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US 5,674,434 AGranted
Device for the control of the vacuum
OwnerFernando A. Baptista, Joao M. Pereira-Dias Baptistainventors
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OwnerFernando A. Baptista, Joao M. Pereira-Dias Baptistainventors
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The invention refers to a device to regulate the dosage of fuel, to be used in engine feeding systems by suction of the fuel. The device is to be set in the main conduit of air, overlays the diffuser (7) and involves a set of laminar elements (1) displayed in a radial way according to a common plan, being the fastening of its peripheral extremities achieved by means of its insertion in a double ring (2) which bears a central shutter through narrow radial extensions (6). The ring is fixed to a supporting base with saliences (4) to overcome the spaces between the laminar elements and reenterings (5) to allow its flexure. The flexure of the laminar elements is performed through a calculated progression according to a proper gradient resulting into the formation of in-between spaces (3). Countering the increase of the speed of the current of air, a calculated increase in the area of the sections of the in-between spaces, allow to obtain the regulation of a value of vacuum in the area surrounding the diffuser, vacuum which, in its turn, will determine a debt of fuel proportional to the volume of the current of air in such a way that a correct dosage of the mixture air/fuel in the whole range of rotation of the engine is achieved.
A device to regulate a vacuum applied in engine feeding systems, comprising a set of laminar elements placed in a main suction-air passage, said elements being bendable to change a passage opening area in accordance with variations in an air current, wherein said laminar elements (1) are distributed in a radial way in a common plan, with outer peripheral extremities fastened by insertion in a double ring (2), one having narrow radial extensions which bears a central shutter (6) and wherein said double ring is mounted in a bearing base which is modelled in such a way as to cooperate with said laminar elements in the guild up of a flexure gradient of said laminar elements.
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