Vapor injection system for internal combustion engine

Claim 1

A vapor injection system in combination with an internal combustion engine having a carburetor and an air inlet to the carburetor having a flow axis toward the carburetor, comprising: a. a mist chamber having an enclosure wall, b. at least a portion of said wall comprising a perforated section having a plurality of apertures small enough to permit the passage only of water mist particles of a predetermined size, c. means mounting said perforated section in fluid communication with the air inlet to said carburetor, d. a water tube having a first discharge end projecting through said enclosure wall so that said first discharge end is within said mist chamber, e. an air tube having a second discharge end projecting through said enclosure wall so that said second discharge end is within said mist chamber, f. said second discharge end being proximate to said first discharge end and positioned to force a stream of air to intercept at an acute angle a stream of water discharged from said first discharge end in the same general direction as said air stream, g. means for supplying water under pressure through said water tube, h. means for supplying compressed air through said air tube with sufficient pressure to atomize the intercepted stream of water from said first discharge end and to force said atomized water particles in a path at a substantial angle to the flow axis of said carburetor air inlet, i. a baffle member, j. means mounting said baffle member within said mist chamber opposing said first discharge end at an angle to, and in, the path of said atomized water particles to further atomize said water particles and to deflect said water particles at an angle to said path, through said perforated section and into said carburetor air inlet.