Internal combustion engine

Claim 1

An engine spark timing and exhaust gas recirculation control comprising, in combination: a carburetor induction passage having a throttle valve rotatably mounted therein and adapted to be connected to an intake manifold of the engine, a spark port in the induction passage located above an idle speed position of said throttle valve and an exhaust gas recirculation port located in the induction passage above and axially spaced from said spark port; a vacuum actuated engine spark timing advance unit for advancing the engine spark timing in response to the vacuum applied thereto; a vacuum actuated exhaust gas recirculation control valve adapted for controlling the flow of the exhaust gas back from an exhaust manifold of the engine to said intake manifold in response to the vacuum applied thereto; a first conduit means connecting said spark port to said vacuum actuated engine timing advance unit; a second conduit means connecting the exhaust gas recirculation port to the vacuum actuated exhaust gas recirculation control valve; an electro-magnetically operated valve means having a chamber which is open to the atmosphere through an engine cleaner, a first port opening to the chamber, a second port opening to the chamber, a valve member movable between the first and second ports, a spring means biasing said valve member toward the first port to close the same, and a solenoid means uring the valve member toward the second port, when energized, to close the same; a first branch conduit means connecting the first conduit means to the first port; a second branch conduit means connecting the second conduit means to the second port; and means for energizing the solenoid means during a predetermined engine operating condition.