Manifold system

Claim 1

A manifold system for an internal combustion engine of the type having an auxiliary combustion chamber associated with each main combustion chamber and connected thereto by a torch nozzle, comprising: a main intake manifold in communication with the main combustion chamber, said main intake manifold including a first riser; a carburetor for the main combustion chamber supported by said first riser for supplying a lean fuel air mixture to said main intake manifold; an auxiliary intake manifold in communication with the auxiliary combustion chamber, said auxiliary intake manifold including a second riser; a carburetor for the auxiliary combustion chamber supported by said second riser for supplying a rich fuel air mixture to said auxiliary intake manifold; an exhaust manifold in communication with the main combustion chamber; said main and auxiliary intake manifolds and said exhaust manifold having a common wall forming the respective riser bottom walls of said first and second risers, a heat conductive plate interposed between said main intake manifold and said exhaust manifold and between said auxiliary intake manifold and said exhaust manifold to serve as said common wall; an insulator member interposed between said main intake manifold and said heat conductive plate and said auxiliary intake manifold and said heat conductive plate; a second insulator member interposed between said exhaust manifold and said heat conductive plate; and exhaust liner means mounted within said exhaust manifold for defining a passage through which exhaust gas flows, said exhaust liner means having a heater wall, (a) said heater wall being heated by the flow of exhaust gas through said passage defined by said exhaust liner means, said heater wall extending in spaced and opposite relation to said common wall so that said common wall is exposed to heat radiated from said heater wall, said heater wall having at least one first port disposed in opposite relation to said riser bottom wall of said first riser and having at least one second port disposed in opposite relation to said riser bottom wall of said second riser; said heater wall and said common wall defining a chamber; said exhaust liner means having a deflector which is so disposed in the flow of exhaust gas through said passage of said exhaust liner means and positioned as to provide an arrangement whereby a substantially small proportion of the exhaust gas flowing through said passage of said exhaust liner means flows into said chamber through the second port first and flows out of said chamber into said passage of said exhaust liner means through the first port after having been in heat conductive contact with said common wall.