Fuel Only Patents (Class 123/538)
  • Patent number: 6193851
    Abstract: A highly combustible fuel which exhibits low exhaust pollutants is developed by exposing an atmosphere of a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel, for example, gasoline, to a source of energy such as an electrical potential difference, ultra-violet radiation, microwave radiation or laser radiation. The combustible fuel can be fed directly to the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. It is clearly visible in the flask as being whitish silvery grey in color. The combustible fuel can also be condensed and the condensate employed as a fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Inventors: Marc Jean Campagna, Richard Herbert Colt
  • Patent number: 6183700
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel activation apparatus using a magnetic force of a magnetic body. The apparatus comprises a hollow cylindrical body, including an inlet through which fuels flow into and an outlet through which the fuels flow out, for forming a predetermined fuel flow space, a magnetic body, including a fuel path allowing the fuels to pass along the center axis of the body, a pair of diaphragms which are disposed at spaces formed between front and rear sides of the magnetic body and an inner circumferential surface of the body, for regulating the flow of the fuels, and fuel guide members which are placed inside the fuel path of the magnetic body, for allowing the fuels to flow in a vortex form, and fuel induction members which are placed at both sides of the magnetic body, for inducing uniform ionization of the fuels. The apparatus provides effects that a flowing speed of the fuels is properly regulated in a magnetic field, and the ionization of the fuels is maximized to obtain uniform minute particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventor: Tae Young Jeong
  • Patent number: 6178955
    Abstract: A method of improving fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine such as an automobile and controlling exhaust emission, comprising the steps of accommodating a chemical element conversion substance including an Inoue ore produced in the vicinity of Nango of Seta River at the southernmost part of the Lake Biwa and natural radioactive ores such as neutrons and gamma-rays in a fuel strainer of a fluid passageway (1), allowing a fuel such as gasoline or light oil to flow through this passageway (1) and irradiating the fuel with radioactive rays to improve the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: Isao Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6178954
    Abstract: This invention relates to a device for reducing toxic wastes of diesel fuel and more particularly, to a novel-type device for reducing toxic wastes of diesel fuel. The device of this invention, being equivalent to a pre-treatment device, is mounted to the surface side of a fuel feed port at a diesel internal combustion engine so as to activate molecules in diesel fuel and their molecular movement. In particular, with a view to effective induction of electromagnetic wave and magnetic field, some supplemental equipments such as magnet, ceramic pole and coil are arranged on the device of this invention and based on this fabrication, perfect combustion conditions of diesel fuel may be provided in such a manner that some physicochemical changes are offered to diesel fuel, passing through the fuel feed port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventor: Sang Kyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 6167872
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is presented for cleaning engines which includes processing a previously condensed process fuel and passing it through a vessel which is provided with electrodes that provide a negative electrical charge to the molecules of the liquid fuel. The electrically charged fuel is then connected through the fuel line to the engine to be cleaned, and the engine is operated for approximately half an hour utilizing the electrically charged fuel whereby carbon deposits and other contaminants are cleaned from the engine and the catalytic converter. The vessel has an inlet and an outlet port, a pressure regulator at the inlet port for permitting air under pressure to enter into the vessel to pressurize the liquid fuel and an outlet port for exhausting the charged fuel into the engine to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Inventors: Marc Jean Campagna, Richard Herbert Colt
  • Patent number: 6167871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst apparatus for exhaust gas purification which decreases toxic substances included in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines, by interposing a catalyst in a fuel pipe connecting a fuel tank and the internal combustion engine and charging the fuel with negative electric charges thereby improving the combustion efficiency, to be used in the field of exhaust gas purification for internal combustion engines of automobiles, watercraft and aircraft. The catalyst device 20 or 30 is installed for giving negative electric charges to a liquid petroleum fuel 18 which is sent through a fuel pipe 12 running from a fuel tank 11 to the internal combustion engine 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kumagai, Yoshimi Fujii
  • Patent number: 6158421
    Abstract: A gas economizer consists of an annular body formed with a plurality of magnetic member of a convex lens shape, fixed around a pipe so as to produce a strong magnetic field with magnetic force lines for activating gasoline passing through the pipe to a carburetor to permit gasoline to burn completely in an engine, and thus increasing power and prolonging the service life of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Inventors: Chin-San Hsieh, Yung-Li Hsiung
  • Patent number: 6145542
    Abstract: An electrically operated device (10) for treatment of hardness of water in a pipe or other waterflow guidance or containment, and which includes an aerial (11) capable of being wrapped externally around a pipe (12); a mains-powered generator (13) for forming a waveform of a predetermined pattern and at a radio frequency; an output connection (15) on the generator to which the aerial can be connected to receive the waveform; and means for varying the frequency of the waveform to suit the diameter of pipe with which the device is to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Liff Holdings Limited
    Inventor: David Walker
  • Patent number: 6143171
