US3161787A - Automatic devices for controlling the starting means in internal combustion engine carburetors - Google Patents
Automatic devices for controlling the starting means in internal combustion engine carburetors Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US3161787A US3161787A US185749A US18574962A US3161787A US 3161787 A US3161787 A US 3161787A US 185749 A US185749 A US 185749A US 18574962 A US18574962 A US 18574962A US 3161787 A US3161787 A US 3161787A
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- starting means
- wire
- internal combustion
- controlling
- combustion engine
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
Images
Classifications
-
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02N—STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F02N3/00—Other muscle-operated starting apparatus
- F02N3/04—Other muscle-operated starting apparatus having foot-actuated levers
-
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02M—SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F02M1/00—Carburettors with means for facilitating engine's starting or its idling below operational temperatures
- F02M1/08—Carburettors with means for facilitating engine's starting or its idling below operational temperatures the means to facilitate starting or idling becoming operative or inoperative automatically
- F02M1/10—Carburettors with means for facilitating engine's starting or its idling below operational temperatures the means to facilitate starting or idling becoming operative or inoperative automatically dependent on engine temperature, e.g. having thermostat
- F02M1/12—Carburettors with means for facilitating engine's starting or its idling below operational temperatures the means to facilitate starting or idling becoming operative or inoperative automatically dependent on engine temperature, e.g. having thermostat with means for electrically heating thermostat
Definitions
- an internal combustion engine carburetor comprises means for permitting cold engine operation, i.e. starting and running during the warm-up period.
- Said means which are intended to increase the flow rate and the richness of the fuel and air mixture fed to the engine either act to close a choke valve or make use of a fuel and air mixture source different from that serving to supply mixture to be used for normal running of the engine.
- Said means will be hereinafter called starting means.
- the present invention relates to automatic devices for controlling such starting means.
- Said automatic devices consist essentially of a heat response element, in the form of a bimetallic strip, subjected to the effect of the temperature of an electric resistor wire housed in the same casing as said element and fed with electric current when the engine is being started.
- the construction of said automatic devices is rather difiicult for the following reasons:
- the support of the resistor wire is made of a plastic material, such for instance as that designated by the trademark Bakelite, the electrical connecting members to which the ends of the wire are fixed can easily be secured to the support since this plastic material is an electrical insulator, but this material is not capable of correctly withstanding temperatures above 250 C. It is therefore necessary to position the resistor wire at a distance from the support, while fixing it to the connecting members. Precautions must even be taken to ensure a thermal isolation between the wire and the support to prevent the transmission of heat from one to the other through said electrical connecting members. If, on the other hand, the support is made of a metallic material, electric insulating means must be provided for the passage of the electrical connecting members through the support.
- the resistor wire can be supported only through its ends, ie in overhanging fashion.
- the vibrations of the engine give the resistor wire a pendular movement which tends to deteriorate it, the more so as this wire is often heated to red hot temperature, which reduces its mechanical properties.
- the object of the present invention is to obviate these drawbacks.
- the conductor wire fixed to a cover plate of ceramic material which closes the casing in which the bimetallic strip is housed, is mounted bare in a groove formed in the inner wall of said cover plate and is held in said groove by a flange, preferably discontinuous, formed by the material of said cover plate along said groove, the bimetallic spring being located close to said inner wall of the cover plate, the coil formed by the resistor wire being preferably bent into a circle coaxial with the bimetallic spring.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic elevational view of a downdraft carburetor with a device for controlling the starting means thereof, said device being shown in vertical section;
- FIG. 2 is a detailed view corresponding to a section through the line II-II of FIG. 1.
- the carburetor shown by the drawing comprises a body 1, provided with a vertical induction pipe 2 through which the air and fuel mixture flows in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1, the flow rate of this mixture being adjusted by means of a throttle valve 3. Fuel is fed from a constant level chamber 4 and air flows in through the main air intake 5.
- the starting means to permit starting and warm-up of the engine may be of any suitable construction and said means may be brought into or out of action by rotation of a spindle 6, journalled in a casing 7, fixed to the carburetor body 1.
- the device for controlling said starting means comprises a lever 8 fixed on spindle 6 and the angular position of which is determined by its cooperation with the free end 9 of a bimetallic strip 10 which is spiral wound about a fixed pin 11 in line with spindle 8, and to which the inner end of said strip 10 is fixed, for instance by insertion in a slot 12 formed in spindle 6.
