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Fuel vaporizer and carburetor preheater system

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OSTI ID:6632079
An apparatus for preheating the fuel and carburetor of an internal combustion engine and for improving vaporization of the fuel is disclosed herein which comprises a fuel chamber received within a cylindrical heat chamber including a heated liquid therein. The apparatus further includes a vaporization assembly mounted between the carburetor and intake manifold and providing, consecutively, a first screen, heat tubes and second screen. Means are provided for circulating the heat medium between the heat chamber, in which the medium is heated, and the vaporization assembly. Pump means are also provided for moving the fuel from the fuel chamber to the carburetor.
Assignee:
EDB-83-042617
Patent Number(s):
US 4342303
OSTI ID:
6632079
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English