Fuel combustion enhancer
OwnerLuis E. Einaudi, Carlos Dominguezinventors
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Abstract
A device for enhancing the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine including an evaporation chamber adapted to contain a volume of liquid fuel. The evaporation chamber is adapted for communication with an airstream in the internal combustion engine travelling toward a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine so that fuel vapor formed in the evaporation chamber may pass into the combustion chamber by operation of the internal combustion engine. A fuel agitator mounted for motion in the evaporation chamber agitates the liquid fuel to promote vaporization of the fuel and is driven by an actuator mounted for motion in the airstream.
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A device for enhancing the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine, the device comprising:
- an evaporation chamber adapted to contain a volume of liquid fuel and to facilitate evaporation of at least some of the volume of fuel, the evaporation chamber having an inlet for receiving the liquid fuel from a reservoir of liquid fuel;
- the evaporation chamber being adapted for communication with an airstream in the internal combustion engine travelling toward a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine so that fuel vapor formed in the evaporation chamber may pass into the combustion chamber by operation of the internal combustion engine;
- a fuel agitator mounted for motion at a location in the evaporation chamber in which the fuel agitator is immersed in the volume of liquid fuel contained in the evaporation chamber, the fuel agitator being capable of agitating the liquid fuel to promote vaporization of the fuel in the evaporation chamber;
- an actuator for actuating movement of the fuel agitator in response to the demand for fuel by the internal combustion engine.
A device for enhancing the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine, the device comprising:
- an evaporation chamber adapted to contain a volume of liquid fuel and to facilitate evaporation of at least some of the volume of fuel, said evaporation chamber having an inlet for receiving the liquid fuel from a reservoir of liquid fuel;
- a fuel vapor chamber adjacent to said evaporation chamber and in communication therewith, said fuel vapor chamber having an air inlet and an air outlet, the air outlet being adapted to communicate with a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine so that air is drawn into said vapor chamber through the air inlet, flows across said vapor chamber in a stream and passes out the outlet to the combustion chamber by operation of the internal combustion engine;
- a filter interposed between said evaporation chamber and said vapor chamber, the filter being constructed to permit passage of vaporous fuel from said evaporation chamber to said vapor chamber and prevent passage of liquid fuel from said evaporation chamber to said vapor chamber;
- a fuel agitator mounted for motion at a location in said evaporation chamber in which the fuel agitator is immersed in the volume of liquid fuel contained in said evaporation chamber, the fuel agitator being capable of agitating the liquid fuel to promote vaporization of the fuel in said evaporation chamber;
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- an actuator mounted for motion in said vapor chamber in said stream of air which flows across said vapor chamber from the air inlet to the air outlet, the actuator being shaped and arranged for converting a portion of the kinetic energy of the air in the stream of air into motion of the actuator, the actuator being operatively connected to the fuel agitator whereby motion of the actuator is transmitted to the fuel agitator for agitation of the volume of liquid fuel.
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