Fuel mixture charge device

Claim 1

A fuel mixture charge device for association with the combustion chamber inlet of an internal combustion engine, said device comprising a longitudinally extending air inlet conduit having inlet and outlet ends, outlet end connection means on said conduit for connection to the combustion chamber inlet in fluid communication therewith, the inlet end of said conduit being connected with the ambient air for conducting air through said conduit to the combustion chamber, a one-way valve in said inlet end of said conduit for passing ambient air into said conduit, resilient means associated with said one-way inlet valve urging the latter closed to permit opening upon reduced pressure in said conduit, for passing air according to engine requirements and a fuel feeding needle valve associated with said conduit for feeding fuel to said conduit and comprising a hollow needle valve body having an inlet connected to a fuel supply pipe and an internally tapering outlet, and elongate needle valve element spaced within the interior of said valve body and longitudinally shiftable therein, an externally tapering end on and movable with said valve element within said internally tapering outlet toward and away from conforming closing engagement therein, a needle valve spring urging said needle valve element toward said closing engagement, and variable manual operating means connected to said needle valve element for selective positioning thereof, and a funnel on the air inlet end of said conduit for directing air into the latter, said fuel feeding needle valve being connected to said funnel for dispensing fuel into the air entering said conduit, said one-way valve comprising a seat in said conduit adjacent to and facing inwardly from its inlet end, and a valve element movable into and out of closing engagement with said seat, and said resilient means comprising bearing means in said conduit inwardly of and facing toward said seat, and resilient compression means interposed between said bearing means and valve element to yieldably urge the latter toward said closing engagement, said bearing means comprising a circumferential internal shoulder in said conduit facing toward said valve element, and said resilient compression means comprising a coil compression spring interposed between said shoulder and valve element, said spring being seated on said shoulder for passage of the air and fuel mixture radially through said spring.