Abstract:
A vapor return primer for priming and regulating pressure in a carburetor is disclosed. The vapor return primer includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is coupled with the high pressure side of the carburetor. The outlet is coupled with a fuel tank. A resilient flexible membrane is coupled with the housing for moving fluid through the inlet and outlet to prime the carburetor. A pressure relief mechanism is coupled with the housing to provide one-way flow from the housing through the outlet to the fuel tank during priming. Also, the pressure refief mechanism regulates the carburetor pressure when the internal combustion engine is in a continuous running mode.
Abstract:
A diaphragm-controlled carburetor which includes a diaphragm positioned in a chamber and dividing the chamber into wet and dry chamber sides. A valve is positioned in the wet chamber side, and is responsive to the diaphragm for feeding fuel to fuel jets and thence to a fuel/air passage. The dry chamber side is connected to receive pressure pulses from the engine crankcase through a three-position valve. The valve has orifices selectively interconnected by a rotatable valve disc for feeding pulses at first intensity to provide an enriched fuel/air mixture for starting, at a second lesser intensity to provide a less enriched fuel-air mixture for engine warm-up, and to block pressure pulses from the dry side of the control diaphragm.
Abstract:
A carburetor has a butterfly valve comprising a first valve plate portion for opening and closing a portion of an intake passage adjacent to a fuel nozzle and a second valve plate portion for opening and closing a portion of the intake passage located farther from the fuel nozzle, wherein the first valve plate portion is first opened from a position of closing the intake passage up to a predetermined angle, and, when the first valve plate portion is opened by more than the predetermined angle, the second valve plate portion is opened from a position of closing the intake passage.
Abstract:
A priming system for the carburetor-fuel pump of an internal combustion engine. The priming system includes a manually actuatable primer that is connected to the fuel chamber of the fuel pump, and priming fuel flows through a primer check valve either directly to an orifice in the carburetor throat or through the metering chamber, which communicates with the carburetor throat through main and idle orifices. In one embodiment, successive actuations of the primer bulb functions to purge the fuel pump, primer and priming lines of air and fill them with liquid fuel so that continued pumping injects priming fuel into the carburetor throat. In an alternative embodiment, the fuel pump, primer and priming lines are similarly charged but the metering chamber is also charged with fuel and the excess fuel is pumped therethrough and into the carburetor throat through the main and idle orifices. The metering chamber is left with an excess charge of fuel that results in richer operation during cranking and initial engine operation.
Abstract:
A fuel priming system for spark ignited internal combustion engines includes a manually actuated plunger pump for delivering liquid fuel from a tank to a reservoir chamber formed in part by a flexible diaphragm. A fuel injection passage leads from the reservoir chamber through a flow restricting orifice to an injection point formed in the engine intake air flow passage downstream of the carburetor venturi. The injection system provides for enriching the fuel-air mixture during cold starting while minimizing the chance of engine flooding. The finite fuel volume in the reservoir chamber also provides a sufficient quantity of fuel for automatic control of a rich fuel-air mixture during engine warm-up.
Abstract:
A crank-case pre-compression type 2-cycle engine internal combustion has an intake opening formed in the wall of a crank case and provided with a reed valve therein, and a carburetor disposed at a rearward offset from the intake port. The carburetor is connected to the inlet port through a joint-pipe. The joint-pipe has a mixture passage formed therein, an intermediate contracted portion and a partition plate extending along the axis of the mixture passage. The portion of the mixture passage near the outlet opening thereof is curved to cross the intake port substantially at a right angle to the latter.
Abstract:
A carburetor construction is disclosed which includes a plurality of plate members stacked one upon the other, the plates including recesses and openings which define fuel channels, and cavities which nestibly receive various components of the carburetor, the components being designed so as to facilitate assembly with each other.
Abstract:
The disclosure embraces a charge forming apparatus or carburetor and method of operation thereof wherein the charge forming apparatus is of modular construction and is inclusive of a body construction and a fluid flow control construction associated with the body construction, the fluid flow control construction being of laminar character fashioned with open areas or passages accommodating fluid flow or transfer, the fluid flow control being of a character enabling the interchangeability of fluid flow control laminations having different or modified patterns or arrangements of open areas or passages whereby the method of operation or the operating or metering characteristics of the charge forming apparatus may be changed or modified without alteration of the body construction. The provision of interchangeable fluid flow control laminations or members facilitates standardization of the body whereby the standardized charge forming apparatus may be rendered usable with engines of different sizes and operating characteristics by employing a fluid flow control construction having a selected orientation of open areas or passages accommodating fluid flow.
Abstract:
A carburetor and fuel feed device for small internal combustion engines incorporating a pumping section which receives fuel from a supply and delivers the required amounts for the range of operation between high and low speed operation with any excess being returned to the source of supply. A control device is employed which permits deceleration from high to low speed operation without flooding by instantaneously preventing the supply of fuel for high speed operation in response to movement of the throttle valve to an idle or low speed position.
Abstract:
The disclosure embraces relatively movable or adjustable members or elements forming control components of a charge forming apparatus or carburetor wherein one or more members or elements are adjustable or movable relative to a mounting means, the disclosure embracing a method and arrangement wherein substantially spherical bodies or balls of deformable resinous or plastic material associated with the movable members or elements are disposed to establish a substantially constant amount or degree of friction between a mounting means and one or more of the movable or adjustable members or elements to assure retention of the movable members or elements in adjusted positions.