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US3281131A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Carburetting devices for internal combustion engines

Assignee: Societe Industrielle de Brevets et dEtudes SIBE
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Filing: 1963-12-17
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Granted: 1966-10-25
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Expires: 1983-12-17
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Mennesson Andre Louis

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 21:02
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M17/00; F02M17/08; F02M17/09; F02D; F02D9/00; F02M1/00; F02M1/16; F02M1/18; F02M7/00; F02M7/10; F02M7/11; F02D2700/00; F02D2700/02; F02D2700/0217; F02D2700/0225; F02D2700/0228; F02D2700/023; F02D2700/0233

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 284 words
A CARBURETTING DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, AN AIR INTAKE PIPE, A MAIN THROTTLE VALVE IN SAID PIPE, AN AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE IN SAID PIPE, LOCATED UPSTREAM OF SAID MAIN THROTTLE VALVE, SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE OPENING THRUST THEREON OF THE AIR STREAM FLOWING THROUGH SAID PIPE, MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY URGING SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE TOWARD THE CLOSED POSITION THEROF, A CONSTANT LEVEL FUEL CHAMBER, FUEL FEED MEANS FOR LEADING FUEL FROM SAID CHAMBER TO SAID PIPE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE FOR METERING THE FLOW OF FUEL THROUGH SAID FUEL FEED MEANS SO THAT THE CROSS SECTION AFFORDED TO AIR BY SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE THROUGH SAID PIPE AND THAT AFFORDED TO FUEL THROUGH SAID FUEL FEED MEANS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PROPORTIONAL TO EACH OTHER, MEANS FOR PLACING THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CONSTANT LEVEL FUEL CHAMBER IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ATMOSPHERE, A CASING FIXED IN POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID PIPE, A RESILIENTLY MOUNTED DEFORMABLE DIAPHRAGM PARTITION DIVIDING SAID CASING INTO TWO CHAMBERS, A FIRST ONE AND A SECOND ONE, A FIRST CONDUIT CONNECTING SAID FIRST CHAMBER WITH THE PORTION OF SAID INTAKE PIPE DOWNSTREAM OF SAID MAIN THROTTLE VALVE, A SECOND CONDUIT CONNECTING THE SECOND OF SAID CHAMBERS WITH THE PORTION OF SAID INTAKE PIPE UPSTREAM OF SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE, A THIRD CONDUIT CONNECTING SAID SECOND CHAMBER WITH THE PORTION OF SAID INTAKE PIPE BETWEEN SAID TWO THROTTLE VALVES, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SECOND CONDUIT WITH THE TOP OF SAID CONSTANT LEVEL FUEL CHAMBER, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID DIAPHRAGM PARTITION FOR THROTTLING SAID SECOND CONDUIT MORE AND MORE AS SAID DIAPHRAGM PARTITION IS BEING DEFORMED IN ONE DIRECTION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 284 words
A CARBURETTING DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, AN AIR INTAKE PIPE, A MAIN THROTTLE VALVE IN SAID PIPE, AN AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE IN SAID PIPE, LOCATED UPSTREAM OF SAID MAIN THROTTLE VALVE, SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE OPENING THRUST THEREON OF THE AIR STREAM FLOWING THROUGH SAID PIPE, MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY URGING SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE TOWARD THE CLOSED POSITION THEROF, A CONSTANT LEVEL FUEL CHAMBER, FUEL FEED MEANS FOR LEADING FUEL FROM SAID CHAMBER TO SAID PIPE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE FOR METERING THE FLOW OF FUEL THROUGH SAID FUEL FEED MEANS SO THAT THE CROSS SECTION AFFORDED TO AIR BY SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE THROUGH SAID PIPE AND THAT AFFORDED TO FUEL THROUGH SAID FUEL FEED MEANS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PROPORTIONAL TO EACH OTHER, MEANS FOR PLACING THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CONSTANT LEVEL FUEL CHAMBER IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ATMOSPHERE, A CASING FIXED IN POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID PIPE, A RESILIENTLY MOUNTED DEFORMABLE DIAPHRAGM PARTITION DIVIDING SAID CASING INTO TWO CHAMBERS, A FIRST ONE AND A SECOND ONE, A FIRST CONDUIT CONNECTING SAID FIRST CHAMBER WITH THE PORTION OF SAID INTAKE PIPE DOWNSTREAM OF SAID MAIN THROTTLE VALVE, A SECOND CONDUIT CONNECTING THE SECOND OF SAID CHAMBERS WITH THE PORTION OF SAID INTAKE PIPE UPSTREAM OF SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE, A THIRD CONDUIT CONNECTING SAID SECOND CHAMBER WITH THE PORTION OF SAID INTAKE PIPE BETWEEN SAID TWO THROTTLE VALVES, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SECOND CONDUIT WITH THE TOP OF SAID CONSTANT LEVEL FUEL CHAMBER, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID DIAPHRAGM PARTITION FOR THROTTLING SAID SECOND CONDUIT MORE AND MORE AS SAID DIAPHRAGM PARTITION IS BEING DEFORMED IN ONE DIRECTION.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 277 words