- Pin 11 is carried by a support or cover 13, which forms the closing wall of easing 7.
- An electric resistor 14, mounted inside casing 7 is fed with electric current when the internal combustion engine is being started, the current being transmitted through connecting terminals 15.
- cover 13 is made of an insulating ceramic material capable of withstanding without danger temperatures as high as 800-900" C., i.e. higher than the maximum temperature to which wire 14 may be brought.
- the cover 13 is provided with a housing capable of holding wire 14 in position and connecting terminals 15 extends through said cover 13.
- the ceramic material may advantageously consist of steatite, steatite ware or any analogous product such as commonly used as insulating material in spark plugs.
- cover 13 With such a material it is possible to manufacture cover 13 by molding, terminals 15 and possibly pin 11 being secured in position during this operation.
- wire 14 is in the form of a coil bent into a nearly complete circle.
- the housing formed in cover 13 consists of a groove 16 limited inwardly by projections 17.
- resistor wire 14 is fixed in position in groove 16 by said projection 17.
- a heat re- 3 sponsive control device which comprises, in combination, a cylindrical casing comprising a cover made of a ceramic material capable of withstanding without damage temperatures as high as 800 C., the inner wall of said cover being provided with a groove extending along a substantially circular line, coaxial with said casing, the outer circular Wall of said groove being of substantially cylindrical shape, a heating resistor coil housed in said groove, two electric terminal members carried by said cover and connected to the ends of said resistor coil respectively, a bimetallic strip mounted in said casing in close proximity to said cover, said strip being spiral wound about the axis of said casing, the outer end of said strip being at a distance from said axis substantially equal to the radius of said groove, the opening of said groove being located oppositev said spiral wound bimetallic strip and extending toward the axis of said casing to a greater distance than said resistor coil, whereby the heat from said resistor coil is transmitted to most of said bimetallic strip, projections carried by the
Landscapes
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
- Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Means For Warming Up And Starting Carburetors (AREA)
- Flexible Shafts (AREA)
Description
3,161,787 STARTING MEANS INE CARBURETORS 1962 1964 w VAN SAAN AUTOMATIC DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING THE IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENG Filed April 6,
lllllv lNvEA/TOR B7 8 t Mal ATTORNEYS United States Patent AUTOMATIC DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING THE STARTING MEANS IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CARBURETORS Willy van Saan, Neuss (Rhine), Germany, asslgnor to Socit Industrielle de Brevets et dEtudes (S.I.B.E.), Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine, France, a society of France Filed Apr. 6, 1962, Ser. No. 185,749 Claims priority, application France, June 26, 1961, 866,108 1 Claim. (Cl. 310-4) As is well known an internal combustion engine carburetor comprises means for permitting cold engine operation, i.e. starting and running during the warm-up period. Said means, which are intended to increase the flow rate and the richness of the fuel and air mixture fed to the engine either act to close a choke valve or make use of a fuel and air mixture source different from that serving to supply mixture to be used for normal running of the engine. Said means will be hereinafter called starting means.
The present invention relates to automatic devices for controlling such starting means. Said automatic devices consist essentially of a heat response element, in the form of a bimetallic strip, subjected to the effect of the temperature of an electric resistor wire housed in the same casing as said element and fed with electric current when the engine is being started. The construction of said automatic devices is rather difiicult for the following reasons:
If the support of the resistor wire is made of a plastic material, such for instance as that designated by the trademark Bakelite, the electrical connecting members to which the ends of the wire are fixed can easily be secured to the support since this plastic material is an electrical insulator, but this material is not capable of correctly withstanding temperatures above 250 C. It is therefore necessary to position the resistor wire at a distance from the support, while fixing it to the connecting members. Precautions must even be taken to ensure a thermal isolation between the wire and the support to prevent the transmission of heat from one to the other through said electrical connecting members. If, on the other hand, the support is made of a metallic material, electric insulating means must be provided for the passage of the electrical connecting members through the support. In both cases the resistor wire can be supported only through its ends, ie in overhanging fashion. The vibrations of the engine give the resistor wire a pendular movement which tends to deteriorate it, the more so as this wire is often heated to red hot temperature, which reduces its mechanical properties. Furthermore, in view of this pendular movement, it is necessary to mount the wire at a relatively great distance both from the support on which the electrical connecting members are fixed and from the bimetallic strip, so as to avoid short circuits.
