Carburetor fuel bowl assembly

Patent · Tue Apr 12 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:5004828

Saxby, R M

A carburetor is described comprising a carburetor main body having a side wall, fuel bowl means including means defining an enclosed chamber and means for maintaining a supply of fuel at a predetermined normal level within the chamber, a gasket lying against the side wall, means detachably mounting the fuel bowl means on the main body with the gasket sealingly clamped therebetween and fuel passage means extending from the chamber into the main body via an opening through the gasket. The fuel passage means includes a passage section in the fuel bowl means at an elevation above the normal level to isolate the gasket from the static head of fuel within the chamber. The fuel bowl chamber is an open-top, bath tub like chamber defined by a bottom wall, a front wall disposed adjacent the gaskets and main body side wall and having mounting portions exterior of the bowl, a rear wall having a height above the bottom wall less than the height of the front wall above the bottom wall and a pair of opposite side walls at the ends of the front and rear walls. The side walls slope in height above the bottom wall from the front wall height to the real wall height, the upper edges of the front, rear and side walls forming a flange lying in a plane inclined at a downward angle away from the front wall, and a bowl cover removably mounted on the flange, the detachable mounting means comprising a first pair of mounting bolts passing through the front wall mounting portions and threadably received in the main body, so that the bolt heads are accessible from the exterior of the fuel bowl. A second pair of mounting bolts pass through the front wall adjacent to and below the top of the front wall and threadably received in the main body. The heads of the second pair of bolts are located within the bowl and below the cover at a level above the top of the rear wall.

• Assignee: Colt Industries Inc., New York, NY
• Patent Number(s): US 4737319
• OSTI ID: 5004828
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
AUTOMOTIVE FUELS
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CONTAINERS
DESIGN
ENGINES
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FLANGES
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUELS
GASKETS
HEAT ENGINES
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
SEALS