Pre-Combustion Chamber Apparatus and Method for Pre-Combustion
OwnerTracy Northingtoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention uses an improved engineered metal seal with or without an internal energized spring that is disposed in a pre-combustion chamber apparatus assembly to improve sealing over the flat washer seals that are currently used. The seals of the present invention comprise at least three different geometrical configurations of seals that are manufactured from titanium, Inconel, and/or hastelloy. The design of the tip and body of the pre-combustion chamber provide for movement of the seal without leaking. The sealing is provided on the axial surfaces of the tip and the body instead of the face of the tip and body by a flat washer seal, as is currently done.
Claims13
A pre-combustion chamber assembly comprising:
- A body, defining a first body opening therein that extends for a first body distance from an end of the body and has a first body diameter at the first distance from the end of the body;
- A tip, having a first tip diameter for a first tip distance from a distal end of the tip distal from a combustion chamber portion of the tip, and having a second tip diameter beginning the first tip distance from the distal end of the tip and extending to a second tip distance from the distal end of the tip, wherein the second tip diameter is less than the first body diameter and the first tip diameter is less than the second tip diameter, where the tip is disposed with the body such that a portion of the tip having the second tip diameter is within the first body opening;
- A seal, having an outer seal diameter not less than the first body diameter and an inner seal diameter not greater than the first tip diameter;
- disposed between the tip and the body such that the seal engages the wall of the body opening and the tip in a region where the tip has the first tip diameter.
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