Fuel vaporizing device
OwnerFrank J. Klerinventor
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Abstract
A fuel vaporizing device for use with internal combustion engines including a carburetor, an air filter, and a fuel tank. In the device of the present invention fuel consumed by the engine is directed to source such as a fuel tank to a conventional carburetor with the fuel aspirated and mixed with engine air and burned in a conventional manner. Fuel in the second fuel conduit is directed to a fuel vaporizer where the fuel is heated to enhance vaporization. An air pump directs air to the fuel vaporizer where the air collects vapor, and the air and vapor are directed to the carburetor upstream of the carburetor throttle valve where the air and vapor are mixed with the air passing through the carburetor.
Claims7
A fuel vaporizing device for use with internal combustion engines including a carburetor, an air filter, and a source of fuel, the improvement comprising:
- a vaporizer including a vaporized fuel chamber;
- a first fuel conduit having first and second ends, the first end connected to the source of fuel and the second end connected to the carburetor;
- a second fuel conduit having first and second ends, the first end connected to the source of fuel and the second end connected to the vaporizer;
- means for maintaining a predetermined fuel level in the vaporizer;
- means for vaporizing the fuel in the vaporizer, the vaporizing means including means, immersed within the fuel in the vaporizer, for vaporizing the fuel, and a baffle positioned above the fuel in the vaporizer and dividing the vaporizer into a fuel chamber and a vapor chamber;
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- an air pump including an air inlet and an air discharge, the air discharge being interconnected to the vapor chamber of the vaporizer;
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- wherein the air pump passes air through the vapor chamber in which the air collects vapor and the air and vapor mixture is passed to the carburetor and mixed with air passing therethrough.
The device as defined in claim 5 wherein the heating means comprises at least one of a conduit having engine oil, engine coolant, and engine exhaust passing therethrough and an electrical conductor having electrical current flowing therethrough.
A fuel vaporizing device for use with internal combustion engines including a carburetor, an air filter, and a source of fuel, the improvement comprising:
- a vaporizer including a vaporized fuel chamber;
- a first fuel conduit having first and second ends, the first end connected to a source of fuel and the second end connected to the carburetor;
- a second fuel conduit having first and second ends, the first end connected to the source of fuel and the second end connected to the vaporizer;
- means for maintaining a predetermined fuel level in the vaporizer;
- means for vaporizing the fuel;
- the vaporizing means including:
- the vaporizer divided by a wall into a fuel chamber for holding fuel and a vapor chamber;
- a wick including a first end, a second end, and a central portion joining the first end and the second end;
- the first end of the wick being immersed in the fuel in the fuel chamber and extending through the wall into the vapor chamber;
- the central portion of the wick forming a loop in the vapor chamber;
- the second end of the wick extending through the wall and being immersed in the fuel in the fuel chamber;
- a heating means immersed in the fuel in the fuel chamber;
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- wherein the first and second ends of the wick draw fuel into the vaporizing chamber by capillary action wherein the fuel is vaporized;
- an air pump including an air inlet and an air discharge, the air discharge being interconnected to the vapor chamber of the vaporizer;
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- wherein the air pump passes air through the vapor chamber in which the air collects vapor and the air and vapor mixture is passed to the carburetor and mixed with air passing therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.