Abstract:
A mounting arrangement for an accelerator pump and a choke actuation mechanism, which are used in conjunction with a plurality of charge formers, minimizes the girth of the engine while making these components more accessible and easing assembly. An actuator and a choke solenoid of the choke actuation system are mounted proximate to one another and partially between adjacent induction pipes of an induction system. This position allows these components to be located on an exterior side of the induction system without interfering with the protective cowling of the motor. The accelerator pump is mounted at the end of a series of charge formers, proximate to a throttle linkage which controls throttling devices of the charge formers. This position of the accelerator pump eases the installation of this component without increasing the girth of the engine.
Abstract:
A rotor-type carburetor is provided with a specially designed spray ring which centrifugally discharges atomized fuel droplets in two different sizes for mixture with engine-ingested air traversing the interior of the carburetor and driving its rotor section. Larger droplets are forced outwardly through an annular series of discharge openings formed in the ring, while smaller droplets are formed by the passage of fuel over an annular spray edge extending around the bottom of a radially inwardly bent lower end portion of the ring. This simultaneous formation and discharge of two series of differently sized atomized fuel droplets improves the overall performance of the engine and reduces the level of its emission pollutants. The spray ring also functions to automatically vary, in a predetermined manner, the flow rate relationship between the differently sized fuel droplets as a function of engine speed to further enhance engine performance. The carburetor is also provided with a capillary action fuel scavenging system which functions to capture fuel centrifugally discharged from the spray ring during rotor spin-down periods to prevent the undesirable delivery of fuel to the engine during such periods. Fuel captured by the scavenging system is returned to the engine fuel supply system.
Abstract:
An improved rotor-type carburetor for use with an internal combustion engine is provided which, in one embodiment, is adjustable to selectively vary its constant fuel-air ratio by axially moving an internal body portion thereof relative to the turbine rotor assembly of the carburetor. Alternatively, the constant fuel-air ratio of the carburetor may be altered simply by replacing such internal body portion with a differently configured one. Undesirable fuel delivery from the turbine rotor to the engine during turbine spin-down is significantly diminished through the use of an internal fuel reservoir structure, formed within the carburetor body, which functions to capture and retain unneeded fuel discharged from the rotor during turbine spin-down periods. During turbine spin-up periods (e.g., when the engine is being started) the reservoir-retained fuel is released into the engine's incoming air stream to hasten fuel delivery to the engiune during initial portions of turbine spin-up periods. Additionally, various structural improvements are incorporated into the carburetor. Included in these improvements are a carburetor body construction in which three generally annular sections are telescopingly interengaged to form the outer body of the carburetor, and the provision of improved sealing structures to better inhibit fuel leakage from the turbine rotor assembly.
Abstract:
Several embodiments of charge forming devices including improved accelerating pumps wherein the discharge of fuel from the accelerating pump is extended in time through the use of an accumulator chamber. In addition, the accelerating pump has an upstream and downstream discharge port. The accumulator chamber is also adapted to discharge fuel into the induction passage during extreme deceleration so as to improve engine running and prevent stalling under these circumstances.
Abstract:
Apparatus (1) for use with a carburetor (C) to control the discharge volume from the carburetor's accelerator pump. A valve (5) controls flow of fuel from a fuel discharge port (O) of the pump. A vacuum operated means (9) moves the valve (5) from a position blocking fuel flow from the discharge port to a position permitting fuel flow. A switch (39) controls application of a vacuum to the vacuum operated means (9). A temperature sensor (57) senses engine coolant temperature and switches switch (39) when engine coolant reaches a predetermined temperature so the vacuum operated means (9) is exposed to atmosphere rather than engine vacuum.
Abstract:
A carburetor having an accelerator pump for pushing fuel contained in the chamber of the pump into an air intake passageway of the carburetor by means of an accelerating pump piston during acceleration, a second pump chamber being expandable and contractable and communicating with the pump chamber via a throttle and a pressure control means for constantly applying pressure to said second pump chamber in a direction whereby the second pump chamber is allowed to expand only when fuel pressure in the second pump chamber exceeds a predetermined value.
Abstract:
An accelerator pump system is provided which consists of a pump cylinder having an intake port communicating with a float bowl and a discharge port communicated with an acceleration nozzle or pump jet which injects fuel into the throat of a carburetor. The accelerator pump includes a pump plunger which is reciprocally movable within the pump cylinder in response to pivotal movement of the throttle lever of the carburetor. A pump lever and a connecting rod including thermally responsive material such as thermo-wax are in linking arrangement between the pump plunger and the throttle lever in a series relationship in order to control the stroke of the pump plunger thereby to control the amount of fuel which is discharged into the carburetor by the pump system. As a result, the amount of fuel discharged, as well as the lever ratio of the pump lever, i.e. the fuel discharging characteristic thereof, may be controlled in response to changes in ambient temperature.
Abstract:
A carburetor is provided with a flow control valve in a fuel discharge passageway leading from an acceleration pump to an air induction passage. The valve is pressure responsive and reduces effective cross sectional area of the passageway in response to pressure in the passageway, the pump discharge pressure.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for supplying fuel for acceleration during the warm-up phase of an internal combustion engine. The fuel supplied downstream of an arbitrarily actuatable throttle butterfly valve located in the induction tube of the engine being in addition to the fuel supplied by a fuel supply system. There is disclosed a motion control means which is associated with the butterfly valve and actuated thereby upon opening of this valve. The motion control means further includes electrical contacts disposed in an electrical circuit, electromagnet means in the circuit and other valve means arranged to be controlled by said electromagnet for feeding fuel into said induction tube downstream of said butterfly valve upon closing of said contacts. There are several variants of the control means; one constituted by a flexible bellows and the other by a dash pot.
Abstract:
A carburetor comprises a mixture outlet and a connection for attaching the mixture outlet to an intake manifold. A main air intake is spaced from the mixture outlet and has a butterfly valve adjustable to control the flow of air into the carburetor. The carburetor also has a fuel inlet. A pair of spaced apart surfaces forms a fuel path from a central portion of the spaced apart surfaces to the periphery of the surfaces. The periphery is adjacent to the carburetor passageway for enabling air from the main air inlet to mix with the fuel and pass to the intake manifold. A central fuel inlet forms a path for fuel from the carburetor fuel reservoir to the surfaces central portion. The central fuel inlet comprises an elongated axially movable tube whose outer surface is tapered. A cylindrical member has its inner surface surrounding the elongated tube outer surface. The cylindrical member and the tube when spaced apart define a main fuel path from the fuel reservoir to the central portion of the surfaces. A secondary air inlet forms an air intake passageway when the main air inlet is closed. The secondary air inlet is defined by a first bore formed in the interior of the elongated tube extending from the carburetor exterior adjacent the main air intake to the central portion of the surfaces. A secondary fuel inlet forms a fuel inlet passageway for mixing with the air in the secondary air inlet. The secondary fuel inlet comprises a second bore in the elongated tube which extends from the fuel reservoir to the central portion of the surfaces. At least one orifice communicates with the bores at the central portion surfaces. A needle is movable with respect to the elongated tube in the first bore for adjusting the flow of the air-fuel mixture through the orifice.