US1619830A

US1619830A - Fuel economizer and decarbonizing device

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Publication number: US1619830A
Application number: US744120A
Authority: US
Inventors: Rufus R Ross
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-10-17
Filing date: 1924-10-17
Publication date: 1927-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 1944-03-08

Description

March 8 192-7.

I R. ROSS FUEL ECONOMIZER AND DECARBONIZING DEVICE Original Filed' Oct. 17, 1924 Patented Mar. 8, 1927.

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FUEL ECONMIZER AND DEOARBONIZING DEVICE.

Application filed'Detober .17, 1924; Serial No. 744,120; Renewed ma a, 1926.

v This invention relates to a fuel economizing and decarbonizlng device for internal combustion engines, and my invei'itl'o'n aims to furnish an attachment that may be easily and quickly installed on an internal combustion engine to supply heated air, Water", steam and oil vapor to the intake" manifold connection of the engine, to commingle' With the usual supply of fuel and increase its combustion properties and decrease the, carboniz'ing' effect of the fuel the cylinders or combustion chambers of the en ine. It is awvellknowniact that if Water, vapor or steam is introduced into the cylinders or combustion chambers of an engine. that carbonizhig vvi'llbe reduced to a Ininirrnnn, iit'no't con'ipletely eliminated, and that theaddition of steain and Water vapor t(i engine" tuel places it in a better condition for com-- bustion. is also a wellhno'wnfact that the introduction of air is beneficial and. increases the volume of fuel, while viapor" provides better lubrication and also contributes towards bet-tel" combu tion, especially when certain fuels are used.

h-iy invention further ahns to provide a novel manifold connectioirthatma he in"- terphsedfbetween the intake man-item of an engineandthe out-let connection of a can h'urete'r, and it is by virtue of my connection thatfvariohs kinds of vapors can be intro duced to coinnringle With the engine fuel'as itpassesfrom the ca rhure'ter to the cylinders 01 combustion chambers of the en g'ii re.- The manifold connection i i'a clud'es a novel mixing chamber and valve controlled inlet" connections; It is by virtue of these inlet connectiohsthat the manifold oonnectioi'a is well braced arid supportedrelative to anengine My invention Will he hereinafter specifically described.- and then claimed,and reference wiu'mw be had to the drawing, \V-llQIB- 111 Figure l isa side elevation of an internal couil tion engine equipped with my device; Fin: 2 is a' vertical sectional view of the ni'anifold conn'e.ction.- and t Fig. 3 is a vertical sectioi'ial View of the mixing elm-inter of the manifold connection. In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 denotes a cylinder block having a crank case- 2, an exhaust manifold 3, an intake inanifold 4, a carbureter 5 having an outlet connection 6, and a throttle 7 in the carbureter outlet connection 6, which throttle is articulated with a pedal arrangement 8 for adj ust'ing the throttle. When the engine" forms the power plant of an automobile or other driven motor vehicle, the pedalfl is ordinarily located on the foot board "9 of the automobile and above the foot hoard. is a dash 10, which Will again be referred to Interposed between the carburetor outlet connection '6 and 'the'intake manifold 4 is the lo'iverangular end 11 of a vertically" disposed jacket 12, said jacket extending upwardly at the outer side oft-he intake manifold 4 With its upper end inturne'd and provided with a cylindrical head 13 directly above the exhaust manifold The jacket 17 may be made in'se'ctions suitably connected-together and thelovver' end o-f t'he jacket can be hired in position'without any danger of gas lealrage betlweenfhe carburetor and' the intake mani'l o' d. In the acket l2 and suitably spaced from the Walls thereof is a conduit 14 which cx tends throughout the-length of the acket and has its lower end communicating with the intake inai'i'ifold 4 and the carbureter outlet connection 6 by a series of upper and lower openings 1'5, =th-e upper openings ali'rr-in'g with the lower openings so that fuel may pass through the lower end of the conduit from the carburetor to the intake manifold 4. The openings 1'5 serve somewhat as screens or battles to assist in atomizing the fuel from the carbureter, and since the Walls of the openings 15 will be heated from the jacket 12, the fuel passing through the openings 15 Will be vaporized.

