Method and apparatus for carburetion

Patent · Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6098897

Snyder, W E

This patent describes an improved carburetor for a gaseous fueled engine wherein the engine includes an intake manifold and a fuel supply, the carburetor comprising: a body having inlet and outlet ends, an air passageway extending therethrough intersecting the ends, a fuel supply passageway for connection with the fuel supply, and a mixing chamber located adjacent to the outlet end and communicating with the air and fuel supply passageways; fuel and air control means located in the fuel supply and air passageway, respectively, for conjointly controlling flow through the passageways, the fuel and air control means including an air valve member located in the air passageway upstream of the mixing chamber, a fuel valve member located in the supply passageway upstream of the mixing chamber, and including a shaft rotatable in the body having both valve members mounted thereon for conjoint movement with the shaft; and, auxiliary control means for varying the air/fuel ratio to the intake manifold, the auxiliary control means including an auxiliary air passageway in the body extending from adjacent the inlet end to the mixing chamber a valve member located in the auxiliary air passageway upstream of the mixing chamber, and a shaft rotatable in the body having the last mentioned valve member mounted thereon.

• Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4686951
• OSTI ID: 6098897
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 24 Jul 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
CARBURETORS
DESIGN
OPERATION
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
AIR FLOW
AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
FUEL-AIR RATIO
INTAKE STRUCTURES
MIXERS
ROTATION
SHAFTS
VALVES
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLOW REGULATORS
FLUID FLOW
FUEL SYSTEMS
GAS FLOW
HEAT ENGINES
MACHINE PARTS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
MOTION
330100* - Internal Combustion Engines