Variable size venturi carburetor with an electronic air/fuel ratio control system

In a variable size venturi carburetor of an internal combustion engine with an electronic air/fuel ratio control system operable in accordance with at least one engine operating variable and having a body defining a bore, a suction responsive piston projecting into the bore to form a venturi and movable in response to the suction adjacent the venturi to be withdrawn from the bore, a fuel delivery passageway in the body through which fuel is discharged from a reservoir to the venturi, a metering needle valve extending from the suction responsive piston across the venturi into the fuel delivery passageway, and additional air delivery passageway being controlled by the electronic air/fuel ratio control system, the improvement comprising;

• a tubular nozzle carrying member vertically slidably fitted in the fuel delivery passageway and in constant communication with said additional air delivery passageway and means for manually vertically displacing said nozzle carrying member relative to the body to adjust the position of the nozzle with respect to the venturi, a manual adjusting screw having indicating means mounted in the carburetor body and linkage means to transfer the adjustment of the adjusting screw to the nozzle carrying member to move the same relative to the body, said linkage means having an L-shaped pivotal lever having one arm abutting against one end of the adjusting screw opposite to the screw head and the other arm operatively linked with the bottom of the tubular nozzle carrying member.