Fuel supply apparatus in internal combustion engine

Claim 1

A fuel supply apparatus in an internal combustion engine comprising an intake passage having a straight pipe portion with a central axis, a single venturi device positioned and supported in said straight pipe portion along said central axis having a venturi throat therein and at least one fuel discharge opening for discharging into said throat, a mixture producing source communicating with the at least one fuel discharge opening and comprising a hollow bleed tube having two ends and a plurality of bleed holes therethrough positioned circumferentially and axially, one end of the tube opening to the at least one discharge opening, a fuel injection nozzle positioned at the other end of the bleed tube remote from said venturi device, and means surrounding the bleed tube defining an annular space for communicating external air to said plurality of bleed holes whereby a fuel/air mixture produced in said bleed tube by the mixing of fuel supplied under pressure from said injection nozzle with external air passed through the plurality of bleed holes is discharged into said throat of said venturi device through said at least one discharge opening.