US4015574A — Apparatus for improving fuel-air mixture

Claim 1

Independent Claim 184 words

A device for improving a carbureted air-fuel mixture comprising a plate including a plurality of openings in said plate through which a carbureted air-fuel mixture may be passed, each opening spaced and segregated from all adjacent openings and having a total unobstructed area equal to that of a carburetor bore with which each opening in said plate may be aligned when said plate is employed with a carburetor, a plurality of spokes of triangular cross-sectional configuration radially fixedly located in each opening, each having a first surface against which a first portion of an air-fuel mixture passed through said opening may be deflected into a turbulent flow in a direction along a generally obtuse angle relative to the axis of said opening and a second surface across which a second portion of such an air-fuel mixture may be deflected into a turbulent flow in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of said opening, and means for reducing the centrifugal force of such mixture portions deflected by said first and second surfaces and for ensuring mixture flow at the center of each said opening.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 184 words

A device for improving a carbureted air-fuel mixture comprising a plate including a plurality of openings in said plate through which a carbureted air-fuel mixture may be passed, each opening spaced and segregated from all adjacent openings and having a total unobstructed area equal to that of a carburetor bore with which each opening in said plate may be aligned when said plate is employed with a carburetor, a plurality of spokes of triangular cross-sectional configuration radially fixedly located in each opening, each having a first surface against which a first portion of an air-fuel mixture passed through said opening may be deflected into a turbulent flow in a direction along a generally obtuse angle relative to the axis of said opening and a second surface across which a second portion of such an air-fuel mixture may be deflected into a turbulent flow in a direction generally perpendicular to the axis of said opening, and means for reducing the centrifugal force of such mixture portions deflected by said first and second surfaces and for ensuring mixture flow at the center of each said opening.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 41 words

The device of claim 1 including spacer plate means, locatable on each side of said plate, each including a plurality of openings therein corresponding to those in said plate and means for altering the velocity of a mixture flow passed therethrough.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 42 words

The device of claim 1 including means for reducing the velocity of such a mixture flow prior to the passage thereof through said opening and means for increasing the velocity of such a mixture flow after the passage thereof through said openings.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 63 words

The device of claim 1 wherein said plurality of spokes comprises five such spokes located equidistant about each said opening, at least one of which in each opening is specifically located so as to be below a carburetor jet when said plate is located so that said openings are aligned with the bores of a carburetor with which said plate may be employed.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 27 words

The device of claim 1 wherein said first surface is located at an obtuse angle between 95° and 135° relative to the general direction of mixture flow.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 26 words

The device of claim 1 wherein said first surface is located at an obtuse angle of about 113° relative to the general direction of mixture flow.

Claim 8

Independent Claim 191 words

A device for increasing the percentage of fuel which is completely mixed with air after the fuel and air leave a carburetor comprising a plate having a number of individual openings corresponding to the number of bores of a carburetor with which the device may be employed, each opening having a plurality of equi-spaced, radially located spokes therein, one of which is located so as to be directly beneath a jet in a carburetor with which the plate may be employed when said openings are aligned with the bores of such a carburetor, each spoke having a triangular cross-sectional configuration including an upstream surface located at an obtuse angle of about 113° relative to the axis of its said opening, a downstream surface located approximately perpendicular to the axis of its said opening, and a flow surface extending between said upstream and downstream surfaces substantially parallel to the axis of its said opening, each spoke in any given opening oriented so as to produce mixture rotation in the same direction as all other spokes therein, and hub means at which all of said spokes intersect near the center of each opening.

Claim 9

Independent Claim 191 words

A device for increasing the percentage of fuel which is completely mixed with air after the fuel and air leave a carburetor comprising a plate having a number of individual openings corresponding to the number of bores of a carburetor with which the device may be employed, each opening having a plurality of equi-spaced, radially located spokes therein, one of which is located so as to be directly beneath a jet in a carburetor with which the plate may be employed when said openings are aligned with the bores of such a carburetor, each spoke having a triangular cross-sectional configuration including an upstream surface located at an obtuse angle of about 113° relative to the axis of its said opening, a downstream surface located approximately perpendicular to the axis of its said opening, and a flow surface extending between said upstream and downstream surfaces substantially parallel to the axis of its said opening, each spoke in any given opening oriented so as to produce mixture rotation in the same direction as all other spokes therein, and hub means at which all of said spokes intersect near the center of each opening.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 41 words