In these circumstances, such automatic control devices do not work well because the heat source consisting of the wire is at too great a distance fromthe bimetallic strip.
The object of the present invention is to obviate these drawbacks.
For this purpose, according to the present invention, the conductor wire, fixed to a cover plate of ceramic material which closes the casing in which the bimetallic strip is housed, is mounted bare in a groove formed in the inner wall of said cover plate and is held in said groove by a flange, preferably discontinuous, formed by the material of said cover plate along said groove, the bimetallic spring being located close to said inner wall of the cover plate, the coil formed by the resistor wire being preferably bent into a circle coaxial with the bimetallic spring.
A preferred embodiment of this invention will be hereinafter described with reference to the appended drawings given merely by Way of example and in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic elevational view of a downdraft carburetor with a device for controlling the starting means thereof, said device being shown in vertical section;
FIG. 2 is a detailed view corresponding to a section through the line II-II of FIG. 1.
The carburetor shown by the drawing comprises a body 1, provided with a vertical induction pipe 2 through which the air and fuel mixture flows in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1, the flow rate of this mixture being adjusted by means of a throttle valve 3. Fuel is fed from a constant level chamber 4 and air flows in through the main air intake 5.
The starting means to permit starting and warm-up of the engine may be of any suitable construction and said means may be brought into or out of action by rotation of a spindle 6, journalled in a casing 7, fixed to the carburetor body 1.
The device for controlling said starting means comprises a lever 8 fixed on spindle 6 and the angular position of which is determined by its cooperation with the free end 9 of a bimetallic strip 10 which is spiral wound about a fixed pin 11 in line with spindle 8, and to which the inner end of said strip 10 is fixed, for instance by insertion in a slot 12 formed in spindle 6.
Pin 11 is carried by a support or cover 13, which forms the closing wall of easing 7. An electric resistor 14, mounted inside casing 7 is fed with electric current when the internal combustion engine is being started, the current being transmitted through connecting terminals 15.
It is known that, when the engine is stopped and cold, no current is fed to wire 14 and bimetallic strip 10 is itself cold occupying a position where spindle 6, which it controls, has the starting means ready for action. When the engine is started in these conditions, wire 14 begins to be fed with current and heats bimetallic strip 10 which is deformed and causes spindle 6 to rotate in the direction which causes the starting means to be gradually brought out of action.
Now, according to this invention, cover 13 is made of an insulating ceramic material capable of withstanding without danger temperatures as high as 800-900" C., i.e. higher than the maximum temperature to which wire 14 may be brought.
The cover 13 is provided with a housing capable of holding wire 14 in position and connecting terminals 15 extends through said cover 13.
The ceramic material may advantageously consist of steatite, steatite ware or any analogous product such as commonly used as insulating material in spark plugs.
With such a material it is possible to manufacture cover 13 by molding, terminals 15 and possibly pin 11 being secured in position during this operation.
As shown by FIG. 2, wire 14 is in the form of a coil bent into a nearly complete circle. In this case the housing formed in cover 13 consists of a groove 16 limited inwardly by projections 17. Thus whatever be the vibrations it undergoes, resistor wire 14 is fixed in position in groove 16 by said projection 17. Such an arrangement permits of placing wire 14 very close to thebimetallic strip, so that the heating of this strip is obtained with the maximum efiiciency. The wire cannot move in its casing under the effect of engine vibrations and its life is therefore increased.
Of course, the embodiment above described with reference to the drawings is given merely by way of example and has no limitative character.
