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Fuel and water homogenizer
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-10-05
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Granted: 1984-08-07
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Expires: 2001-10-05
Abstract
Abstract A system for providing homogenized fluids of fuel and water utilizes a chamber (70) in which the fuel and water is loaded in predetermined quantities. The chamber contains heater (75) which is electrically activated to convert the liquid fuel and water to their vapor states. The chamber also contains a transducer (74) which vibrates the liquified composition of the fuel and water vapors at high frequency rates so as to additionally homogenize it prior to being transferred to storage vessel (96). A vaporizer (99') may be connected to the storage vessel so as to be fed by the homogenized liquid when this system is used in conjunction with an internal combustion engine. The system may provide mechanism (77, 79) for evacuating chamber (70) prior to loading the fuel and water into such chamber. The system also provides pressurizing components (82, 84) that can inject air or oxygen of lower temperatures than that of the vaporized fuel and water molecules so as to convert the vapor phase of these molecules to a homogenized liquid in rapid order. This system can employ a programmer (25 through 40) that activates various controls governing the homogenizing process at predetermined intervals.
Inventors
- 👤 Martin E. Gerry
Bibliographic Details
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CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23K; F23K5/00; F23K5/02; F23K5/08; F23K5/10; B; B01; B01F; B01F23/00; B01F23/40; B01F31/00; F02; F02M; F02M25/00; F02M25/022; F02M25/0221; F02M25/0224; F02M25/0227; F02M27/00; F02M27/08; B01F2101/00; B01F2101/505; F02B; F02B3/00; F02B3/06; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A system for homogenizing liquid fuel and water components, comprising the combination of: a chamber into which said fuel and water components are loaded in their liquid states and in predetermined quantities: heating means, integral with said chamber, for converting said components from the liquid to the gas state, and for interspersing vaporized molecules of said components; pressurizing means, connected to the chamber, for converting the vaporized molecules to a homogenized liquid; a storage vessel coupled to said chamber; and transferring means, connected between said chamber and storage vessel, for removing the homogenized liquid from the chamber and into said storage vessel.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
102 words
A system for homogenizing liquid fuel and water components, comprising the combination of: a chamber into which said fuel and water components are loaded in their liquid states and in predetermined quantities: heating means, integral with said chamber, for converting said components from the liquid to the gas state, and for interspersing vaporized molecules of said components; pressurizing means, connected to the chamber, for converting the vaporized molecules to a homogenized liquid; a storage vessel coupled to said chamber; and transferring means, connected between said chamber and storage vessel, for removing the homogenized liquid from the chamber and into said storage vessel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system as stated in claim 1, including evacuating means connected to the chamber, for removing air from the chamber and for reducing the chamber's internal pressure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system as stated in claim 1, including: a transducer integral with and within said chamber; and electrical generating means, connected to said transducer, for vibrating said transducer and thereby additionally homogenizing the already homogenized liquid.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
132 words
A system for homogenizing liquid fuel and water components, comprising the combination of: a chamber into which said fuel and water components are loaded in their liquid states and in predetermined quantities; heating means, integral with said chamber, for converting said components from the liquid to the gas state, and for interspersing vaporized molecules of said components; pressurizing means, connected to the chamber, for converting the vaporized molecules to a homogenized liquid; a storage vessel coupled to said chamber; first transferring means, connected between said chamber and storage vessel, for removing the homogenized liquid from the chamber and into said storage vessel; a vaporizer coupled to said storage vessel; and second transferring means, connected between said storage vessel and vaporizer, for feeding said homogenized liquid from said storage vessel to said vaporizer.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
132 words
A system for homogenizing liquid fuel and water components, comprising the combination of: a chamber into which said fuel and water components are loaded in their liquid states and in predetermined quantities; heating means, integral with said chamber, for converting said components from the liquid to the gas state, and for interspersing vaporized molecules of said components; pressurizing means, connected to the chamber, for converting the vaporized molecules to a homogenized liquid; a storage vessel coupled to said chamber; first transferring means, connected between said chamber and storage vessel, for removing the homogenized liquid from the chamber and into said storage vessel; a vaporizer coupled to said storage vessel; and second transferring means, connected between said storage vessel and vaporizer, for feeding said homogenized liquid from said storage vessel to said vaporizer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system as stated in claim 1, including: electrically operated controls coupled to said chamber; and a programmer, connected to said electrically operated controls, for activating said electrically operated controls at predetermined intervals.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system as stated in claim 1, wherein said liquid fuel component constitutes at least one compound selected from the group consisting substantially of gasoline, diesel fuel, benzene, kerosene, alcohol, ether and hydrazine.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system as stated in claim 1, wherein said heating means creates vapor pressures of said components within said chamber that are in excess of atmospheric pressures at sea-level.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
73 words
A system for homogenizing liquid fuel and water components, comprising the combination of: a chamber into which said fuel and water components are loaded; first means, coupled to said chamber, for reducing the chamber's internal pressure; second means, adapted to said chamber, for vaporizing and intermingling said components in said chamber; and third means, coupled to said chamber, for pressurizing said chamber so as to convert the intermingled vapor components into a liquid.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
73 words
A system for homogenizing liquid fuel and water components, comprising the combination of: a chamber into which said fuel and water components are loaded; first means, coupled to said chamber, for reducing the chamber's internal pressure; second means, adapted to said chamber, for vaporizing and intermingling said components in said chamber; and third means, coupled to said chamber, for pressurizing said chamber so as to convert the intermingled vapor components into a liquid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system as stated in claim 8, wherein said components are vaporized to vapor pressures in excess of atmospheric pressure at sea level.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system as stated in claim 8, wherein said third means constitutes means for cooling said intermingled vapor components.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system as stated in claim 8, including fourth means, coupled to said chamber, for transferring said liquid out of said chamber.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system as stated in claim 11, including a storage vessel coupled to said fourth means, said storage vessel being means for retaining the transferred liquid.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system as stated in claim 12, including a vaporizer of a fuel burning engine, wherein said storage vessel is coupled to said vaporizer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system as stated in claim 11, including a vaporizer of a fuel burning engine, wherein said fourth means constitutes means for transferring the liquid to said vaporizer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system as stated in claim 4, including evacuating means connected to the chamber, for removing air from the chamber and for reducing the chamber's internal pressure.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system as stated in claim 4, including: a transducer integral with and within said chamber; and electrical generating means, connected to said transducer, for vibrating said transducer and thereby additionally homogenizing the already homogenized liquid.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system as stated in claim 4, including: electrically operated controls coupled to said chamber; and a programmer, connected to said electrically operated controls, for activating said electrically operated controls at predetermined intervals.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system as stated in claim 4, wherein said liquid fuel component constitutes at least one compound selected from the group consisting substantially of gasoline, diesel fuel, benzene, kerosene, alcohol, ether and hydrazine.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system as stated in claim 4, wherein said heating means creates vapor pressures of said components within said chamber that are in excess of atmospheric pressures at sea-level.
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