The device of claim 7 wherein said hub means includes a central aperture therein of such a relatively small diameter that only a very small portion of a fuel-air mixture flow passed through said opening could pass through said central aperture.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 62 words

The device of claim 8 wherein each said opening has an actual diameter which is larger than that of the alignable bore in a carburetor with which the device may be employed, while the combined unobstructed area of each said opening between the spokes and in the central aperture is substantially equal to that of the alignable bore in such a carburetor.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 23 words

The device of claim 9 including means for altering the velocity of the mixture before and after it passes through each said opening.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 169 words

Apparatus for improving the mixture of a carbureted fuel-air mixture comprising a substantially planar plate means having at least one opening extending therethrough a plurality of reactor spokes integral with said plate means and in the plane thereof, joined together near the center of said at least one opening, each having a substantially triangular cross section throughout most of the length thereof, and each comprising an upstream surface formed at an obtuse angle relative to the plane of said plate means, a downstream surface formed substantially parallel to the plane of said plate means and intersecting said upstream surface, and a flow surface intersecting said upstream and downstream surfaces and extending substantially perpendicular to the plane of said plate means, and means for locating said plate means relative to a carburetor such that said at least one opening is substantially aligned with a flow mixture bore of such a carburetor bore so that all air-fuel mixture leaving such a carburetor must subsequently pass through said at least one opening.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 169 words

Apparatus for improving the mixture of a carbureted fuel-air mixture comprising a substantially planar plate means having at least one opening extending therethrough a plurality of reactor spokes integral with said plate means and in the plane thereof, joined together near the center of said at least one opening, each having a substantially triangular cross section throughout most of the length thereof, and each comprising an upstream surface formed at an obtuse angle relative to the plane of said plate means, a downstream surface formed substantially parallel to the plane of said plate means and intersecting said upstream surface, and a flow surface intersecting said upstream and downstream surfaces and extending substantially perpendicular to the plane of said plate means, and means for locating said plate means relative to a carburetor such that said at least one opening is substantially aligned with a flow mixture bore of such a carburetor bore so that all air-fuel mixture leaving such a carburetor must subsequently pass through said at least one opening.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 20 words

The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said plurality of reactor spokes are spaced equidistant about said at least one opening.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 51 words

The apparatus of claim 11 wherein one of said reactor spokes is so positioned in said at least one opening as to be located immediately below a jet in a carburetor relative to which said plate may be located by said locating means when said plate is employed with a carburetor.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 43 words

The apparatus of claim 11 including hub means joining said reactor spokes together near the center of said at least one opening and including aperture means therein extending perpendicular to the plane of said plate means and uniformly enlarged from one end thereof.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 33 words

The apparatus of claim 14 wherein said hub aperture means is so arranged as to have its largest radial dimension in the plane of said downstream surfaces of said plurality of reactor spokes.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 65 words

The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the total cross-sectional open area of said at least one opening, measured between said reactor spokes at said downstream surfaces thereof and including said hub aperture, is substantially equal to the cross-sectional area of a carburetor bore relative to which said plate means may be aligned by said locating means when said plate means is employed with a carburetor.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 49 words

The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said plate means includes a plurality of such openings, each of which may be aligned with the bore of a carburetor relative to which said plate means may be aligned by said locating means when said plate means is employed with a carburetor.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 119 words

Apparatus for generating turbulence in a fuel-air mixture flow comprising plate means having a first surface, a second surface at least one opening extending through said plate means from said first to said second surface through which a carbureted mixture of fuel and air may pass, a plurality of spoke-like elements fixedly and radially located in said at least one opening, each comprising a flow surface extending between and substantially perpendicular to at least one of said first and second surfaces, a downstream surface intersecting said flow surface and extending substantially parallel to and coplanar with said second surface, and an upstream surface intersecting said flow surface and said downstream surface and extending between said first and second surfaces.

