Atomizer system for improved fuel systems
OwnerDavid Caughraninventor
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Abstract
In this system, a device is placed inside the injectors on the manifold or inside three different design housings above the combustion chambers of engines. The device is a combine that has a cylinder that has a set of vanes. In one embodiment a small motor is used to turn the cylinder, which helps to atomize the fuel to a fine state. This atomization improves combustion in that the smaller fuel particles can burn more efficiently and more completely than larger drops of fuel that is simply squirted into a cylinder or manifold. In two other embodiments, the cylinder (combine) can be turned with a belt driven by the engine.
Claims20
An atomizer system for improved fuel systems for an engine comprising:
- a) a housing, being generally cylindrical and having an inlet and an outlet to create a through flow, an inner wall surface, and an outer surface, said housing also having a means for driving said housing installed on the outer surface of the housing;
- b) a plurality of vanes, installed in said housing and being fixedly attached to said inner wall surface, each of said plurality of vanes, extending perpendicularly inward from said inner wall surface, such that said plurality of vanes protrudes into said through flow;
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- c) a means for turning said housing, being in operative communication with said means for driving said housing.
A method of atomizing fuel for use in fuel systems using a rotating combine having a housing, being generally cylindrical and having an inlet and an outlet to create a through flow, an inner wall surface, and an outer surface, said housing also having a means for driving said housing installed on the outer surface of the housing, a plurality of vanes, installed in said housing and being fixedly attached to said inner wall surface, each of said plurality of vanes, extending perpendicularly inward from said inner wall surface, such that said plurality of vanes protrudes into said through flow, a means for turning said housing, being in operative communication with said means for driving said housing, and a means for controlling said means for turning said housing being in operative communication with an engine, comprising the steps of:
- a) installing said housing into said fuel system;
- b) rotating said housing said means for turning said housing;
- c) injecting a quantity of fuel into said housing;
- d) having said plurality of vanes rotate through said quantity of fuel, thereby atomizing said quantity of fuel;
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- e) releasing said atomized quantity of fuel from said housing into said fuel system.
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