US1276937A - Carbureter. - Google Patents

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whereb f the enriclnnO ot the air is corresponding'ly facilitated.

By the constant level arrangement for all the tanks a uniformity ot' enriching is insured.

The enriched air is cheaply produced and is readily provided in various useful conditions. When the apparatus is arranged to operate an explosion engine, it is unnecessary to crank the engine, since the productl is supplied to the engine under pressure and is already an explosive mixture, wherefore ignition alone is all that is needed to start the engine. l

ln country places Where wind power must usually be depended upon for providing the needed pressures the gas-receiving tank l? may he charged when Wind is available and this charge may be used during times of calm.

A test flame burning,r at the burner 15 may be employed'to apprise the operator of the condition of the enriched air being delivered to the receiving' tank 17.

The tank 35 serves as an auxiliary supply tank, since with the valves 4l and 44 open and the valve 36 closed the gasolene trein` the. tank 35 will tion? as permitted by the valve until the gage glass 37 shows that the supply is getting low, whereupon the tank 35 is replenished by opening they/altes 3U and JA) andatter the tank 35 is again lled the valves 3G and 9 may be closed, or the Valve 3G alone it closed will hold back gasolene Ytrom the main supply tank 33.

ll'hat is claimed 'isz- A carbureter comprising a plurality of containers for volatile hydrocarbon liquid all connected together in multiple at a low point, pipes connectingr each container at a. high point to -a loiv point et the next container in order, means tor maintaining a. predetermined level ot' liquid in all the containers through the multiple connections at lo\ v points ot the containers7 a storage tank .tor carhureted air, a connection between the last container in order andthe storage tank, an air pump, a valve connected to the dis chargey side ot the air pump, a pipe leading? Yfrom thevalre to the tiret container in order at a lon' point thcreo' and provided with a, check valve opening toward the container, and another pipe leading from the valve to tlie'storage tank, said valve having a range ot' movement to connect it to either pipe alone or to both pipes simultaneously at will, whereby air may he progressively en riched by being successively passed through a plurality of like quantities et hydrocarbon liquid, or the enriched air may be diluted with other air, or both operations may be performed at the saine time.

'in testimony, that :i claim he foregoing as my own, have hereto affixed my signature in the presence or two vit-messes.

JOHN MCKENNEY. llitnesses:

JOHN l/V. Jarras, JOHN B. C. Knielen 'saA

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