Abstract: A process for burning fuel includes the following steps: burning a fuel; putting an inner shell formed in a course of soot formation into contact with other components in a combustion gas to promote a chemical reaction of the other components in the combustion gas prior to the formation of an outer shell; and at the same time, inhibiting the formation of the outer shell around the inner shell. By this process, the discharged NO.sub.x gas is reduced and the amount of discharged soot is decreased.

Abstract: A compression-ignition type engine in which fuel is injected in a combustion chamber during the compression stroke or intake stroke before 60 degrees before top dead center of the compression stroke and in which the mean particle size of the fuel injected at that time is made a size in which the temperature of the fuel particles reaches the boiling point of the main fuel component, determined by the pressure in the combustion chamber, at substantially the top dead center of the compression stroke. After the injection and until about the top dead center of the compression stroke is reached, evaporation of the fuel by boiling from the fuel particles is prevented and the fuel of the fuel particles boils and evaporates and fuel is ignited and burnt after about the top dead center of the compression stroke.

Abstract: A sequential turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine with an exhaust gas recirculation system. The sequential system includes a large-volume turbocharger and a small-volume turbocharger, which are arranged in series in the direction of the flow of gases. A bypass passageway is connected to an exhaust pipe to thereby bypass the turbine of the small-volume turbocharger, and an exhaust switching valve is arranged in the bypass passageway for controlling the flow of exhaust gas to the turbine of the small-volume turbocharger. The EGR system includes an exhaust gas recirculation passageway for introducing an amount of exhaust gas into the intake pipe of the engine. The exhaust gas for recirculation is taken out from the intake pipe at a position located between the turbines of the small-volume and large-volume turbochargers.

Abstract: A turbocharged internal combustion engine for a spark ignition internal combustion engine using gasoline as the fuel is disclosed. An intake system is constructed for the generation of a homogeneous flow of the intake air. The turbocharger is constructed to obtain a ratio of a pressure at the output to the pressure at the input higher than at least 1.5. A lean combustible mixture is obtained at a high engine load or engine speed area whereat the turbocharger can obtain a full supercharging ability. A relationship between the degree of supercharging is such that the larger that value of the air-fuel ratio, the higher the intake pressure. A high fuel consumption efficiency is obtained while preventing an excessive increase of the exhaust gas temperature.

Abstract: A device for heating the passenger compartment and warming up the engine, including a turbo heater having a blower and a turbine driven by the exhaust gas of the engine. The turbo heater is operated as soon as the engine is started. Hot air discharged from the blower is fed into the engine soon after the engine is started, and the hot air discharged from the blower is fed into the passenger compartment. When the temperature of the engine coolant become high, the operation of the turbo heater is stopped.

Abstract: In a method for controlling the EGR in an internal combustion engine, the fuel amount detected by a sensor is used as the basis for the control of an EGR valve in line with a predetermined EGR rate equation.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculating type diesel engine wherein part of the exhaust gas is recirculated from its exhaust system to its intake system. An annular groove is formed on the circumferential surface of the piston, and a ring for preventing small particles generated within the combustion chamber from being transferred is engaged within the annular groove.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprising an auxiliary chamber connected to a main chamber via a connecting passage. A raised portion is formed on the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber. The auxiliary chamber is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber. The connecting passage is tangentially connected to the inner wall of the second chamber at a position opposite to the raised portion with respect to the axis of the auxiliary chamber. A fuel injector having a pair of injection nozzles is arranged in the first chamber. One of the injection nozzles is directed to the tip of the raised portion. The other nozzle is directed to the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber, which is located at a position opposite to the raised portion with respect to the axis of the auxiliary chamber.

Abstract: A rotary cylinder type separator comprises a slightly tiltable, horizontally installed rotary cylinder, a plurality of combs secured to the inside of the cylinder, in parallel and substantially axially of the cylinder, a feeder for introducing a mixture of grainy material and impurities into the cylinder at one end, an outlet formed at the other end of the cylinder for discharging the grainy material out of the cylinder, and a device for discharging the impurities larger in size than the grainy material and that have been scooped by the combs to a high level and have then fallen within the cylinder. The last-mentioned device is a fan for producing an air blast within the cylinder, or a combination of a stationary collection trough inserted axially through the cylinder for receiving the impurities that fall from the high level, and a screw conveyor mounted inside the trough.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of injecting fuel and a fuel injection device in an internal combustion engine comprising a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber. An annular raised portion is formed on the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber and divides the auxiliary chamber into a first auxiliary chamber and a second auxiliary chamber. A connecting passage communicating the main chamber and the auxiliary chamber opens into the second auxiliary chamber tangentially to the inner wall of the second auxiliary chamber. A recess is formed in the second auxiliary chamber beneath the annular raised portion at a position located opposite to the inner wall to which the connecting passage is tangentially connected with respect to the axis of the auxiliary chamber. The nozzle of the fuel injector is directed to the recess so as to form a rich air-fuel mixture in the recess. The spark gap of the spark plug is located in the vicinity of the recess for igniting the rich air-fuel mixture formed in the recess.

Abstract: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine having no intake throttle valve and comprising a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber which are interconnected with each other via a connecting passage. An annular raised portion is formed on the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber, and the auxiliary chamber is divided into a first auxiliary chamber and a second auxiliary chamber by the annular raised portion. The connecting passage is tangentially connected to the inner wall of the second auxiliary chamber. The nozzle of a fuel injector is disposed in the auxiliary chamber and is directed to the recess which is formed in the second auxiliary chamber beneath the annular raised portion at a position located opposite to the inner wall to which the connecting passage is tangentially connected with respect to the axis of the auxiliary chamber. The spark gap of a spark plug is located in the recess of the second auxiliary chamber.