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 119 words

Apparatus for generating turbulence in a fuel-air mixture flow comprising plate means having a first surface, a second surface at least one opening extending through said plate means from said first to said second surface through which a carbureted mixture of fuel and air may pass, a plurality of spoke-like elements fixedly and radially located in said at least one opening, each comprising a flow surface extending between and substantially perpendicular to at least one of said first and second surfaces, a downstream surface intersecting said flow surface and extending substantially parallel to and coplanar with said second surface, and an upstream surface intersecting said flow surface and said downstream surface and extending between said first and second surfaces.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 71 words

The apparatus of claim 18 wherein there are a plurality of said openings in said plate means, each having a plurality of said spoke-like elements therein, said spoke-like elements in each said opening being oriented so that said upstream surfaces are located on the same side of their respective flow surfaces and on the opposite side of the respective flow surfaces to those of said spoke-like elements in adjacent said openings.

Claim 24

Independent Claim 171 words

An apparatus for creating turbulence in a flowing fuel-air mixture in order to improve the quality of the mixture comprising central support means positionable in the flow path of the fuel-air mixture, a plurality of equi-spaced turbulence generating means fixedly supported by and extending radially outwardly from said central support means, each including first means for inducing circular motion in a portion of a mixture passed through said apparatus and second means for inducing eddy currents in a portion of a mixture passed through said apparatus, said second means being so oriented as to cause such eddy currents to travel substantially perpendicular to the flow path of a fuel-air mixture passed through said apparatus and to intersect portions of such a mixture induced into circular motion by said first means, and means for fixedly supporting said central support means and said turbulence-generating means relative to the output of a carburetor bore such that the entire fuel and air mixture from such a bore must move past said first and second means.

Claim 25

Independent Claim 171 words

An apparatus for creating turbulence in a flowing fuel-air mixture in order to improve the quality of the mixture comprising central support means positionable in the flow path of the fuel-air mixture, a plurality of equi-spaced turbulence generating means fixedly supported by and extending radially outwardly from said central support means, each including first means for inducing circular motion in a portion of a mixture passed through said apparatus and second means for inducing eddy currents in a portion of a mixture passed through said apparatus, said second means being so oriented as to cause such eddy currents to travel substantially perpendicular to the flow path of a fuel-air mixture passed through said apparatus and to intersect portions of such a mixture induced into circular motion by said first means, and means for fixedly supporting said central support means and said turbulence-generating means relative to the output of a carburetor bore such that the entire fuel and air mixture from such a bore must move past said first and second means.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 34 words

The apparatus of claim 20 including means in said central support means for creating a flat in the vacuum at the center of the flow path in which said central support means is located.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 51 words

The apparatus of claim 20 including means for reducing the velocity of such a mixture prior to its contact with said central support means and said turbulence generating means and means for increasing the velocity of such a mixture after it passes said central support means and said turbulence generating means.

Claim 28

Dependent Claim 26 words

The apparatus of claim 20 wherein each of said turbulence generating means are similarly oriented so as to generate such turbulence in the same general direction.

Claim 29

Dependent Claim 44 words

The apparatus of claim 23 including additional central support means and turbulence generating means so positioned in additional flow paths of fuel-air mixtures, wherein such additional turbulence generating means are so oriented that turbulence is generated in generally opposite directions in adjacent flow paths.

Claim 30

Dependent Claim 120 words

Apparatus for improving the mixture of fuel and air in a gaseous mixture comprising a substantially flat plate means having an upper surface, a lower surface, at least one opening extending from said upper surface to said lower surface through which a gaseous mixture of fuel and air may pass, and means located in said at least one opening for generating turbulence in a gaseous mixture passed therethrough including a flow surface extending perpendicular to and between said upper and lower surface, a downstream surface intersecting said flow surface at said lower surface and extending substantially parallel to the latter, and an upstream surface intersecting said flow surface at said upper surface and said flow surface at said lower surface.

Claim 31

Dependent Claim 120 words

Apparatus for improving the mixture of fuel and air in a gaseous mixture comprising a substantially flat plate means having an upper surface, a lower surface, at least one opening extending from said upper surface to said lower surface through which a gaseous mixture of fuel and air may pass, and means located in said at least one opening for generating turbulence in a gaseous mixture passed therethrough including a flow surface extending perpendicular to and between said upper and lower surface, a downstream surface intersecting said flow surface at said lower surface and extending substantially parallel to the latter, and an upstream surface intersecting said flow surface at said upper surface and said flow surface at said lower surface.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1980-04-04	1980-10-04	1981-04-05	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1984-04-04	1984-10-04	1985-04-05	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1988-04-04	1988-10-04	1989-04-05	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Apparatus for improving fuel-air mixture

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