Liquid to vapor fuel converter system
OwnerEdward Pittiinventor
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Abstract
This system is designed to increase gasoline mileage of automotive vehicles. Primarily, it consists of a two way selector valve connected to the vehicle's fuel pump and the carburetor, and also to a volume control valve connected to a heat exchanger that is connected to the air filter of the carburetor. The heat exchanger is mounted in the engine exhaust pipe as is a temperature sensor, and after the engine is started, the temperature sensor actuates a solenoid that rotates the selector valve to by-pass the liquid fuel into the heat exchanger which immediately vaporizes the liquid fuel as it passes into the air filter of the carburetor. The volume control valve is also coupled by linkage to the vehicle's accelerator pedal.
Claims11
A liquid to vapor fuel converter system, comprising, a heat exchanger secured in an engine exhaust pipe, for vaporizing liquid fuel passing into an air filter of a carburetor of an internal combustion engine, a temperature sensor secured in said exhaust pipe, for actuating a solenoid coupled to a rotatable two-way selector valve, for by-passing said liquid into a volume control valve and into said heat exchanger where said liquid fuel is vaporized when said engine is warming up, and linkage means secured to said volume control valve and an accelerator pedal, for control of vaporized fuel entering said carburetor.
A liquid to vapor fuel converter system, for an internal combustion engine comprising:
- (a) a heating means for vaporizing fuel;
- (b) a selector valve for directing fuel to either said heating means or to a conventional carburetor of said internal combustion engine;
- (c) automatic means responsive to at least one parameter of said internal combustion engine for controlling said selector valve;
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- (d) means responsive to the commands of an operator for controlling the quantity of fuel used to power said internal combustion engine, and wherein said automatic means responsive to at least one parameter of said internal combustion engine for controlling said selector valve includes;
- (e) temperature sensor means mounted in intimate contact with said internal combustion engine whereby an electrical output of said temperature sensor means is responsive to temperature sensed;
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- (f) said selector valve is an electrically controlled valve responsive to said temperature sensed, whereby the ratio of fuel directed to said heat means and said conventional carburetor is a function is said temperature sensed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.