Air/fuel mixing arrangement for an internal combustion engine

Patent · Tue Jul 08 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5013462

Thomas, C

A description is given of an air/fuel mixing arrangement for an internal combustion engine comprising; a fuel storage container; a rotatably mounted hollow shaft oriented to have an open lower end positioned within said container; an impeller secured to an upper end of the shaft for rotation therewith, said impeller including a plurality of blades radially disposed with respect to the shaft in proximity to radially arranged openings provided in the shaft; a chamber for housing said impeller; means for introducing air within the chamber, said means being oriented to cause the air to be directed towards the impeller blades; an adapter joined to said internal combustion engine; a throttle plate positioned within an aperture in said adapter, said throttle plate being selectively movable to vary the effective opening of said aperture; and passage means connecting the chamber and the aperture whereby in response to the positioning of the throttle to open said aperture, fuel is drawn from the lower end of the shaft, is atomized within the shaft by said pressurized air and then is passed through the openings in the shaft so as to be mixed by the impeller with the air introduced within the chamber, the mixture being transported to said engine via the passage means and the adapter.

• Assignee: IFI; EDB-80-123560; ERA-06-001014
• Patent Number(s): US 4211198
• OSTI ID: 5013462
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330100* -- Internal Combustion Engines
ATOMIZATION
DESIGN
ENGINES
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEMS
FUEL RODS
FUEL SYSTEMS
FUEL-AIR RATIO
HEAT ENGINES
HOLLOW FUEL RODS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
MIXING
REACTOR COMPONENTS