Fuel conditioning system for internal combustion engines

Claim 1

IN A FUEL CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES OF THE TYPE HAVING A FUEL INTAKE MANIFOLD, AN AIR FILTER AND A CARBURETOR, A PLURALITY OF FUEL VAPORIZING UNITS MOUNTED ADJACENT THE ENGINE, THE SAID UNITS BEING CONNECTED ONE TO ANOTHER IN SERIES TO ALLOW A FUEL MIXTURE TO FLOW SUCCESSIVELY THROUGH THE UNITS, EACH OF THE UNITS HAVING A HOUSING ENCLOSING A ROTOR, SUCH ROTOR HAVING A HUB JOURNALED IN THE HOUSING AND A PLURALITY OF RADIAL SCREEN-LIKE VANES, EACH HOUSING HAVING A TANGENTIALLY ARRANGED FUEL INLET AND AN OUTLET, THE OUTLET OF THE HOUSING OF ONE VAPORIZING UNIT BEING CONNECTED TO THE INLET OF THE HOUSING OF AN ADJACENT UNIT, THE OUTLET OF THE HOUSING OF THE VAPORIZING UNIT WHICH IS LAST IN THE SERIES BEING CONNECTED TO THE ENGINE''S FUEL INTAKE MANIFOLD, AN AIR LINE CONNECTING THE AIR FILTER AND A TANGENTIALLY ARRANGED AIR INTAKE MEANS TO THE HOUSING OF THE VAPORIZING UNIT WHICH IS FIRST IN THE SERIES, A WATER CONTAINING VESSEL HAVING A WATER LINE CONNECTING WITH THE AIR LINE TO SUPPLY WATER TO THE AIR LINE, A CONTROL VALVE IN THE AIR LINE, A CONTROL VALVE IN THE WATER LINE, A FOOT PEDAL PIVOTALLY MOUNTED FOR OPERATION BY THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY THE ENGINE, MEANS CONNECTING THE FOOT PEDAL AND THE VALVES IN THE AIR AND WATER LINES TO CONTROL THE AIR AND WATER ADMITTED TO THE HOUSING OF THE VAPORIZING UNIT WHICH IS FIRST IN THE SERIES, AND A CONDUIT CONNECTING THE CARBURETOR AND THE HOUSING OF THE LAST MENTIONED VAPORIZING UNIT.