Device for improving the fuel-gas air mixture and the operation of an internal combustion engine

Claim 1

A device for use with a throttle valve of a conventional carburetor-manifold system of an internal combustion engine, said device comprising a bore of essentially the same size as the carburetor-manifold bores to convey a fuel-air mixture therethrough to the internal combustion engine, said bore being constructed and defined with no more than 180 degrees of its bore diameter with means constructed and defined to extend inwardly of the periphery of the bore for intercepting a portion of said mixture from only the descending portion of the throttle valve with a minimum restriction to the flow of said mixture into the manifold and without impeding the opening movement of the carburetor throttle valve, said means being further characterized as creating a turbulence in the intercepted portion of said mixture immediately below said means.

Claim 2

A device for use with a throttle valve of a conventional carburetor-manifold system of an internal combustion engine, said device comprising a bore of essentially the same size as the carburetor-manifold bores to convey a fuel-air mixture therethrough to the internal combustion engine, said bore being constructed and defined with no more than 180 degrees of its bore diameter with means constructed and defined to extend inwardly of the periphery of the bore for intercepting a portion of said mixture from only the descending portion of the throttle valve with a minimum restriction to the flow of said mixture into the manifold and without impeding the opening movement of the carburetor throttle valve, said means being further characterized as creating a turbulence in the intercepted portion of said mixture immediately below said means.

Claim 8

A device for use with a throttle valve of a conventional carburetor utilized in combination with the carburetor-manifold bores conveying a fuel-air mixture into an internal combustion engine, said device comprising means adapted to be secured between the carburetor and manifold adjacent the carburetor throttle valve, said means having an aperture with a diameter substantially the same as the diameters of the carburetor-manifold bores, said aperture including a flanged surface extending into the aperture only on the side of the aperture receiving the descending portion of the throttle valve without interfering with the operation of the throttle valve, said flanged surface comprising a plurality of spaced apart flanged surfaces each having the same configuration for intercepting a small portion of the fuel-air mixture conveyed into the manifold by means of the carburetor throttle valve while permitting said mixture to flow between each flanged surface to thereby create a turbulence in said mixture immediately below each face of each flanged surface as said mixture moves over each of the flanged surfaces.

Claim 9

A device for use with a throttle valve of a conventional carburetor utilized in combination with the carburetor-manifold bores conveying a fuel-air mixture into an internal combustion engine, said device comprising means adapted to be secured between the carburetor and manifold adjacent the carburetor throttle valve, said means having an aperture with a diameter substantially the same as the diameters of the carburetor-manifold bores, said aperture including a flanged surface extending into the aperture only on the side of the aperture receiving the descending portion of the throttle valve without interfering with the operation of the throttle valve, said flanged surface comprising a plurality of spaced apart flanged surfaces each having the same configuration for intercepting a small portion of the fuel-air mixture conveyed into the manifold by means of the carburetor throttle valve while permitting said mixture to flow between each flanged surface to thereby create a turbulence in said mixture immediately below each face of each flanged surface as said mixture moves over each of the flanged surfaces.

Claim 13

A device for use with a throttle valve of a conventional carburetor utilized in combination with the carburetor-manifold bores conveying a fuel-air mixture into an internal combustion engine, as defined in claims 6, wherein each of the flanged surfaces are defined at an acute angle descending into the manifold bore to permit the descending lip of the throttle valve to travel immediately adjacent the flanged surfaces.

Claim 19

A method of improving the mixing of fuel and air for use in an internal combustion engine having a carburetor, the carburetor having a throttle valve immediately adjacent the outlet bore of the carburetor for controlling the volume of the fuel-air mixture flowing out of the carburetor past the throttle valve and into the internal combustion engine by means of a manifold connected therebetween during the opening of the throttle valve from a closed position to open positions over normal driving speeds of the vehicle equipped with the internal combustion engine creating a normally large rotating vortex immediately below the fuel exit side of the throttle valves, including the steps of intercepting the flow of the fuel-air mixture by means of a surface immediately after the mixture flows between the adjacent surface of the outlet bore and only the lower edge of the descending portion of the throttle valve of the carburetor, and shaping the intercepting surface to cause the intercepted fuel-air mixture to create a plurality of relatively small vortices rotating in a plane parallel to and interfering with said large vortex to thereby reduce the back pressure created at the throttle valve whereby an increased volume, and more thoroughly mixed fuel-air mixture flows into the internal combustion engine.

