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AssigneesI. Jordan Kunik, Ronald E. Koehm, Dante Fabbri
InventorsI. Jordan Kunik, Ronald E. Koehm, Dante Fabbri
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The system and apparatus herein incorporate means for effectively and significantly reducing the liquid components of the fuel mixture passing through a cylinder located between the carburetor and the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. The invention includes a stationary circular array of radially arrayed overlapping slanted spaced baffles or blades located in the fuel stream. Formed or otherwise mounted on the lower or trailing edge of each blade is a radially extending flange or scoop which catches and projects liquid components from the fuel stream through a corresponding aperture in said cylinder and into a collection chamber surrounding said cylinder. The collection chamber contains a reticular, webbed, or porous material for retention and drainage of the excess liquid components. Additional means are provided to restore a desired quantity of liquid fuel to the fuel stream when the engine requires temporary surge or demand power. The apparatus herein is also useful in other contexts for removing liquid components from moving liquid-gaseous streams.
A carburetor system for an internal combustion engine, including a carburetor and an intake manifold on the engine, comprising a cylinder through which a fuel stream passes longitudinally between said carburetor and said manifold, a collection chamber surrounding said cylinder, a plurality of stationary non flexible spaced, slanted and overlapping blades extending radially from the axial center of said cylinder intermediate said carburetor and said manifold, an upwardly extending flange on the lower radially extending edge of each blade and an aperture in the wall of said cylinder for each of said blades and located opposite the outer end of a corresponding flange, said flange catching liquid components from the fuel stream that flow along the top surface of its corresponding blade and causing said liquid components to flow through its corresponding cylinder aperture into said collection chamber.
The system for removing liquid components from a liquid-gas stream, comprising a cylinder through which said liquid-gas stream moves, a plurality of stationary non flexible radially arrayed tilted spaced blades mounted in the path of said stream, an upwardly extending flange on the lower trailing edge of each of said blades, a plurality of apertures in said cylinder corresponding in number to said flanges, each of said apertures being aligned with and located at the outer end of a corresponding flange, said flanges being operative to catch said liquid components and to propel them centrifugally laterally outside said stream through said apertures,
The system for removing liquid components from a moving liquid-gas stream, comprising a cylinder through which said stream flows, an annular collection chamber surrounding said cylinder, a plurality of stationary non flexible radially arrayed tilted spaced blades mounted in the path of said stream, an upwardly and radially extending flange on the lower trailing edge of each of said blades, a plurality of ports in said cylinder equal in number to said blades and each located opposite the outer end of a corresponding flange, said liquid components intercepted by said blades being propelled centrifugally by said flanges through said ports into said chamber, a packing of reticular material in said collection chamber for retention and drainage of said liquid components, a first drain outlet in said collection chamber, a closed drain tank connected to said first drain outlet, a second drain outlet for said collection chamber located at a level lower than the first mentioned outlet, said second outlet communicating with said stream below said blades and an adjustable valve for controlling the quantity of liquid that drains from said second outlet into said stream.
The system according to calim 13 wherein said valve comprises an elongated pin, a valve head on said pin, and a threaded nut, said pin being threadably rotatable within said nut for adjustably determining the location of said valve head relative to said second outlet.
Apparatus for at least partially removing liquid components from a fuel stream, comprising an internal combustion engine, a carburetor on said engine, an intake manifold on said engine, a cylinder mounted between said carburetor and said intake manifold for conducting said fuel stream therebetween, a plurality of stationary non flexible tilted baffle blades arrayed radially in said cylinder, an upwardly extending flange on the lower trailing edge of each of said blades, the outer edges of each of said blades abutting the interior wall of said cylinder, a collection chamber surrounding said cylinder, a plurality of transit ports in said cylinder communicating with said collection chamber, said ports each being located opposite the outer end of a corresponding flange for the centrifugal projection of said liquid components through said ports into said collection chamber.
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