Fuel treatment device using heat and magnetic field
OwnerWayne Rolandinventor
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Abstract
A fuel enhancer device provides a substantially higher miles per gallon gas saving of at least ten (10) miles per gallon for motor vehicles powered by fuel-injected, internal combustion engines. The device pre-heats the fuel, and subjects the fuel to a magnetic field, prior to the fuel's entry into the engine fuel injectors. The device is simple to install within a fuel line system next to an engine's bank of fuel injectors.
Claims26
A method for increasing the combustion efficiency of fuel in a fuel-injected, internal combustion engine, said engine having a fuel intake line that conducts fuel from a fuel source to one or more fuel injectors of said engine, comprising the steps of:
- preheating the fuel at a first location intermediate said fuel source and said fuel injectors to a temperature within an optimal temperature range as experimentally determined for maximum efficiency of combustion of said fuel when said fuel is combusted according to said method, thereby producing preheated fuel;
- at a second location intermediate said fuel source and said fuel injectors, conducting said preheated fuel through a bidirectional, dual helical pathway disposed within a housing comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal, wherein said pathway includes
- a first tube segment comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal that extends helically about a helical axis from a top end to a bottom end thereof in a first rotational sense, said top end receiving fuel into said pathway;
- and
- a second tube segment comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal that extends helically about said helical axis from a bottom end to a top end thereof in said first rotational sense, said bottom end of the second tube segment being continuous and in communication with the bottom end of the first tube segment, and said top end of said second tube segment being adjacent or near to the top end of the first tube segment;
- at said second location, at the same time that the preheated fuel is being conducted through said dual helical pathway, subjecting said preheated fuel to a magnetic field, wherein
- said magnetic field is created by first and second magnets spaced apart along said helical axis on opposite ends of said pathway and abutting opposite, interior surfaces of said housing;
- said dual helical pathway is coaxially disposed between said magnets,
- said first and second magnets have either their north poles or their south poles facing each other;
- and
- conducting the preheated, magnetic field treated fuel from the top end of the second tube segment to said one or more fuel injectors.
A device for treatment of fuel as it is supplied through a fuel intake line to a fuel-injected, internal combustion engine to increase the efficiency of combustion of the fuel, said engine having a fuel source and a fuel intake line that conducts fuel from the fuel source through a fuel pump to one or more engine fuel injectors, comprising:
- a housing comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal,
- wherein said housing encloses and defines a hollow chamber and has a fuel inlet opening and a fuel outlet opening;
- means attached to the housing at the fuel inlet opening for receiving fuel from the fuel intake line into said fuel inlet opening;
- means attached to the housing at the fuel outlet opening and adapted for conducting fuel from the fuel outlet opening toward the one or more fuel injectors;
- means attached to the housing for heating the fuel within an experimentally-determinable, optimal temperature range for maximum efficiency of combustion of said fuel, thereby producing heated fuel;
- a bidirectional, dual helical pathway disposed within the chamber, said pathway including
- a first tube segment comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal that extends helically about a helical axis in a first direction from a top end to a bottom end thereof in a first rotational sense, said top end being adapted to receive fuel through said fuel inlet opening into said pathway;
- and
- a second tube segment comprising a magnetically-susceptible metal that extends helically about said helical axis in a second, opposite direction from a bottom end to a top end thereof and in the said first rotational sense, said bottom end of the second tube segment being continuous and in communication with the bottom end of the first tube segment, and said top end of said second tube segment being adjacent or near to the top end of the first tube segment;
- first and second magnets disposed along said helical axis within said chamber at opposite ends of said pathway and abutting opposite interior surfaces of said housing for subjecting fuel within said dual helical pathway to a magnetic field,
- wherein said magnets have their north poles or their south poles facing each other.
A device for treatment of fuel as it is supplied through a fuel intake line to a fuel-injected, internal combustion engine to increase the efficiency of combustion of the fuel, said engine having a fuel tank and a fuel intake line that conducts fuel from a fuel tank to one or more engine fuel injectors and a cooling system that circulates a liquid coolant through the engine block during engine operation, comprising:
- a housing,
- wherein said housing comprises a magnetically-susceptible metal and encloses and defines a hollow chamber, and said housing has a fuel inlet opening, a fuel outlet opening, and a coolant inlet opening and a coolant outlet opening that are in communication with the chamber,
- a first, right-angled, hot water elbow attached to an exterior surface of the housing at the coolant inlet opening for conducting coolant into the chamber;
- a second, right-angled, hot water elbow attached to an exterior surface of the housing at the coolant outlet opening for conducting coolant out of the chamber;
- means attached to the housing at the fuel inlet opening for receiving fuel from the fuel intake line into said fuel inlet opening;
- means attached to the housing at the fuel outlet opening for conducting fuel from the fuel outlet opening toward the one or more fuel injectors;
- a bidirectional, dual helical pathway comprised of a magnetically-susceptible metal and disposed within the chamber, said pathway including
- a first tube segment that extends helically about a helical axis from a top end to a bottom end thereof, said top end being adapted to receive fuel through said fuel inlet opening into said pathway;
- and
- a second tube segment that extends helically about said helical axis from a bottom end to a top end thereof, said bottom end of the second tube segment being continuous and in communication with the bottom end of the first tube segment, and said top end of said second tube segment being adjacent or near to the top end of the first tube segment;
- and
- first and second permanent magnets disposed along said helical axis within said chamber at opposite ends of said pathway for subjecting fuel within said dual helical pathway to a magnetic field,
- wherein said magnets have their north poles or their south poles facing each other, and the magnets abut interior surfaces of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.