    Abstract: A magnetic treatment device for the treatment of fluids, the dev ice having several permanent magnets, and in which the magnetic fields around the magnets are intensified and concentrated and in which the treatment of the fluid is enhanced, and having, a non-ferrous tubular housing, a plurality of permanent magnets within the housing defining north and south poles, the magnets being arranged in a column with like poles facing one another, a plurality of magnetically permeable plates located between ends of adjacent magnets, and, a magnetically permeable intensifier ring located around the outside of the non-ferrous housing, the ring being positioned at the point defining the median of the column of magnets. The magnitude of the flux density expressed in gauss around the non-ferrous housing is extremely dense and more than sufficient for magnetic treatment, and a major consideration in the effectiveness of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Freda Martha Van Aarsen
  • Patent number: 6107906
    Abstract: A magnet array for mounting on an oil filter cartridge includes a pair of magnetic shunt end pieces. A plurality of magnets are aligned parallel to one another and extend between the magnetic shunt end pieces and contact internal faces of the magnetic shunt end pieces such that the magnetic shunt end pieces and the magnets are retained in a stable magnet array by the magnetic interaction between the magnetic shunt end pieces and the magnets. The magnetic shunt end pieces can be in a form of cylindrical end pieces such that a cylindrical magnet array is formed, can be in a form of triangular end pieces such that a triangular magnet array is formed, and can be in a form of rectangular end pieces such that a box-like magnet array is formed. Each of the triangular end pieces and the rectangular end pieces includes a concave mounting surface. A support bracket is provided for supporting the magnet array on an oil filter cartridge. Wires can be used to bind the magnetic shunt end pieces onto the magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Inventor: Joseph Caiozza
  • Patent number: 6082339
    Abstract: A device comprising a housing having a far infrared ray emitting body placed therein that provides for enhanced combustion of liquid fuels. The device can be inserted to the fuel line before the point where fuel flows into a carburetor or fuel injection system. The result is improved fuel burning efficiency, increased engine power, and reduced harmful emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventor: Albert C. Wey
  • Patent number: 6058914
    Abstract: A combustion promotion auxiliary device can increase the fuel consumption rate by improving the fuel combustion efficiency for a variety of internal combustion engines including those for automobiles and motorbikes, and can prevent air pollution. The combustion promotion auxiliary device includes a combustion promotion auxiliary container which can be mounted to a fuel pipe for an internal combustion engine and a combustion promotion medium consisting of soft porous ancient marine humus housed in the combustion promotion auxiliary container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignees: Brainworks Co., Ltd., Hiroaki Hoshino
    Inventor: Isao Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6056872
    Abstract: A device for the magnetic treatment of fluids such as gases or liquids, wherein such device includes a plurality of magnets for imparting a magnetic field is arranged peripherally about a pipe or other fluid conduit within which is a flowing fluid. The device utilizes a plurality of magnets with different magnetic field strengths for varying the field flux along the length of the pipe or other fluid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: The Magnetizer Group, Inc.
    Inventor: David Saul Glass
  • Patent number: 6053152
    Abstract: A fuel conditioning assembly, structured to be positioned between a fuel supply and a fuel combustion assembly, and including an elongate tubular housing having an inlet end, an outlet end, and a flow through passage extending therebetween. The inlet end is coupled with the fuel supply so as to receive fuel flow therethrough into the flow through passage, wherein a turbulent flow of the fuel is initiated and the fuel is influenced by a combination of metallic elements which chemically condition the fuel flowing through the flow through passage by rearranging the molecular bonds of the fuel with a catalytic effect and separating the fuel particles into a plurality of subatomic particles, thereby reducing a density of the fuel and substantially increasing a fuel burn efficiency. Further, the outlet end of the housing is coupled directly with the fuel combustion assembly so as to provide for the flow of conditioned fuel therebetween without a substantial risk of a diminishing of the effects of the conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventor: Lee Ratner
  • Patent number: 6050247
    Abstract: A catalyst for improving combustion of fluid fuels which comprises three layers. An inner or core layer of complex oxides of a mixture of Mn, Ni, Co and Cu; an intermediate layer containing alumina and silicate and optionally silicon carbide and an outer layer comprising a fired mixture of a Pt--Pd,Rh alloy on Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, Mo--Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, mixed oxides of La--Sr--Co and at least one of Vanadium oxide on alumina and Ag on Alumina. The catalyst can contact the fluid fuel in a storage tank, in a pipeline or in a combustion chamber. The invention also comprises combustion engines which incorporate the described catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Fukuyo Ichimura
    Inventor: Shoji Ichimura
  • Patent number: 6041763
    Abstract: A device for pre-conditioning fuel before it enters either an internal combustion chamber or a furnace employs appropriate arrangements of magnets and a heat exchanger. The in-line fuel conditioning apparatus comprises a cylindrical fuel impervious container and a temperature control flow line that passes through the cylinder. While passing through the container the fuel contacts a magnetic field generated by a series of magnets (preferably and even number of pairs) arranged so that pole pieces having the same polarity (i.e. N or S) face each other, while adjacent pole pieces have opposite polarities. A gap separates the poles pieces of each pair and the fuel flows through this gap. Alternative embodiments are concerned with different configurations for bringing together the fuel, the magnets and the coolant during the transport of the fuel to the combustion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Magnificent Researchers C.M.L.S., Inc.
