Abstract: A device is disclosed which, when used in conjunction with a conventional carburetor metering device of an internal combustion engine, allows formation of a mixture of fuel vapor and air which burns more efficiently and yields less harmful combustion by-products than conventional carburetor systems. Incoming air to the engine is substantially completely saturated with fuel vapors by passing the air through a controlled volume of liquid fuel heated to a predetermined temperature, thereby allowing the air stream to become substantially saturated with fuel vapors. The air-fuel vapor mixture is further leaned downstream by the addition of fresh air, and the leaner, but more uniformly and controllably saturated air-fuel mixture then is introduced into the engine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 19, 1979
Date of Patent:
January 26, 1982
Assignee:
Bryce D. Jewett Machine Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Inventors:
Bryce D. Jewett, Robert H. Raynor, Robert P. Adams