Carburetor with maintenance port
AssigneeTti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
InventorEric Nolin
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Abstract
A carburetor, a method of assembling a carburetor, and a method of operating an engine. The carburetor may generally include a housing defining a pump portion and a metering portion; and a maintenance port in communication with the pump portion and the metering portion to allow direct introduction of an additive through the maintenance port and into the pump portion and the metering portion.
Claims27
A carburetor comprising:
- a housing defining a pump portion and a metering portion;
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- a maintenance port in communication with at least one of the pump portion and the metering portion to allow direct introduction through the maintenance port and into the at least one of the pump portion and the metering portion.
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A carburetor comprising:
- a housing defining a pump portion, a first channel in communication with the pump portion, a metering portion, and a second channel in communication with the metering portion;
- and
- a maintenance port in communication with the pump portion through the first channel to allow direct introduction through the maintenance port and into the pump portion and in communication with the metering portion through the second channel to allow direct introduction through the maintenance port and into the metering portion.
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A method of operating an engine, the engine including a carburetor, the carburetor including a housing defining a pump portion and a metering portion, and a maintenance port in communication with at least one of the pump portion and the metering portion, the method comprising:
- directly introducing an additive through the maintenance port and into the at least one of the pump portion and the metering portion;
- and
- starting the engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.