.On the upper end of the conduit ll; Within the cylindrical head 13' is a cylindrical rniX- ing chamber 16 having a plurality-of radially disposedconnections 17 with the head 13 and the connections 1.7 are preferably four in number. First, there is a connection for an air supply pipe 18 having a valve 19 operatable from the dash 10' by a rod 20. An'otl'ie r' of the connections 17 communicates with the crank case 2 by anoil vapor supply pipe 21 which has a valye 22operatahle'by a rod 23 from the dash 10 Mounted ontop ot'tlie cylinder block 1 or suitably supported adjacent thereto a (30111- biired'water boil'e'r', and.st arn'generator in the form of 'awvatr tank or reservoir 241mlrounded by a jacket 25. The jacket 25 has

pipe connections

26 and 27 with the exhaust manifold 8 so that the exhausted or burned. gases from the engine may circulate through the jacket and heat the Walls of the water reservoir 24- by conduction. On the pipe 26 is a valve 28 operatable by a rod 29 fromv Connecting the top of the water reservoir V 24: to one of the connections 17 of the mixing chambers 16 is a steam supply pipe 3 1 having a valve 35 operatable by a rod 86 from the dash 10, and connecting the bottom of the reservoir 2% and another of the connections 17 of the mixing chamber 16 is a water supply pipe 37 having a valve 38 operatable by a rod 39 from the dash 10. V

The lower end of the jacket 12 is connected by a pipe 10 to the exhaust manifold 3 and the top of the head 18 is connected by a pipe 11 to the exhaust manifold 3 so that exhausted or burned gases from the engine may circulate through and heat the conduit 14 and the mixing chamber 16.

In the conduit 1% is a throttle 42 connected by a link 43 to the carburetcr throttle 7 and a rod 4A is connected to the throttle 42, so that the throttles 7 and 1-2 may be actuated in synchronism by either the pedal 8 or the rod 14.

Since the conduit 141- is heated throughout its length any water admitted to the conduit will be vaporized and vapors, air and steam will be heated, so that when any of these vapors reach the lower end of the conduit they will be in condition to commingle with the engine fuel and pass into the cylinders or combustion chambers of the engine. With all of the mixing chamber connect-ions valve contr lled it will be possible for the operator of an automobile to govern the admission of vapors to the intake manifold according to the performance of the engine and according to the fuel used for the engine. Since the beneficial results attained by using various kinds of vapors are known, it is thought that the operation and utility of my device will be apparent without further description, and while in the drawings there is illustrated a preferred installation and construction, it is to be understood that my invention is susceptible to such changes as are permissible by the appended claims.

\Vhat I claim is l. A device of the character described comprising a jacket for heating purposes, said acket having an end thereof fashioned for mounting between the outlet connection of a carburetor and the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, a conduit in c the upper said jacket adapted to be heated by a heating agent in said jacket, said conduit having one end thereof coaxially of said carbureter outlet connection and communicating with said carbureter outlet connection and said manifold by a series of openings so that engine fuel may pass through the end of said conduit, and a mixing chamber at the opposite end of said conduit in said jacket and adapt ed to be supplied with various kinds of vapor to pass through said conduit and commingle with the engine fuel.

2. A device as called for in claim 1, and a water boiler and steam generator communicating with said mixing chamber and adapted to supply steam and water to said mixing chamber.

A device as called for in claim 1, wherein said mixing chamber has radially disposed valve controlled inlet connections.

t. A device as called for in claim 1, and throttle said conduit adapted for actuation in synchronism with a carbureter throttle.

A device as called for in claim 1, wherein said jacket has connections so that engine exhaust gases may be utilized as a jacket heating agent.

6. The combination with a multi-cylinder engine having a crank case, cylinder block, intake and exhaust manifolds, a carbureter adapted to supply fuel to the engine intake manifold, and a throttle for said carbureter, of a jacket having one end interposed be tween said carburetor and said intake manifold, connections between said jacket and the engine exhaust manifold so that exhaust gases may circulate through said jacket, a conduit in said jacket having its lower end communicating with said engine intake manifold, a throttle in said conduit connected to said carbureter throttle, a mixing chamber at end of said conduit in said jacket, a steam generator, connections between said generator and said exhaust manifold so that exhaust gases may be used as a source of heat for said steam generator, connections between said mixing chamber and said steam generator so that steam and water may be supplied to said mixing chamber, and a connection between said mixing chamber and the engine crank case so that oil vapor, may be supplied. to said mixing chamber. I

7 The combination called for in claim 6, wherein said mixing chamber has an air inlet connection, and all mixing chamber connections are fitted with valves.

in testimony whereof I affix my signature.

RUFUS R. ROSS.