Auxiliary air inlet device for internal combustion engines

Claim 1

In an auxiliary air intake device for installing between the carburetor and intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, the combination comprising: a base member having a substantially uniform thickness; an opening in said member for alignment with the throat of the carburetor for passage of fuel through said opening along a given axis into the intake manifold. a cavity formed in said base member, the opening of said cavity being adapted for receiving air from the atmosphere; aperture means within said base member communicating with said cavity and with said opening; a plurality of tubular members, communicating with said aperture, each of said tubular members terminating in a nozzle opening, said nozzle openings being radially offset from said given axis and; a perforated plate member substantially closing the exit end of said opening, said perforated plate member and said tubular members being in abutting relation, said nozzle openings and said perforated plate member creating turbulence in the fuel-air mixture coming from the carburetor to combine said mixture with the air passing through said nozzle openings from said cavity through said aperture means whereby to generate a more homogeneous mixture.