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AssigneesRonald E. Koehm, Dante Fabbri, I. Jordan Kunik
InventorsRonald E. Koehm, Dante Fabbri
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The system and apparatus herein incorporate means for effectively removing significant quantities of liquid components from the fuel mixture while the latter passes from the carburetor to the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, and for recovering said liquid components and recycling them through the fuel supply system in order to effect appreciable savings in fuel consumption during operation of the engine. The invention includes means for centrifuging liquid components from the fuel stream into an adjacent collection chamber whence said liquids move continuously into a drain tank which maintains a closed system with the collection chamber. The capture of liquids in the collection chamber may be improved by incorporating a reticular packing therein. 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.
A fuel reclaiming system for an internal combustion engine including a carburetor a fuel supply system connected to the upstream intake of the carburetor, an intake manifold on the engine, and a tubular structure forming a fuel passage between said carburetor and said manifold for conducting the fuel stream therebetween, comprising an enclosure forming a collection chamber located externally of said tubular structure and communicating with said passage, a propeller mounted in said passage in the path of and spun by the movement of said fuel stream, a flange on the trailing edge of the blades of said spinning propeller for catching at least a portion of the liquid components of said fuel stream and centrifugally projecting said liquid components into said collection chamber, a drain tank, a connection between said collection chamber and said drain tank for continuously draining said liquid components from said collection chamber into said drain tank, said drain tank forming a continuously closed system with said collection chamber for counteracting reverse flow of said liquid components from said collection chamber back into said fuel stream, the output of said drain tank being connected only to said fuel supply system.
A fuel reclaiming system for an internal combustion engine including a carburetor a fuel supply system connected to the upstream intake of the carburetor, an intake manifold on the engine, and a tubular structure forming a fuel passage between said carburetor and said manifold for conducting the fuel stream therebetween, comprising an annular enclosure forming a collection chamber externally surrounding said tubular structure and communicating with said fuel passage, a propeller mounted in said passage in the path of said fuel stream, a flange on the training edge of each of the blades on said propeller, said flanges being shaped to capture at least a portion of the liquid components of said fuel stream and to project said captured liquid components centrifugally into said collection chamber when said propeller is rotated by the motion of said fuel stream, a drain tank connected to said collection chamber from which said liquid components drain continuously into said drain tank, at least some of said liquid components always being retained in said drain tank to form a continuously closed system with said collection chamber and to counteract tendency of reverse flow of liquid components from said collection chamber into said fuel stream the output of said drain tank being connected only to said fuel supply system.
A fuel reclaiming system for an internal combustion engine including a carburetor a fuel supply system connected to the upstream intake of the carburetor, an intake manifold on said engine, and a tubular structure forming a fuel passage between said carburetor and said manifold for conducting the fuel stream therebetween, comprising first means located externally of said tubular structure and communicating therewith for receiving liquid components from said fuel stream, second means mounted in said tubular structure in the path of said fuel stream, the force of the movement of said fuel stream from said carburetor to said manifold causing liquid components in said fuel stream impinging upon said second means to be centrifugally projected into said first means, third means connected to said first means for continuously receiving said liquids from said first means, said third means and said first means together forming a continuously closed system which counteracts reverse flow of liquids from said first means back into said fuel stream and fourth means connected between said third means and said fuel supply system for periodically only partially emplying liquids from said third means and transmitting them only to said fuel supply system.
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