Claim 20

A method of improving the mixing of fuel and air for use in an internal combustion engine having a carburetor, the carburetor having a throttle valve immediately adjacent the outlet bore of the carburetor for controlling the volume of the fuel-air mixture flowing out of the carburetor past the throttle valve and into the internal combustion engine by means of a manifold connected therebetween during the opening of the throttle valve from a closed position to open positions over normal driving speeds of the vehicle equipped with the internal combustion engine creating a normally large rotating vortex immediately below the fuel exit side of the throttle valves, including the steps of intercepting the flow of the fuel-air mixture by means of a surface immediately after the mixture flows between the adjacent surface of the outlet bore and only the lower edge of the descending portion of the throttle valve of the carburetor, and shaping the intercepting surface to cause the intercepted fuel-air mixture to create a plurality of relatively small vortices rotating in a plane parallel to and interfering with said large vortex to thereby reduce the back pressure created at the throttle valve whereby an increased volume, and more thoroughly mixed fuel-air mixture flows into the internal combustion engine.

Claim 22

A method of improving the mixing of fuel and air for use in an internal combustion engine having a carburetor, the carburetor having a throttle valve immediately adjacent the outlet bore of the carburetor for controlling the volume of the fuel-air mixture flowing out of the carburetor past the throttle valve and into the internal combustion engine by means of a manifold connected therebetween during the opening of the throttle valve from a closed position to open positions over normal driving speeds of the vehicle equipped with the internal combustion engine including the steps of intercepting only the portion of the fuel-air mixture conveyed between the descending end of the throtte valve and the adjacent wall of the outlet bore of the carburetor, and creating a turbulence in the intercepted portion of the fuel-air mixture while minimizing the restriction of the flow of the mixture into the internal combustion engine to thereby improve the quality of the mix of the fuel-air mixture and the volume of flow of said mixture into the internal combustion engine while increasing the manifold vacuum.

Claim 23

A method of improving the mixing of fuel and air for use in an internal combustion engine having a carburetor, the carburetor having a throttle valve immediately adjacent the outlet bore of the carburetor for controlling the volume of the fuel-air mixture flowing out of the carburetor past the throttle valve and into the internal combustion engine by means of a manifold connected therebetween during the opening of the throttle valve from a closed position to open positions over normal driving speeds of the vehicle equipped with the internal combustion engine including the steps of intercepting only the portion of the fuel-air mixture conveyed between the descending end of the throtte valve and the adjacent wall of the outlet bore of the carburetor, and creating a turbulence in the intercepted portion of the fuel-air mixture while minimizing the restriction of the flow of the mixture into the internal combustion engine to thereby improve the quality of the mix of the fuel-air mixture and the volume of flow of said mixture into the internal combustion engine while increasing the manifold vacuum.

Claim 24

A method of improving the operation of an internal combustion engine having a carburetor-manifold combination for delivering a fuel-air mixture to the engine therethrough, the carburetor having a throttle valve adjacent the carburetor outlet bore communicating with the manifold bore, the fuel-air mixture conveyed beyond the throttle valve creating a rotating vortex immediately below the surface of the throttle valve and rotating at an approximate right angle to the axis of the carburetor-manifold bores, the method including the step of creating a multiplicity of relatively small rotating vortices adjacent the fuel-air mixture exit around the throttle valve immediately adjacent only the descending portion of the throttle valve to interact with the first mentioned rotating vortex thereby improving the fuel-air ratio and mixture of the fuel and air with an increase in manifold vacuum leading to an increased volume of flow of the fuel-air mixture into the internal combustion engine whereby improved combustion of the fuel-air mixture is realized by the internal combustion engine evidenced by an increase in power output of the engine for any one setting of the carburetor throttle valve.

Claim 25

A method of improving the operation of an internal combustion engine having a carburetor-manifold combination for delivering a fuel-air mixture to the engine therethrough, the carburetor having a throttle valve adjacent the carburetor outlet bore communicating with the manifold bore, the fuel-air mixture conveyed beyond the throttle valve creating a rotating vortex immediately below the surface of the throttle valve and rotating at an approximate right angle to the axis of the carburetor-manifold bores, the method including the step of creating a multiplicity of relatively small rotating vortices adjacent the fuel-air mixture exit around the throttle valve immediately adjacent only the descending portion of the throttle valve to interact with the first mentioned rotating vortex thereby improving the fuel-air ratio and mixture of the fuel and air with an increase in manifold vacuum leading to an increased volume of flow of the fuel-air mixture into the internal combustion engine whereby improved combustion of the fuel-air mixture is realized by the internal combustion engine evidenced by an increase in power output of the engine for any one setting of the carburetor throttle valve.