Fuel additive and method for improving combustion

Claim 1

A FUEL ADDITIVE FOR ADDING IN A VAPOR PHASE TO FUEL AT THE FUEL INTAKE TO AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURE OF: ABOUT 20 TO ABOUT 65 PERCENT BY VOLUME AT 60*F. OF A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ALIPHATIC ALCOLOL, WITH THE BALANCE BEING WATER AND ADDITIONAL ADDITIVES COMPATIBLE WITH SAID ALCOHOL AND VAPORIZABLE AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TEMPERATURE IN THE MIXTURE THEREWITH, SAID ALCOHOL BEING METHANOL PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM ABOUT 30 TO ABOUT 65 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF THE ADDITIVE, AND SAID BALANCE CONSISTS OF: ABOUT 10 TO 20% BY VOLUME OF ISOPROPANOL, ABOUT 12 TO 18 PERCENT VOLUME OF METHYL ETHYL KETONE, ABOUT 4 TO ABOUT 12 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF AN AROMATIC SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TOLUENE, XYLENE, BENZENE AND PHENOL, AND WITH THE REST BEING WATER.

Claim 3

A METHOD OF IMPROVING FUEL COMBUSTON IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHEREIN FUEL, AIR AND VAPOR ADDITIVE RE MIXED FOR COMBUSTION, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: VAPORIZING A FUEL ADDITIVE USING AIR TO SERVE AS A CARRIER FOR SAID ADDITIVE IN THE VAPOR PHASE, INTRODUCING SAID VAPOR TO FUEL AND AIR MIXED IN THE AIR-FUEL MIXING ZONE OF THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND SAID FUEL ADDITIVE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: ABOUT 20 TO ABOUT 65 PERCENT BY VOLUME AT 60*F. OF A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ALCOHOL, WITH THE BALANCE BEING WATER AND ADDITIONAL DDITIVES COMPARTIBLE WITH SAID ALCOHOL AND VAPORIZABL AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TEMPERATURE IN MIXTURE THEREWITH, SAID ALCOHOL BEING METHANOL PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM ABOUT 30 TO ABOUT 65 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF THE ADDITIVE, AND SAID BALANCE CONSISTS OF: ABOUT 10 TO 20 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF ISOPROPANOL, ABOUT 12 TO 18 PERCENT BY VOLUME OFMETHYL ETHYL KETONE, ABOUT 4 TO ABOUT 12 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF AN AROMATIC SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TOLUENE, XYLENE, BENZENE AND PHENOL, AND WITH THE REST BENG WATER.

Claim 4

A METHOD OF IMPROVING FUEL COMBUSTON IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHEREIN FUEL, AIR AND VAPOR ADDITIVE RE MIXED FOR COMBUSTION, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: VAPORIZING A FUEL ADDITIVE USING AIR TO SERVE AS A CARRIER FOR SAID ADDITIVE IN THE VAPOR PHASE, INTRODUCING SAID VAPOR TO FUEL AND AIR MIXED IN THE AIR-FUEL MIXING ZONE OF THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND SAID FUEL ADDITIVE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF: ABOUT 20 TO ABOUT 65 PERCENT BY VOLUME AT 60*F. OF A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ALCOHOL, WITH THE BALANCE BEING WATER AND ADDITIONAL DDITIVES COMPARTIBLE WITH SAID ALCOHOL AND VAPORIZABL AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TEMPERATURE IN MIXTURE THEREWITH, SAID ALCOHOL BEING METHANOL PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT OF FROM ABOUT 30 TO ABOUT 65 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF THE ADDITIVE, AND SAID BALANCE CONSISTS OF: ABOUT 10 TO 20 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF ISOPROPANOL, ABOUT 12 TO 18 PERCENT BY VOLUME OFMETHYL ETHYL KETONE, ABOUT 4 TO ABOUT 12 PERCENT BY VOLUME OF AN AROMATIC SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TOLUENE, XYLENE, BENZENE AND PHENOL, AND WITH THE REST BENG WATER.