    Inventor: Saban Akyildiz
  • Patent number: 6032655
    Abstract: A device for enhancing the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine. The combustion enhancer, which is used inside the fuel line of a vehicle, comprises a metallic double spring. The combustion enhancer swirls the fuel and also imparts a charge to the fuel, thus promoting more complete combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Inventor: Eino John Kavonius
  • Patent number: 6026788
    Abstract: This invention describes a non-contact fuel-activating device comprising a housing means with a far infrared ray emitting body placed therein that provides a means for enhanced combustion of liquid fuels. The device can be installed externally on the fuel line before the point where fuel flows into a carburetor or fuel injection system. The result is improved fuel burning efficiency, increased engine power, and reduced harmful emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Inventor: Albert C. Wey
  • Patent number: 6024073
    Abstract: A fuel modification device comprising a casing having an inlet fitting, an outlet fitting and a flow axis between the inlet fitting and the outlet fitting. The casing encloses a plurality of catalytic pellets held in layers by at least two spaced-apart Monel screens positioned perpendicularly relative to the flow axis. The casing also encloses at least one magnet positioned adjacent to and without touching, one of the Monel screens. The magnet contains at least one element from a group of elements comprising strontium and barium. The catalytic pellets comprises the following composition percentages by weight: 2-7% bismuth; 3-7% mercury; 70-80% tin; and 15-25% antimony. There is further provided a method for treating hydrocarbon fuel within the device wherein an electrolytic action is caused to occur between the fuel and the magnet for causing some of the oxygen molecules in the water impurities to separate from the fuel impurities and to bond to the hydrocarbon molecules as oxygenates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventor: David J. Butt
  • Patent number: 6021745
    Abstract: A new fuel lead additive device for adding lead to fuel for combustion engines. The inventive device includes a housing having an interior, an inlet, and an outlet. The inlet of the housing is fluidly connectable to the fuel line such that fluid may pass from a fuel tank into the interior of the housing through the inlet of the housing. The outlet of the housing is fluidly connectable to the fuel line such that fluid may pass from the interior of the housing through the outlet of the housing to a combustion engine. A plurality of lead beads are provided in the interior of the housing so that fuel passing through the housing mix with the beads such that lead is added to the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Inventor: Daniel E. Watson
  • Patent number: 6019092
    Abstract: A ferrous metal housing 1 has an inlet 4 and an outlet 5 at opposite ends. A series of alloy discs 6 are carried on a shaft 7 within the housing, separated by spacers 8. The discs each contain a ring of circular apertures, and the shaft 7 is supported by skeletal spacers 9 and 10 to leave a gap between the periphery of the spacers and the wall of the housing. A ferrite magnet 14 of square outline is supported by the walls of the housing 1 at the outlet end, leaving four gaps between the sides of the magnet and the housing. The device is capable of maintaining high flow rates whilst producing a turbulence pattern which ensures good fuel conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Fuelsaver Overseas Limited
    Inventor: Michael Gilligan
  • Patent number: 6007715
    Abstract: An apparatus for magnetizing liquid matter including two magnetically conductive, substantially U-shaped shells connected together, two magnets mounted in the shells between upright side walls of the shells, two pairs of aluminum packing strips respectively mounted around the magnets within the shells, a packing resin covered over the shells and the magnets and filled in gaps within the shells around the magnets, and a curved liquid delivery pipe mounted in between the packing resin coated magnets within the shells for permitting a liquid carried therein to be magnetized by magnetic lines of force emitted from the magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Inventors: Yung-Sheng Liu, H. S. Yang
  • Patent number: 6000381
    Abstract: A fuel catalyst for improving combustion efficiency is provided that includes at least one hydride producing element, and at least one element of greater activity on the electrolytic scale than the hydride producing element and at least one element of lesser activity on the electrolytic scale than the hydride producing element. The hydride producing element preferably includes an element from at least one of a Group IV and Group V of the periodic table. The element of greater activity and the element of lesser activity preferably includes at least one of zinc, magnesium, aluminum, palladium, silver, copper and cerium. Preferred formulations of the catalyst element include: a) 20-60% wt antimony, 10-30% wt tin, 10-80% wt zinc and 1-5% wt silver; b) 40% wt antimony, 18% wt tin, 40% wt zinc and 2% wt silver; c) 20-60% wt antimony, 10-30% wt tin, 20-80% wt magnesium, 1-8% wt cerium and 0.1-1.0% wt palladium; d) 40% wt antimony, 25% wt tin, 30% wt magnesium, 4.8% wt cerium and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Advanced Power Systems International, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin J. Berlin, Ralph H. Wright
