Alternative-fuel inductor for engines
OwnerJohn M. Kellerinventor
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Abstract
A secondary-fuel inductor for an engine including a carburetor with a primary fuel inlet having an outlet end. The inductor includes a gasket and a fuel conduit. The gasket defines an opening through which the fuel conduit extends. The fuel conduit has a bend defining a first segment and a second segment. The first segment includes a gasket-spanning segment that extends through the fuel-conduit opening and an inlet end that can have a connector for connection to a fuel line for a secondary fuel. And the second segment includes an outlet end positioned within a venturi area of the carburetor, for example, immediately adjacent the outlet end of the primary fuel inlet.
Claims19
An inductor for a carburetor for burning an alternative fuel, the inductor comprising:
- a gasket defining an axial airflow opening and a transverse fuel-conduit opening, wherein the gasket is adapted to form a seal with the carburetor;
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- a fuel conduit having an outlet end and extending transversely through the fuel-conduit opening and into the axial airflow opening, wherein when the inductor is mounted to the carburetor the outlet end of the fuel conduit is positioned in the carburetor.
An inductor for a carburetor for burning an alternative fuel, the carburetor including a venturi area and defining an axial airflow opening, the inductor comprising:
- a gasket defining an axial airflow opening and a radial fuel-conduit opening, wherein the gasket airflow opening and the carburetor axial airflow opening have the same size and shape, the fuel-conduit opening of the gasket has a generally rectangular shape, and the gasket is adapted to form a seal with the carburetor;
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- a fuel conduit including a bend and first and second segments that are angled with respect to each other by the bend, wherein the first segment includes a generally rectangular gasket-spanning segment that extends radially through the fuel-conduit opening of the gasket and into the axial airflow opening, the gasket-spanning segment of the fuel conduit is sized and shaped so that it is received in the gasket fuel-conduit opening forming a good seal, and the second segment extends axially within the carburetor, includes an outlet end, and has a length within the carburetor so that, when the inductor is mounted to the carburetor, the outlet end of the fuel conduit is positioned within the venturi area of the carburetor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.