US1351832A

US1351832A - Auxiliary throttle-controller

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Publication number: US1351832A
Application number: US265875A
Authority: US
Inventors: Robert S Brickey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-12-09
Filing date: 1918-12-09
Publication date: 1920-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 1937-09-07

Description

R. S. BRICKEY.

AUXILIARY THROTTLE CONTROLLER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC, 9, I918.

1,35 1,832. Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

AUXILIARY THROTTLE-CONTROLLER.

Application filed December 9, 1918.-

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, ROBERT S. BRICKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Brown and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Throttle-Controllers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventon, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved auxiliary throttle controller for automobiles, such, for example, as the Ford, which employ internal combustion engines in connection with radiators and without starting motors; and to such ends, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claim. I

It is a well known fact that in starting the engine of a Ford machine, it is necessary to open the throttle valve wide to effect the initial starting of the engine. As the starting of the engine is produced by a crank at the front of the machine, and, of course, in front of the radiator, and as the throttle controller is at the steering wheel, it follows that the engine will run away, that is, run at tremendously high speed during'a considerable period of time required for the operator to go from the front of the machine to the steering wheel after the engine has been started. This racing or running of'the engine at high speed while idle, pounds the bearings and produces intense wear on the entire engine, and, in fact, does the engine more damage than when running under normal conditions for many miles.

My invention provides an auxiliary throttle valve for the starting of an operating rod connected to the throttle valve extended through one of the air cells of the radiator to the front of the machine and terminated in front of the radiator in a hand piece that may be quickly and easily reached by the operator while standing in the position in which he cranked the machine. The engine may, therefore, be slowed down immediately after it has been started.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 265,875.

indicate like parts throughout the several views. Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation showing part of the frame of one of the front wheels, the engine radiator, throttle valve, and associated parts of an automobile of the character named;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the carbureter and associated parts;

Fig. 3 is a detail showing the pivotal connection between the auxiliary throttle valve rod and arm; and

Fig. 4 is a detail in section 011 the line l-4: of Fig. 2.

Of the parts above enumerated, the numeral 5 indicates the main frame, 6 the radiator, 7 one of the front wheels, 8 the body of the engine, 9 the exhaust manifold, 10 the intake manifold, 11 the carburetor, and 12 the throttle valve, all of which parts may Lael assumed to be those of a Ford automo- In the customary arrangement, the stem of the throttle valve 12 is provided with an arm 13 to which the ordinary throttle valve rod 14 is attached in the usual way, being connected to an accelerator lever, not shown, on the steering post of the machine.

For the application of my auxiliary throttle valve controller I attach an auxiliary arm 15 rigidly to the arm 13. This attachment of the auxiliary arm 15 to the arm 13 is preferably made by bolts or screws 16 which clamp a supplemental arm section or bar 15 to said arm 15. The said arm 15 extends preferably about at a right angle to the arm 13. To the free end of the auxiliary arm 15, the auxiliary operating rod 17 is pivotally attached and this rod 17 is brought forward, passed through one of the air cells of the radiator and terminated in a hand piece 18 located in front of the radiator but out of the line of movement of the starting crank, not shown.

The rear end of the throttle valve operating rod 17 is detachably but securely pivoted to the arm 15 by giving the said rod, at its end, a Z-shaped bend, as best shown in Fig. 3.

The hand piece 18 of the throttle valve actuating rod 17 is preferably located just above the hand piece 19 of choke valve rod 20, the rear end of which is attached to the Patented Sept. '7, 1920.

arm 21 of the choke valve of the carbureter, The front portion of the rod 20 is usually passed through the radiator frame at one side of the radiatorproper.

With the throttle valve controlling device 7 applied, as described, it is evident that the operator, While in cranking position at the front of the machine, has Within his reach, means for controlling both the throttle valve and the choke valve of the carbureter, so that the speed of the engine can be regulated instantly upon starting the engine. This, as already stated ,-not' only affords means for saving the engine from the pounding action with its resulting damage, but also eitects'a very large saving in gasolene, which hitherto has been Wasted very rapidly and in considerable quantities in starting the cars of the Ford type. I

This auxiliary device, as is evident, may be applied to anautomobile of the Ford type, for example, at very small cost, inasmuch as it is made up of an auxiliary rod and an auxiliary arm, the auxiliary arm being attachable to the arm proper of the throttle valve and the front end of the rod being supported by theradiator with freedom for endwise movements of the said rod.

What I claim is: o

In a motor propelled vehicle, the combination With an internal combustion engine and a radiatorlocated in front thereof, said engine including a throttle valve having an extended arm and primary operating connection attached to the end of said arm, of an off-set supplemental arm rigidly, but detachably connected to said throttle valve arm and projecting laterally therefrom, and an auxiliary throttle valve operating rod attached to the end of said supplemental arm and extended forward through the radiator and terminating in a hand piece located in front of said radiator. 4

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in'presence of two Witnesses.

ROBERTS. BRICKE WVitnesses z CLARA 'DnMARnsT, BERNI E G. BAUMANN.