US4813394A
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Carburetion systems
Assignee: RIX INDUSTRIES NEW ZEALAND Ltd
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Filing: 1987-05-08
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Granted: 1989-03-21
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Expires: 2007-05-08
Abstract
Abstract A carburetion system to adapt a motor vehicle to use either liquid gasoline fuel or compressed hydrocarbon gas fuel including a diaphragm operated valve to control the flow of hydrocarbon gas to the motor where one side of the diaphragm is connected to the partial vacuum arising from induction flow of fuel to vary the opening of the valve proportional with the required fuel supply to the motor.
Inventors
- 👤 Christie C. St. Clair
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 22:01
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02M; F02M21/00; F02M21/02; F02M21/0218; F02M21/023; F02M21/0239; F02B; F02B43/00; F02D; F02D19/00; F02D19/06; F02D19/0663; F02D19/0673; F02D19/0678; F02M13/00; F02M13/08; F02M21/04; F02M21/042; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A carburetion device for a vehicle which comprises: a diaphragm-actuated valve capable of controlling the flow of gas from the low pressure supply to the vehicle motor induction, a sensor diaphragm which is funtionally linked to the valve such that a movement of the sensor diaphragm produces a corresponding movement in the valve, means to separate the gas supply inlet from the gas supply outlet, means to separate the gas supply passage on one side of the diaphragm from a compensating chamber on the opposite side of the diaphragm, a bypass bleed joining the passage with the compensating chamber and a pilot valve which is opened and closed by the sensor diaphragm in order to change the differential pressure on opposite sides of the diaphragm whereby the diaphragm valve openings are proportional to the level of induction vacuum.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A carburetion device for a vehicle which comprises: a diaphragm-actuated valve capable of controlling the flow of gas from the low pressure supply to the vehicle motor induction, a sensor diaphragm which is funtionally linked to the valve such that a movement of the sensor diaphragm produces a corresponding movement in the valve, means to separate the gas supply inlet from the gas supply outlet, means to separate the gas supply passage on one side of the diaphragm from a compensating chamber on the opposite side of the diaphragm, a bypass bleed joining the passage with the compensating chamber and a pilot valve which is opened and closed by the sensor diaphragm in order to change the differential pressure on opposite sides of the diaphragm whereby the diaphragm valve openings are proportional to the level of induction vacuum.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A carburetion device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the area of the pilot valve port is approximately equal to the area of the bypass bleed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A carburetion device as claimed in claim 1 wherein a damper attenuates the movements of the sensor diaphragm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A carburetion device as claimed in claim 3 wherein the damper is a diphragm which is exposed to the prevailing pressure on the gas outlet and is operatively connected to the pilot valve.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A carburetion device as claimed in claim 1 wherein two gas outlets lead from the diaphragm actuated valve, the first of which is restricted by a diaphragm valve which opens only at high gas flows to enrich the total flow.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A carburetion device as claimed in claim 5 wherein the second gas outlet is subject to a manually adjustable flow control.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
A carburetion device as claimed in claim 6 wherein the flow control is a screw throttle.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A carburetion device as claimed in claim 4 wherein both sensor diaphragm and damper diaphragm are connected to a common stem which carries the pilot valve.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
58 words
A carburetion device as claimed in claim 8 wherein the sensor diaphragm divides an induction vacuum chamber into an actuating compartment which is connected to the induction vacuum and a compensating chamber connected to atmosphere, the stem which is actuated by the sensor diaphragm passing through the damper diaphragm which also closes the mouth of the actuating compartment.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A carburetion device as claimed in any one of claims 1 wherein the gas outlets terminate in a common passage which is adapted to enter the vehicle air cleaner.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
A fuel conversion device for a vehicle comprising a carburetion device as claimed in claim 1, a fuel gas delivery head and connectors for fuel gas and induction vacuum.
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