A CARBURETTING DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, AN AIR INTAKE PIPE, A MAIN THROTTLE VALVE IN SAID PIPE, AN AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE IN SAID PIPE UPSTREAM OF SAID MAIN THROTTLE VALVE, SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE OPENING THRUST THEREON OF THE AIR STREAM FLOWING THROUGH SAID PIPE, MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY URGING SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE TOWARD THE CLOSED POSITION THEREOF, A FUEL CHAMBER, AS FUEL FEED CONDUIT OPENING INTO SAID PIPE, A SUPPORTING ELEMENT FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID PIPE AND PROVIDED WITH A FUEL PASSAGE CONNECTING SAID FUEL CHAMBER WITH SAID FUEL FEED CONDUIT, A NEEDLE SLIDABLY GUIDED WITH RESPECT TO SAID ELEMENT AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE, A PORTION OF SAID NEEDLE FORMING THE INNER WALL OF A PORTION OF SAID PASSAGE, A RIGID ELEMENT HAVING A HOLLOW PORTION COAXIALLY SURROUNDING A PORTION OF SAID NEEDLE, SAID RIGID ELEMENT BEING CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT ADJUSTABLY IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID NEEDLE, AN ANNULAR DIAPHRAGM FORMED AS A SEPARATE UNIT SURROUNDING SAID NEEDLE, A RESILIENT RING MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT, SAID DIAPHRAGM BEARING ON ONE SIDE THEREOF AGAINST SAID RING AND ON THE OTHER SIDE AGAINST THE EDGE OF SAID RIGID ELEMENT HOLLOW PORTION, THE ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN SAID NEEDLE AND SAID DIAPHRAGM FORMING A PORTION OF SAID FUEL PASSAGE BETWEEN SAID FUEL CHAMBER AND SAID FUEL FEED CONDUIT, AND MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID NEEDLE TO SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE SO THAT THE CROSS SECTION AFFORDED TO AIR BY SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE THROUGH SAID INTAKE PIPE AND THAT AFFORDED TO FUEL THROUGH SAID ANNULAR SPACED ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PROPORTIONAL TO EACH OTHER.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 277 words
A CARBURETTING DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, AN AIR INTAKE PIPE, A MAIN THROTTLE VALVE IN SAID PIPE, AN AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE IN SAID PIPE UPSTREAM OF SAID MAIN THROTTLE VALVE, SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE OPENING THRUST THEREON OF THE AIR STREAM FLOWING THROUGH SAID PIPE, MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY URGING SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE TOWARD THE CLOSED POSITION THEREOF, A FUEL CHAMBER, AS FUEL FEED CONDUIT OPENING INTO SAID PIPE, A SUPPORTING ELEMENT FIXED WITH RESPECT TO SAID PIPE AND PROVIDED WITH A FUEL PASSAGE CONNECTING SAID FUEL CHAMBER WITH SAID FUEL FEED CONDUIT, A NEEDLE SLIDABLY GUIDED WITH RESPECT TO SAID ELEMENT AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED WITH SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE, A PORTION OF SAID NEEDLE FORMING THE INNER WALL OF A PORTION OF SAID PASSAGE, A RIGID ELEMENT HAVING A HOLLOW PORTION COAXIALLY SURROUNDING A PORTION OF SAID NEEDLE, SAID RIGID ELEMENT BEING CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT ADJUSTABLY IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID NEEDLE, AN ANNULAR DIAPHRAGM FORMED AS A SEPARATE UNIT SURROUNDING SAID NEEDLE, A RESILIENT RING MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING ELEMENT, SAID DIAPHRAGM BEARING ON ONE SIDE THEREOF AGAINST SAID RING AND ON THE OTHER SIDE AGAINST THE EDGE OF SAID RIGID ELEMENT HOLLOW PORTION, THE ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN SAID NEEDLE AND SAID DIAPHRAGM FORMING A PORTION OF SAID FUEL PASSAGE BETWEEN SAID FUEL CHAMBER AND SAID FUEL FEED CONDUIT, AND MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID NEEDLE TO SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE SO THAT THE CROSS SECTION AFFORDED TO AIR BY SAID AUXILIARY THROTTLE VALVE THROUGH SAID INTAKE PIPE AND THAT AFFORDED TO FUEL THROUGH SAID ANNULAR SPACED ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PROPORTIONAL TO EACH OTHER.

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