Fuel feed device for internal combustion engine

Claim 2

A fuel feed apparatus for internal combustion engines, comprising: an intake pipe; a main throttle member located in said intake pipe; an auxiliary throttle member located in said intake pipe upstream of said main throttle member; means for progressively opening said auxiliary throttle member proportionally as the flow rate of air in said intake pipe increases; a source of fuel under pressure; a fuel supply circuit coupled to said fuel source and said intake pipe and opening into said pipe downstream of said main throttle member, said supply circuit including at least one solenoid valve for controlling the supply of fuel from said source into said pipe; a metering system coupled to said solenoid valve and to said auxiliary throttle member for providing energizing signals to said solenoid valve, the duration of said signals in a given time period varying proportionally with the amount of opening of said auxiliary throttle member; a chamber located in said intake pipe downstream of said auxiliary throttle member and upstream of said main throttle member; and an air filter located in said chamber wherein air flowing through said chamber circulates across said filter.

Claim 3

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary throttle member consists of an eccentrically mounted flap valve which the pressure differential across the flap valve tends to open against resilient return means.

Claim 4

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary throttle member comprises a butterfly valve and a control member coupled to said butterfly valve and responsive to the pressure difference between a portion of said pipe upstream of the butterfly valve and a portion of said pipe situated downstream of the butterfly valve and upstream of said chamber.

Claim 5

The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said filter is the main air filter of an engine.

Claim 6

A fuel feed apparatus for internal combustion engines, comprising: an intake pipe; main throttle means located in said intake pipe; auxiliary throttle means located in said intake pipe upstream of said main throttle means; means for progressively opening said auxiliary throttle means proportionally as the flow rate of air in said intake pipe increases; a source of fuel under pressure; a fuel supply circuit coupled to said fuel source and said intake pipe and opening into said pipe downstream of said main throttle means, said supply circuit including at least one solenoid valve for controlling the supply of fuel from said source into said pipe; a metering system coupled to said solenoid valve and to said auxiliary throttle means for providing energizing signals to said solenoid valve, the duration of said signals in a given time period varying proportionally with the amount of opening of said auxiliary throttle means; and means located in said intake pipe between said main and auxiliary throttle means for damping pulsations in the air flow through said intake pipe downstream of said auxiliary throttle means to provide a substantially uniform rate of air flow in said intake pipe downstream of said auxiliary throttle means.

Claim 7

A fuel feed apparatus for internal combustion engines, comprising: an intake pipe; main throttle means located in said intake pipe; auxiliary throttle means located in said intake pipe upstream of said main throttle means; means for progressively opening said auxiliary throttle means proportionally as the flow rate of air in said intake pipe increases; a source of fuel under pressure; a fuel supply circuit coupled to said fuel source and said intake pipe and opening into said pipe downstream of said main throttle means, said supply circuit including at least one solenoid valve for controlling the supply of fuel from said source into said pipe; a metering system coupled to said solenoid valve and to said auxiliary throttle means for providing energizing signals to said solenoid valve, the duration of said signals in a given time period varying proportionally with the amount of opening of said auxiliary throttle means; and means located in said intake pipe between said main and auxiliary throttle means for damping pulsations in the air flow through said intake pipe downstream of said auxiliary throttle means to provide a substantially uniform rate of air flow in said intake pipe downstream of said auxiliary throttle means.