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US3336017A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Compound cyclonic flow inductor and improved carburetor embodying same

Assignee: University of California Berkeley
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Filing: 1965-01-12
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Granted: 1967-08-15
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Expires: 1985-01-12
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Richard D Kopa

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 19:57
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02D; F02D9/00; F02D9/08; F02D9/10; F02M; F02M1/00; F02M17/00; F02M17/16; F02M26/00; F02M26/13; F02M26/17; F02M26/19; F02M26/52; F02M26/63; F02M29/00; F02M29/04; F02M29/06; F02M31/00; F02M31/02; F02M31/04; F02M31/06; F02M31/08; F02M31/083; F02M33/00; F02M33/02; F02M33/04; F02M33/06; F02M69/00; F02M69/08; F02M2700/00; F02M2700/43; F02M2700/4302; F02M2700/434; F02M2700/4342; F02M2700/4345; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 196 words
A LIQUID FUEL AND AIR CARBURETOR PROCESS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, THAT COMPRISES: PROVIDING A CONFINED STREAM OF INTAKE AIR SPINNING CYCLONICALLY ABOUT A LONGITUDINAL SPIN AXIS; JETTING INTO THE SPINNING AIR STREAM, IN THE DOWNSTREAM DIRECTION THEREOF, AN EXPANDING SPRAY OF LIQUID FUEL THAT IS ATOMIZED BY IMPINGEMENT BY A STREAM OF PRESSURIZED GAS DIRECTED DOWNSTREAM ALONG SAID AXIS, SO AS TO MIX THE ATOMIZED AND VAPORIZING LIQUID FUEL WITH SAID SPINNING AIR STREAM, AND THEREBY CAUSE THE FUEL PARTICLES AND VAPOR TO PARTICIPATE IN SAID SPING; GUIDING THE RESULTING CONFINED CYCLONICALLY SPINNING MIXTURE STREAM TO TURN TO ONE SIDE AND INTO A CIRCULAR FLOW PATH CLOSING ON ITSELF, SUCH THAT THE MIXTURE STREAM CONTINUES ITS CYCLONIC SPIN, AND SPINS ADDITIONALLY AROUND SAID CIRCULAR FLOW PATH, THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCES DEVELOPED INDEPENDENTLY BY SAID CYCLONICALLY SPIN AND SAID CIRCULAR FLOW PATH PINS CAUSING REMAINING UNVAPORIZED LIQUID FUEL PARTICLES TO BE SELECTED TRANSPORTED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID CIRCULAR PATH; CONTACTING SUCH RADIALLY OUTWARDLY TRANSPORTED LIQUID FUEL PARTICLES BY AN ENVELOPING BOUNDARY SURFACE MAINTAINED AT A FUEL VAPORIZING TEMPERATURE; AND DRAWING OFF VAPORIZED AND HOMOGENIZED MIXTURE FROM THE MIXTURE STREAM TRAVELING AROUND SAID CIRCULAR FLOW PATH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 196 words
A LIQUID FUEL AND AIR CARBURETOR PROCESS FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, THAT COMPRISES: PROVIDING A CONFINED STREAM OF INTAKE AIR SPINNING CYCLONICALLY ABOUT A LONGITUDINAL SPIN AXIS; JETTING INTO THE SPINNING AIR STREAM, IN THE DOWNSTREAM DIRECTION THEREOF, AN EXPANDING SPRAY OF LIQUID FUEL THAT IS ATOMIZED BY IMPINGEMENT BY A STREAM OF PRESSURIZED GAS DIRECTED DOWNSTREAM ALONG SAID AXIS, SO AS TO MIX THE ATOMIZED AND VAPORIZING LIQUID FUEL WITH SAID SPINNING AIR STREAM, AND THEREBY CAUSE THE FUEL PARTICLES AND VAPOR TO PARTICIPATE IN SAID SPING; GUIDING THE RESULTING CONFINED CYCLONICALLY SPINNING MIXTURE STREAM TO TURN TO ONE SIDE AND INTO A CIRCULAR FLOW PATH CLOSING ON ITSELF, SUCH THAT THE MIXTURE STREAM CONTINUES ITS CYCLONIC SPIN, AND SPINS ADDITIONALLY AROUND SAID CIRCULAR FLOW PATH, THE CENTRIFUGAL FORCES DEVELOPED INDEPENDENTLY BY SAID CYCLONICALLY SPIN AND SAID CIRCULAR FLOW PATH PINS CAUSING REMAINING UNVAPORIZED LIQUID FUEL PARTICLES TO BE SELECTED TRANSPORTED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID CIRCULAR PATH; CONTACTING SUCH RADIALLY OUTWARDLY TRANSPORTED LIQUID FUEL PARTICLES BY AN ENVELOPING BOUNDARY SURFACE MAINTAINED AT A FUEL VAPORIZING TEMPERATURE; AND DRAWING OFF VAPORIZED AND HOMOGENIZED MIXTURE FROM THE MIXTURE STREAM TRAVELING AROUND SAID CIRCULAR FLOW PATH.

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