Carburetor accelerating pump system fuel atomizer

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A FUEL ENRICHMENT CONTROL DEVICE FOR THE ACCELERATING PUMP SYSTEM OF A CARBURETOR HAVING AN AIR/FUEL INDUCTION PASSAGE OPEN AT ONE END TO AIR AT AMBIENT PRESSURE AND CONNECTED AT ITS OTHER END TO AN ENGINE INTAKE MANIFOLD TO BE SUBJECT TO THE CHANGES IN VACUUM THEREIN, THE INDUCTION PASSAGE INCLUDING A FUEL DISCHARGE PORT MEANS SUPPLYING FUEL UNDER PRESSURE AT TIMES TO THE DISCHARGE PORT, THE PUMP SYSTEM INCLUDDING A FUEL PUMP CONNECTED BY PASSAGE MEANS TO THE PORT AND ACTUATED IN RESPONCE TO OPENING MOVEMENT OF THE CARBURETOR THROTTLE VALVE TO DELIVER FUEL TO THE PORT, THE CONTROL DEVICE COMPRISING FUEL ATOMIZING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE DISCHARGE PORT FOR RECEIVING THE PUMPED FUEL AND DISCHARGING THE FUEL INTO THE INDUCTION PASSAGE IN A FINELY ATOMIZED STATE PROMOTING MIXING OF THE FUEL WITH THE AIR IN THE INDUCTION PASSAGE TO EFFECT MAXIMUM FUEL VAPORIZATION AND THEREBY A REDUCTION IN FUEL ENRICHMENTS DURING VEHICLE ACCELERATIONS,THE FUEL ATOMIZING MEANS COMPRISING A VORTEX GENERATOR INCLUDING A VORTEX CAVITY HAVING AN AXIAL FUEL OUTLET AND A RADIALLY OUTWARD TANGENTIAL OFF-CENTER FUEL INLET INCLUDING SPINNING AND INCREASED VELOCITY TO THE FUEL, THE VORTEX GENERATOR INCLUDING AN ANNULAR MEMBER HAVING AN AXIAL DISCHARGE NOZZLE OF A FIRST PREDETERMINED DIAMETER AT ONE END CONSTITUTING THE FUEL OUTLET, A RADIALLY OUTER TORODIAL FUELFLOW INLET CHAMBER CONNECTED TO THE FUEL PASSAGE MEANS AT THE OPPOSITE END, THE VORTEX GENERATOR CONNECTING THE INLET CHAMBER AND NOZZLE, THE VORTEX GENERATOR HAVING A TUBULAR SHAPE WITH A NUMBER OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED PERIPHERAL FLOW PASSAGES EXTENDING ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE GENERATOR AND CONSTITUTING THE TANGENTIAL OFF-CENTER FUEL INLET CONNECTING TO THE VORTEX CAVITY IN A TANGENTIAL MANNER TO INDUCE VORTEX FLOW AROUND THE AXIS OF THE VORTEX CHAMBER FOR CENTRAL DISCHARGE THROUGH THE NOZZLE WITH INCREASED VELOCITY.