Abstract: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine comprising a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber which are interconnected with each other via a connecting passage. An annular raised portion is formed on the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber, and the auxiliary chamber is divided into a first auxiliary chamber and a second auxiliary chamber by the annular raised portion. The connecting passage is tangentially connected to the inner wall of the second auxiliary chamber. The nozzle of a fuel injector is disposed in the auxiliary chamber and is directed to the recess which is formed in the second auxiliary chamber beneath the annular raised portion at a position located opposite to the inner wall to which the connecting passage is tangentially connected with respect to the axis of the auxiliary chamber. The spark gap of a spark plug is located in the recess of the second auxiliary chamber. The connecting passage has an approximately elliptical cross-section which has a major axis and a minor axis.

Abstract: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine comprising a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber which are interconnected with each other via a connecting passage. An annular raised portion is formed in the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber so as to divide the auxiliary chamber into a first auxiliary chamber and a second auxiliary chamber. The connecting passage is tangentially connected to the second auxiliary chamber for creating a strong swirl motion in the first auxiliary chamber. This strong swirl motion causes a secondary swirl motion in a portion of the recess, which is located at a position opposite to the inner wall to which the connecting passage is tangentially connected with respect to the axis of the auxiliary chamber. The nozzle of a fuel injector is disposed in the auxiliary chamber so as to be directed to the recess portion for forming a rich air-fuel mixture therein. The spark gap of a spark plug is located in the recess portion.

Abstract: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine comprising a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber which are interconnected with each other via a connecting passage. The connecting passage is tangentially connected to the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber. A raised portion is formed on the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber at a position located opposite to the inner wall to which the connecting passage is tangentially connected with respect to the axis of the auxiliary chamber. A recess is formed on the inner wall beneath the raised portion. The nozzle of a fuel injector is directed to the recess so as to form a rich air-fuel mixture therein and to form a rich air fuel mixture in the auxiliary chamber. The spark plug has an electrode mounting end face on which the central electrode and the earthing electrode are mounted. The mounting end of the central electrode is covered by an insulator and is disposed in the periphery of the electrode mounting face end.

Abstract: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine comprising a main chamber and an auxiliary chamber which are interconnected with each other via a connecting passage. An annular raised portion is formed on the inner wall of the auxiliary chamber, and the auxiliary chamber is divided into a first auxiliary chamber and a second auxiliary chamber by the annular raised portion so that the second auxiliary chamber has a volume of 20 through 40 percent relative to the volume of the first auxiliary chamber. The connecting passage is tangentially connected to the inner wall of the second auxiliary chamber.

Abstract: A roll type huller including a housing, a pair of hulling rolls parallelly spaced apart within the housing, a main shaft carrying one of the rolls and supported by the housing rotatably about a fixed axis, and a counter shaft carrying the other roll and supported near the free end of an arm mounted at the base by a pivot which is spaced from, and parallel with, the fixed axis, so that the counter shaft can move toward and away from the main shaft while maintaining the parallelism. The pivot is supported by the housing in a relative position opposite to the roll-carrying portion of the counter shaft. The location of the pivot may be inside the housing beneath the counter shaft or outside of the housing above the shaft or elsewhere provided the aforesaid relationship with the shaft is maintained.

Abstract: For use in a muffler of an internal combustion engine improved flame-out apparatus includes first and second L-shaped screens each having a longitudinal section and a transverse section. The transverse sections are axially spaced apart and the space therebetween is occupied by a pair of axially spaced apart, transversely oriented perforated partition plates and flame extinguishing means.

Abstract: A carburetor utilizing an acceleration pump, acting in conjunction with the throttle valve, to supply fuel through an injection channel to the fuel-air mixture chamber. A fuel accumulator contains a diaphragm under bias forming a diaphragm chamber of predetermined volume connected to the injection channel by a branch channel, a portion of the fuel supplied by the acceleration pump being diverted to the diaphragm chamber against the bias. The diverted fuel is fed to the fuel-air mixture chamber when the bias exceeds the pressure from the pump and the proportion of fuel diverted is controlled by the relative sizes of the open areas in restrictors positioned in the outlet of the injection channel into the fuel-air mixture chamber and of the branch channel into the diaphragm chamber, the strength of the bias and the maximum deformation of the diaphragm being adjustable.

Abstract: An apparatus to prevent after-burning, after the ignition key switch is turned off, in an internal combustion engine which is being warmed up, in which condition the choke valve is closed and the throttle valve is opened to a greater extent than during normal idling. The apparatus includes a pressure responsive actuator which, when activated, causes opening of the choke valve and/or closing of the throttle valve. The actuator is controlled by a switching valve which permits the actuator to be interconnected to either the open air or the air intake manifold at a location downstream of the throttle valve. When the igniton key switch is moved into an off or open position, the switching valve connects the actuator to the intake manifold to thereby actuate the actuator so that one or both of the throttle and control valves are appropriately moved.

Abstract: A compensation apparatus for a carburetor having a first opening in the wall of the air intake passage near the edge of the throttle valve so that the first opening is positioned upstream or downstream of the throttle valve depending on the degree of opening thereof. A second opening is similarly provided in the wall of the air intake passage so that it is positioned downstream of the throttle valve, at least when the first opening is positioned upstream thereof. A connecting passage joins the first and second openings, and a further passage supplies fuel to the connecting passage. Air is reversely bled through the first opening and fuel is discharged through the second opening, whereby fuel shortage due to response delay in the transitional region between the low-speed and high-speed phases, or in the transitional region between the idling and the low-speed phases, is prevented.