What I claim is:
In an internal combustion engine carburetor, a heat re- 3 sponsive control device which comprises, in combination, a cylindrical casing comprising a cover made of a ceramic material capable of withstanding without damage temperatures as high as 800 C., the inner wall of said cover being provided with a groove extending along a substantially circular line, coaxial with said casing, the outer circular Wall of said groove being of substantially cylindrical shape, a heating resistor coil housed in said groove, two electric terminal members carried by said cover and connected to the ends of said resistor coil respectively, a bimetallic strip mounted in said casing in close proximity to said cover, said strip being spiral wound about the axis of said casing, the outer end of said strip being at a distance from said axis substantially equal to the radius of said groove, the opening of said groove being located oppositev said spiral wound bimetallic strip and extending toward the axis of said casing to a greater distance than said resistor coil, whereby the heat from said resistor coil is transmitted to most of said bimetallic strip, projections carried by the edge of said recess circular periphery for keeping said resistor coil in said groove, means for holding in fixed position the inner end of said bimetallic strip, and means operatively connected with the outer end of said bimetallic strip for transmitting the displacements of said last mentioned end.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,138,733 5/15 Copeman 219-37 1,612,174 12/26 Boller 338-311 X 2,180,779 11/39 Stribeck 174-138 2,245,672 6/41 Hunt 261-39 X 2,263,027 11/41 Beard 261-39 X 2,494,447 1/50 Mosthaf 219-37 2,942,596 6/60 Carlson 26139 X FOREIGN PATENTS 409,927 5/34 Great Britain. 937,037 3/48 France.
GEORGE D. MITCHELL, Primary Examiner.
HERBERT L. MARTIN, HARRY B. THORNTON,
Examiners.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
FR866108A FR1300840A (en) | 1961-06-26 | 1961-06-26 | Improvements to automatic control means of starting devices for carburettors for internal combustion engines |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US3161787A true US3161787A (en) | 1964-12-15 |
Family
ID=8758039
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US185749A Expired - Lifetime US3161787A (en) | 1961-06-26 | 1962-04-06 | Automatic devices for controlling the starting means in internal combustion engine carburetors |
Country Status (4)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US3161787A (en) |
DE (1) | DE1897687U (en) |
FR (1) | FR1300840A (en) |
GB (1) | GB933051A (en) |
Cited By (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3291461A (en) * | 1965-02-11 | 1966-12-13 | John G Pope | Manually operated heating means for controlling automatic chokes |
US3800767A (en) * | 1972-04-20 | 1974-04-02 | Acf Ind Inc | Thermo switch arrangement for control of an internal combustion engine |
US3818881A (en) * | 1972-02-21 | 1974-06-25 | Hitachi Ltd | Electrically controlled automatic choke of a carburetor for an internal combustion engine |
US3931797A (en) * | 1973-12-29 | 1976-01-13 | Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Automobile engine carburetors |
US3980065A (en) * | 1974-04-10 | 1976-09-14 | Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Automatic actuator for carburetor choke valve |
US4083336A (en) * | 1971-08-10 | 1978-04-11 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Condition responsive control device |
US4131099A (en) * | 1976-01-24 | 1978-12-26 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Idling and warm-up fuel control device |
US4331615A (en) * | 1980-11-06 | 1982-05-25 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Fuel supply system with automatic choke |
Families Citing this family (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
DE1476151B1 (en) * | 1965-04-15 | 1972-05-31 | Acf Ind Inc | Carburettors for internal combustion engines |
US3806854A (en) * | 1972-12-05 | 1974-04-23 | Texas Instruments Inc | Control for automotive choke |
Citations (9)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US1138733A (en) * | 1914-01-23 | 1915-05-11 | Copeman Electric Stove Company | Electrical heating unit. |
US1612174A (en) * | 1922-10-14 | 1926-12-28 | Cutler Hammer Mfg Co | Rheostat having molded base |
GB409927A (en) * | 1933-07-03 | 1934-05-10 | Moffats Ltd | Electric boiling plates |
US2180779A (en) * | 1937-07-09 | 1939-11-21 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Etched sparking plug |
US2245672A (en) * | 1934-09-17 | 1941-06-17 | Bendix Prod Corp | Carburetor |
