Automotive air injection system

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING A DRIVE SHAFT, EXHAUST VALVES, A DRIVEN TIMING SPROCKET, AT LEAST ONE MANIFOLD FOR RECEIVING THE EXHAUST FROM SAID VALVES, AND MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID PUMP AS SAID CRANKSHAFT ROTATES, OF AN AIR DISTRIBUTION DEVICE FOR FURTHERING THE OXIDATION OF PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION AS THEY ARE DISCHARGED INTO SAID MANIFOLD AS SAID EXHAUST, SAID DEVICE INCLUDING: (A) A HOLLOW HOUSING THAT DEFINES A CONFINED SPACE THEREIN, SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A FIRST FLAT END PIECE IN WHICH A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED PORTS ARE FORMED; (B) A PLURALITY OF TUBING FITTINGS SEALINGLY DISPOSED IN BORES IN SAID MANIFOLD, WITH EACH OF SAID FITTINGS ADJACENT ONE OF SAID EXHAUST VALVES; (C) A PLURALITY OF TUBES CONNECTED TO SAID FITTINGS AND TO SAID PORTS; (D) A ROTATABLE PLATE DISPOSED IN SAID CONFINED SPACE ADJACENT SAID FIRST END PIECE, WHICH PLATE HAS AN OPENING THEREIN THAT IS SEQUENTIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID PORTS AS SAID PLATE ROTATES; (E) A SHAFT AFFIXED TO SAID PLATE AND ROTATABLY AND SEALINGLY SUPPORTED IN SAID HOUSING; (F) FIRST MEANS FOR DELIVERING AIR UNDER PRESSURE FROM SAID PUMP TO SAID CONFINED SPACE; AND (G) SECOND MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING POWER FROM SAID TIMING SPROCKET TO SAID SHAFT AND PLATE TO CONCURRENTLY ROTATE THE SAME, WITH THE RATE OF ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT AND PLATE BEING SUCH THAT AIR UNDER PRESSURE FLOWS FROM SAID CONFINED SPACE THROUGH SAID PORTS AND TUBES TO POSITIONS ADJACENT SAID EXHAUST VALVES TO MIX WITH AND FURTHER OXIDIZE SAID EXHAUST ONLY WHEN SAID EXHAUST VALVES ARE IN OPEN POSITIONS.