Fuel bowl for carburetor system and associated methods
AssigneeTajm LLC
InventorJames M. Laws
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Abstract
A fuel bowl for a carburetor system may include a fuel container and a fuel flow assembly that is removeably couplable thereto. The fuel container may include a base, a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base, a rear wall extending upwardly from the base, a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall, and a cavity defined by the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall. The fuel flow assembly may include a base, a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base, a rear wall extending upwardly from the base, and a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall.
Claims20
A fuel bowl for a carburetor system comprising:
- a fuel container comprising:
- a base,
- a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base,
- a rear wall extending upwardly from the base,
- a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall, and
- a cavity defined by the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall,
- wherein the base has a pair of pump housings formed therein, and wherein each of the pair of pump housings includes at least one passageway formed therethrough to provide access to the cavity,
- wherein the rear wall includes a fluid flow assembly passageway formed therethrough, and a plurality of carburetor fastener passageways formed therethrough, and
- a fuel flow assembly removeably coupled to the fuel container, the fuel flow assembly comprising:
- a base,
- a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base,
- a rear wall extending upwardly from the base, and
- a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall,
- wherein a plurality of fuel inlet passageways are formed in at least one of the sidewalls and the rear wall, and
- wherein a plurality of fuel flow assembly fastener passageways are formed in the rear wall.
A fuel bowl for a carburetor system comprising:
- a fuel container comprising:
- a base,
- a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base,
- a rear wall extending upwardly from the base,
- a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall, and
- a cavity defined by the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall,
- wherein the base has a pair of pump housings formed therein, and wherein each of the pair of pump housings includes at least one passageway formed therethrough to provide access to the cavity,
- wherein the rear wall includes a fluid flow assembly passageway formed therethrough, and a plurality of carburetor fastener passageways formed therethrough, and
- a fuel flow assembly removeably coupled to the fuel container, the fuel flow assembly comprising:
- a base,
- a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base,
- a rear wall extending upwardly from the base,
- a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall,
- a first fuel inlet passageway formed in a first one of the pair of sidewalls,
- a second fuel inlet passageway formed in a second one of the pair of sidewalls, and
- a third fuel inlet passageway formed in the rear wall,
- wherein the first, second and third fuel inlet passageways are threaded,
- wherein the threading of each of the first, second and third fuel inlet passageways are oriented differently from one another,
- wherein a plurality of fuel flow assembly fastener passageways are formed in the rear wall, and
- wherein the fuel flow assembly fastener passageways formed in the rear wall of the fuel flow assembly are adapted to be aligned with the fuel flow assembly fastener passageways formed in the rear wall of the fuel container when the fuel flow assembly is connected to the fuel container.
A method of connecting a fuel bowl to a carburetor, the fuel bowl comprising a fuel container and a fuel flow assembly that is removeably couplable to the fuel container, the fuel container comprising a base, a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base, a rear wall extending upwardly from the base, a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall, and a cavity defined by the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall, the fuel flow assembly comprising a base, a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base, a rear wall extending upwardly from the base, a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall, the method comprising:
- connecting the fuel container to the carburetor by passing carburetor fasteners through carburetor fastener passageways formed in the rear wall of the fuel container to engage a portion of the carburetor to which the fuel container is to be connected;
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- connecting the fuel flow assembly to the fuel container by aligning fuel flow assembly fastener passageways formed through the rear wall of the fuel container with fuel flow assembly fastener passageways formed through the rear wall of the fuel flow assembly, and passing a fuel flow assembly fastener through each of the fuel flow assembly fastener passageways formed in the rear wall of the fuel flow assembly through the rear wall of the fuel container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.