing a desired vapor fuel mixture to be conveyed to the intake manifold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.