US1440956A

US1440956A - Vaporizer

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Publication number: US1440956A
Application number: US383079A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ballenger Edgar Garrison
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1920-05-21
Filing date: 1920-05-21
Publication date: 1923-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1940-01-02

Description

Patented dan. 2, i923.

nuiraefsraras intense serena cranica EDGAR GARRISON BALLENGER, OF ATLANTA, GEORG-Lik.Y

VAPORIZER.

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Be it Yknown that I, EDGARG. BALLENGER,

- a citizen of the United States, and resident bustion engines of the gasoline type, this has resulted in a. general lowering of efficiency of this type of engine, in that carbon deposits have come intobeing in the'composis tion chamber, and further, less than one half of the mixture introduced into the conventional engine' cylinder has beenl consumed during the explosion stroke.

With this in mind numerous devices have been placed upon the market, which have sought to overcome the defects presented in the vapprization of fuel, the most noteworthy of/the same being an attachment to' the exhaust pipe whereby hot sair .mayl be drawn into the carburetor, and a further device known as the hot spot manifold in which the intake ductsl have been entirely enclosed Within Vthe exhaust pipe of an en-l gine whereby to heat the mixture entering the cylinders to a high degree, insuring a` iinevaporizationof the fuel charge, and a consequential increase in eiciency of operation. Y

All ofA these devices have presented' defects in that the introduction of heated air alone does not produce a sufficiently vapoijizelg mixture Yto permit of a maximum efficiency" of operatio and the great difficulty experienced in 'ci nnection with the hot spot manifold has been presented in that the mixture is heated to a high degree upontthe engine running at high speedsa't which time the'forciebf suction will insure a fairly efficient mixture in any.- instance, but when the engine is turning-` at a slow speed, the

' heating of the mixture willbe negligible due to they fact that but a small amount of ex=l haust ases are produced.

Wit, -this in` mind have constructed a vaporizer by 'means et vvk-reha unermly j 1920. Serial No. 383,079.

efii'cient mixture will be produced at all times, which vaporizer will serve to insure a minute sub-dividing and .breaking up of the particles of the mixture for a perfect vaporization of the same.

A further object of my invention is the construction of a vaporizer by means of which the mixture will be heated in an extremely .eiiicient manner so that a fluid mbodying high explosive qualities will be produced.

Reference is hadto the attached sheet of drawings as illustrating one practical embodiment of my invention and in which drawing the figure illustrates a sectional view of a vaporizer constructed in accordancewithm'y invention, such vaporizer having associated with'it a carburetor andintake manifold. t

In this figure the reference numeral l indicates a carburetor of any desired type, i

and intake manifold 6, fora purpose here-'.

inafter more fully specified, whichr casing is conveniently formed 'with an opening, normally closed by any suitable type of door 7 through which access may be had to the interior of the same.

The casing 5 is. lled with any suitablel substance presenting a series of narrow interstices such as steel wool 8, which substance may beheld within 'the casing by any suitable means such as wire mesh 9'retained in position by 'meansof a conveniently extending. ring 1i) terminating in a groove formed inthe -inner face of the end portion of the casing.

' A tube l1 has one of its ends projecting( into the casing,V its opposite end being in communication with the exhaust pipe of the enginezgand serves to permit the-introduction of a certain amount of the ,highly heated products of combistion into the-casing 5.

- It will now be appreciated that the mix ture will be produced in the usual manner, and will pass upwardly'throu h the pipe 3 due to 'the' suction existent' n the intake manifold 6.1 "In passing through the mass of steel wool or ether substance @d the mixture Iunderstood that of the mixture to become ignited .due to the introduction of these the mixture in l ofthe mixture will 'result due to the imwill be minutely subdivided by virtue of the gases Will bc eiiectually counter-acted by virtue of the smothering action exerted by the substance 8. Also by providing a valve l2 of'any desired type and conveniently connecting the same by means 'of linkage such as 13 to. move synchronouslyL with the throttle Valve 4, the exhaust gases will always be introduced into proportion to the iow of the latter.

llt will further be understood, that. by

virtue of providing a casing'5 oi. greater Icross sectional area than either of the

members

3 and 6, that'nothin'ning or retarding larger pediment presented by the substance S in View of the fact that the mixture has a passagethrough which to move.

It will be appreciated that in certain instances -it might be permit the preheating means of the exhaust the manner indicated.

of the mixtureby gases introduced in Obviously numerous modifications of' structure might be resorted to Without departingV from the scope ofmy'claim, whichy advantageous to entirely v dispense with the substance 8, and to merely therebetween, of a pipe extendingv between` the exhaust outlet ofthe consuming element and said intake manifold for permittingV the introduction of a certain part of the highly heated products of combustion into said intake manifold, sentingnarrow interstices arranged" Within said intake manifold in the path of fioW of said fuel mixture and adjacent thepoint of connection of said pipe with the same.

EDGAR GARRISON BALLENGER.

and a mass of material pre-