Starting aid for internal combustion engines
AssigneeLucas Industries Limited
InventorMalcolm W. Munro
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Abstract
A starting aid for an internal combustion engine includes a tubular body about which is located a stack of electrically insulating and heat resisting rings. Wound on the rings is a heating element and in the wall of the tubular body is an aperture through which fuel can flow. The fuel flows along the gaps defined between the rings to the heating element and is vaporized and subsequently ignited.
Claims9
A starting aid for assisting the starting of an internal combustion engine and of the kind which is located in the air inlet manifold of the engine and to which liquid fuel is supplied, the fuel being vapourised and ignited so that a flame is produced which heats the air flowing to the engine, the aid comprising a tubular body which is closed at one end, a fuel inlet to the other end of the body, a stack of electrically insulating rings mounted about the body defining narrow gaps therebetween, said rings being formed from a material which can withstand high temperature, an electrical heating element wound about said rings, an aperture in the wall of said body and through which fuel can flow to the peripheral surfaces of said rings by way of the gaps therebetween, said element acting to vapourise the fuel and means for igniting the vapourised fuel.
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