US2263027A (en) * | 1938-08-15 | 1941-11-18 | George M Holley | Carburetor fast idle system |
FR937037A (en) * | 1944-03-21 | 1948-08-05 | Ets Japy Freres | Improvements in the insulation of magnetic sheets and in the manufacture of electrical devices and machines that include them |
US2494447A (en) * | 1947-04-29 | 1950-01-10 | Steatite Res Corp | Heating grill |
US2942596A (en) * | 1958-05-21 | 1960-06-28 | Acf Ind Inc | Automatic choke control |
-
1961
- 1961-06-26 FR FR866108A patent/FR1300840A/en not_active Expired
- 1961-08-31 DE DES38849U patent/DE1897687U/en not_active Expired
-
1962
- 1962-03-27 GB GB11729/62A patent/GB933051A/en not_active Expired
- 1962-04-06 US US185749A patent/US3161787A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Patent Citations (9)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US1138733A (en) * | 1914-01-23 | 1915-05-11 | Copeman Electric Stove Company | Electrical heating unit. |
US1612174A (en) * | 1922-10-14 | 1926-12-28 | Cutler Hammer Mfg Co | Rheostat having molded base |
GB409927A (en) * | 1933-07-03 | 1934-05-10 | Moffats Ltd | Electric boiling plates |
US2245672A (en) * | 1934-09-17 | 1941-06-17 | Bendix Prod Corp | Carburetor |
US2180779A (en) * | 1937-07-09 | 1939-11-21 | Bosch Gmbh Robert | Etched sparking plug |
US2263027A (en) * | 1938-08-15 | 1941-11-18 | George M Holley | Carburetor fast idle system |
FR937037A (en) * | 1944-03-21 | 1948-08-05 | Ets Japy Freres | Improvements in the insulation of magnetic sheets and in the manufacture of electrical devices and machines that include them |
US2494447A (en) * | 1947-04-29 | 1950-01-10 | Steatite Res Corp | Heating grill |
US2942596A (en) * | 1958-05-21 | 1960-06-28 | Acf Ind Inc | Automatic choke control |
Cited By (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3291461A (en) * | 1965-02-11 | 1966-12-13 | John G Pope | Manually operated heating means for controlling automatic chokes |
US4083336A (en) * | 1971-08-10 | 1978-04-11 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Condition responsive control device |
US3818881A (en) * | 1972-02-21 | 1974-06-25 | Hitachi Ltd | Electrically controlled automatic choke of a carburetor for an internal combustion engine |
US3800767A (en) * | 1972-04-20 | 1974-04-02 | Acf Ind Inc | Thermo switch arrangement for control of an internal combustion engine |
US3931797A (en) * | 1973-12-29 | 1976-01-13 | Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Automobile engine carburetors |
US3980065A (en) * | 1974-04-10 | 1976-09-14 | Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Automatic actuator for carburetor choke valve |
US4131099A (en) * | 1976-01-24 | 1978-12-26 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Idling and warm-up fuel control device |
US4331615A (en) * | 1980-11-06 | 1982-05-25 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Fuel supply system with automatic choke |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
FR1300840A (en) | 1962-08-10 |
GB933051A (en) | 1963-07-31 |
DE1897687U (en) | 1964-07-30 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
SU797605A3 (en) | Carburator air flap control device of internal combustion engine | |
US3699937A (en) | Solid state controlled automatic choke | |
US3161787A (en) | Automatic devices for controlling the starting means in internal combustion engine carburetors | |
US3752133A (en) | Multiple heat automatic choke | |
US2177840A (en) | Air heater | |
US4038955A (en) | Automatic choke systems for carburetors | |
US2262408A (en) | Carburetor choke control | |
US4081499A (en) | Carburetor with electric heating type autochoke device | |
US2071633A (en) | Fuel mixture control | |
US3978835A (en) | Automatic choke assembly for small engines | |
US3898967A (en) | Automatic choke assembly | |
US3215417A (en) | Carburetor idle valve heater | |
US4297980A (en) | Motor vehicle carburetor choke mechanism | |
US3423569A (en) | Electric air heater for automatic choke | |
US1961651A (en) | Cabbtouetob | |
EP0051925B1 (en) | Fuel supply system with automatic choke | |
US2715500A (en) | Automatic choke control device | |
US1532189A (en) | Thermostatically-controlled heating element | |
US3913539A (en) | Thermo switch arrangement for control of an internal combustion engine | |
US2309170A (en) | Internal combustion engine | |
US3248675A (en) | Cold weather enrichment device for an internal combustion engine | |
US2646933A (en) | Automatic carburetor choke control | |
US4496496A (en) | Fuel supply system with electric choke and control therefor | |
US3905346A (en) | Choke cap altitude kit | |
US3212486A (en) | Automatic choke heater |