Automotive assembly

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION FOR USE WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHICH INCLUDES CARBURETOR MEANS AND INLET MEANS FOR RECEIVING A FUEL AND AIR MIXTURE FROM THE CARBURETOR MEANS FOR COMBUSTION IN THE ENGINE: A CONDUIT EXTENDING FROM THE CARBURETOR MEANS TO THE INLET MEANS FOR CARRYING THE FUEL AND AIR MIXTURE FROM THE CARBURETOR MEANS TO THE INLET MEANS, A POROUS ELEMENT DISPOSED ACROSS THE CONDUIT FOR PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF THE FUEL AND AIR MIXTURE CARRIED BY THE CONDUIT, HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID POROUS ELEMENT AND FUNCTIONALLY ADAPTED TO CONTINUOUSLY CONVEY THROUGH ITSELF A STREAM OF HOT EXHAUST PRODUCTS FROM SAID ENGINE AND THEREBY EFFECT HEAT EXCHANGE WITH SAID FUEL AND AIR MIXTURE, FLOW CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO TEMPERATURE IN THE VICINITY OF SAID HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS AND ADAPTED AT A PREDETERMINED TEMPERATURE TO REGULATE THE FLOW OF SAID HOT EXHAUST PRODUCTS THERETHROUGH, SAID ENGINE ALSO HAVING A SEPARATE COOLING SYSTEM COMPRISING RADIATOR MEANS, CONDUIT AND CIRCULATION MEANS ADAPTED FOR MOVING A FLUID COOLANT BETWEEN THE RADIATOR MEANS AND ENGINE FOR COOLING THE LATTER, AND REFRIGERANT CONTAINER AND EJECTOR MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID FLOW CONTROL MEANS (AT A PREDETERMINED HIGHER TEMPERATURE) FOR SPRAYING A LIQUID REFRIGERANT ONTO SAID RADIATOR MEANS TO COOL THE SAME.