Transfer tube for carburetor fuel bowls
OwnerBarry S. Grantinventor
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Abstract
Fuel bowls are placed on opposite sides of a carburetor, and a fuel transfer tube extends between the fuel bowls. External fuel receiving fixtures are mounted in fluid communication with the fuel bowls and have nipples facing each other. The fuel transfer tube is telescopically mounted at its ends to the nipples and O-rings seal the ends of the tubes to the nipples.
Claims8
In a carburetor assembly of a combustion engine of a vehicle having fuel bowls positioned on opposed sides of the carburetor, each of said fuel bowls having a fuel inlet port, an external fuel receiving fixture mounted to each fuel inlet port, a fuel transfer assembly extending between the fuel receiving fixtures, a fuel supply line in fluid communication with one of the fixtures, and a float valve in each fuel bowl for controlling the admission of fuel through said fuel inlet ports into each of the said fuel bowls, the improvement therein of:
- said external fuel receiving fixtures each including a nipple, said nipples facing and in alignment with each other,
- a fuel transfer tube extending between said nipples, the fuel transfer tube having opposed ends and connected at its opposed ends to said nipples, and
- O-ring grooves interposed between said nipples and the ends of said fuel transfer tubes, and O-rings seated in said O-ring grooves for sealing said fuel transfer tube at its ends to said nipples.
In a carburetor assembly of a combustion engine of a vehicle having fuel bowls positioned on opposed sides of the carburetor, a fuel transfer assembly extending between the fuel bowls, and a fuel supply line in fluid communication with the fuel transfer assembly, the improvement therein of:
- said fuel transfer assembly comprising a fuel transfer tube having an internal passage and oppositely facing ends, the opposite ends of the transfer tube each defining a counterbore of greater breadth than the internal passage,
- said fuel bowls each including mounting means extending into a counterbore of said fuel transfer tube in fluid communication therewith and supporting the fuel transfer tube without additional support being required, and
- O-rings positioned between the counterbores of the fuel transfer tube and the mounting means for sealing the ends of the fuel transfer tube to the mounting means.
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