Abstract:
A method of removing oil from blowby vapors in an engine having a crankcase and an intake manifold includes filtering the blowby vapor from the engine crankcase to form a vapor depleted of oil and a collected oil. The vapor depleted of oil is communicated to the engine manifold. At high engine loads the collected oil is held in a chamber, and at low engine loads while the engine is still running, the collected oil is forced from the chamber back to the crankcase.
Abstract:
A carburettor includes a flow duct (4) including rich (8) and lean (10) passages in parallel, through which, in use, air flows and which are separated by a substantially planar partition (6). At least one fuel jet (12, 14, 16) communicates with the rich passage (8). The partition (6) includes a circular aperture (20). A butterfly valve (24) is mounted on a pivotal shaft (22) to be pivotable between a closed position, in which the flow duct (4) is substantially closed, and an open position, in which the flow duct is substantially open. The pivotal shaft (22) extends perpendicular to the plane of the partition (6). The pivotal shaft (22) carries a circular obturator disc (26), whose diameter is substantially equal to that of the aperture (20) and which is received in the aperture (20) and substantially closes the aperture (20) at all positions of the butterfly valve (24).
Abstract:
An apparatus including a mixing chamber is installed between the base of a standard carburator and the intake manifold of a gasoline engine. The mixing chamber includes an air inlet port for admitting a controlled amount of outside air into the mixing chamber and a gasoline vapor port for admitting gasoline vaporized externally of the carburator into the mixing chamber, a carburator inlet port for receiving a mixture of air and partially vaporized gasoline from the throat of the carburator, and an outlet port through which a mixture of all the gases is exhausted into the intake manifold. The carburator includes a first throttle valve for controlling the amount of air and partially vaporized gasoline that passes into the mixing chamber. A second throttle valve is disposed to control the amount of mixed gas drawn through the outlet port of the mixing chamber into the intake manifold. A linkage connected to the accelerator cable of the automobile causes the second throttle to be opened in response to initial displacement of the accelerator. As the engine loading conditions increase and the accelerator is depressed further, the second throttle valve opens further and the linkage causes the first throttle valve to partially open, admitting a normal charge of air and partially vaporized gasoline into the mixing chamber along with the air and gasoline vapor admitted through the two ports thereof.
Abstract:
An air-fuel ratio control device for an internal combustion engine equipped with a plurality of variable venturi type carburetors each having a slow system, in which the flow rate of air supplied to the slow systems of the carburetors is controlled depending on the engine operation parameters including, for example, the temperature of intake air, temperature of engine oil and atmospheric pressure to improve the rate of atomization of fuel, thereby improving the idling performance of the engine and therefore improving the fuel consumption of the engine.
Abstract:
An intake passage structure for an internal combustion engine includes a primary air-fuel mixture passage disposed remotely from a water jacket located below a secondary air-fuel mixture passage. A secondary slow fuel supply passage extends from a float chamber adjacent to the primary air-fuel mixture passage so that fuel in the secondary slow fuel supply passage will be cooled by an air-fuel mixture flowing through the primary air-fuel mixture passage, thereby preventing vapor lock from occuring in the secondary slow fuel supply passage. The primary air-fuel mixture passage is composed of a common passageway, a distribution slot and branch slots for supplying an air-fuel mixture to engine cylinders. The distribution and branch slots are closed by a cylinder head. Any liquid fuel in the distribution and branch slots are vaporized with heat from the cylinder head.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine having a relatively large main induction system which supplies a charge to the chambers at higher loads and a relatively small auxiliary induction system that supplies the chamber charge at idle and low loads so as to improve fuel economy and exhaust emission control. A valve arrangement is incorporated for controlling the flow through the induction systems. The valve arrangement includes a manually positioned valve and a valve that is responsive of flow through the induction passages so that an increasing proportion of the charge will be supplied through the main induction system as the air flow increases. A manual override is also included so that the automatically positioned valve will be opened independently of the air flow responsive actuator when the manually operated throttle valve is suddenly opened.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine operating method and system include provisions for on-site fuel separation, accumulation of the resultant fractions, and an automatic control of engine fuel feed composition and air-to-fuel ratio in response to factors including engine operating temperature, engine load, liquid fuel temperature and ambient conditions. These systems and methods allow dramatic improvement in engine operating performance, hydrocarbon emissions levels, full range fuel characteristics compatible with a given engine and flexibility of operation under varying conditions of load and ambient temperature.
Abstract:
A modification to a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine to automatically restrict the flow of fuel to one group of the cylinders during a first phase of operation in response to a specified vacuum level generated by the operation of the other group of cylinders. In the first phase of operation, all fuel is blocked from entering the inactive second group of cylinders by a modified valving mechanism in the carburetor. In one embodiment of the invention, it is used in conjunction with throttle valve controls for each of the groups of cylinders, blocking not only fuel to the inactive group of cylinders, but also the flow of air to the inactive group.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a split operation type internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders which are divided into a first cylinder group and a second cylinder group. The cylinders of the first cylinder group are connected to a first common intake manifold equipped with a first carburetor, and the cylinders of the second cylinder group are connected to a second common intake manifold equipped with a second carburetor. The second intake manifold is connected to the atmosphere via a bypass passage, and an air valve is arranged in the bypass passage. A first gear actuated by the accelerator pedal is operatively connected to the first throttle valve of the first carburetor and intermittently engaged with a second gear connected to the second throttle valve of the second carburetor. The firing operation is always carried out in the first cylinder group. When the level of the vacuum produced in the first intake manifold is greater than a predetermined level, the second throttle valve remains closed, and the air valve remains fully opened. At this time, air is fed into the second cylinder group. When the level of the vacuum produced in the first intake manifold is reduced below the predetermined level, the first gear comes into engagement with the second gear for opening the second throttle valve and, at the same time, the air valve is closed so that the firing operation is started in the second cylinder group.
Abstract:
A multicylinder engine comprising at least one first cylinder, a corresponding number of second cylinder, and a carburetor to supply a fuel-air mixture leaner than stoichiometric to all the first and second cylinders. When required by the driving range and other driving conditions, a rich mixture is supplied to the second cylinder to lower the air-fuel ratio in it for the purpose of exhaust emission purification, while the first cylinder is being supplied with the lean mixture.