  • Patent number: 6000382
    Abstract: In a magnetic polarization device for a fuel supply circuit, comprising multi-pole bar magnets contained in a casing which has internal passage vanes for the fuel, each bar magnet is made up of a different number of contiguous bipolar magnetic segments with magnetic fields of increasing intensity from one end to the other, which are aligned axially with one another with like-directed magnetic polarities adjacent each other, and which have unlike-directed magnetic polarities corresponding to the ends of each bar, and one or more fluid-carrying bars made of a ferromagnetic material are arranged parallel to each multi-pole bar magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Samuel Abraham
    Inventor: Maurizio Albisetti
  • Patent number: 5992398
    Abstract: An improved fuel line insert includes a cylindrical housing extending between oppositely disposed input and output ports, and constructed to include inner and outer chamber surfaces, such that an internal volume is realized in a form of an internal chamber extending between the input and output ports. At least two permanent magnets oppositely disposed from each other and mounted at each magnet's south pole into the inner chamber surface such that each magnets north poles face each other in the chamber in such an arrangement that fuel may flow between the two. The improvement lies in strength of the material comprising the casing and the magnets which is a result of construction of same with a nickel/low carbon steel alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: EW International Mfg., Inc.
    Inventor: James Ho
  • Patent number: 5992397
    Abstract: A gas apparatus for internal combustion engine is disclosed in which recovered hydrocarbon gas vapors from the fuel tank and the hydrocarbon with radical hydrocarbon gas vapors from the crankcase, are mixed together with air and alcohol with water solution in an impeller mixing chamber causing modified hydrocarbon gas vapors and oxygen gas vapors to pass through an electronic ionizer producing negatively charged pre-oxidized hydrocarbon gas vapors, then fed through the air induction system to improve mass of air to mass of fuel ratio in an internal combustion engine. A method for production of negatively charged pre-oxidized hydrocarbon gas vapors is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Inventors: Watase Hideaki, Dalupan Romulo Vallejos, Tan Slew Lay
  • Patent number: 5964205
    Abstract: A fuel atomizing device includes a flexible sleeve which has far infrared ceramic powder impregnated therein and the flexible sleeve is mounted to the fuel line through which the fuel passes. The far infrared ceramic powder is heated by the engine and emits far infrared rays to atomize the fuel in the fuel line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Inventor: Chin-Cheng Tsai
  • Patent number: 5943998
    Abstract: The invention provides a magnetic fuel enhancement device in which a series of magnets is disposed about the periphery of an activation chamber, and a fuel conduit passes through a magnetic field region defined between the magnets. In the preferred embodiment the fuel conduit passes through the device many times, repeatedly exposing the fuel to magnetic fields within the device and thus increasing the amount of energy imparted to the fuel before combustion, and a concentrating rod attracts the magnetic fields toward the center of the chamber to focus the magnetic fields through the fuel conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: 1184949 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Ed Brown, Adam Resch
  • Patent number: 5881702
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating fuel for increasing fuel combustion efficiency in an internal combustion engine including a fuel source and a fuel line includes a fuel line supply segment carrying liquid fuel; a fuel line receiving segment in fluid communication with the internal combustion engine; a fuel containment housing having an inlet port and an outlet port; structure for sealingly connecting the housing inlet port to the fuel line supply segment; structure for sealingly connecting the housing outlet port to the fuel line receiving segment; several metal wire strands contained within the housing; and structure for retaining the wire strands within the housing. A method for treating fuel for increasing fuel combustion efficiency in an internal combustion engine including a fuel supply system includes the step of passing the fuel over treating elements within the fuel supply system made up of several different metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Inventor: Douglas Lee Arkfeld
  • Patent number: 5873353
    Abstract: Apparatus for pretreating fuel for combustion in a combustor comprising a fuel line leading from a fuel supply to the combustor, said line including at least one fuel pretreatment apparatus which contains one or more of at least one ceramic piece and at least one ferromagnetic plate. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said fuel line includes a substantially cylindrical shaped enlarged fuel pretreatment apparatus, which contains a plurality of partitions disposed therein at predetermined axial intervals each of said partitions having one or more flow through opening formed therein, whereby a undulating fuel passage is formed in said tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Inventor: Hideaki Makita
  • Patent number: 5871000
    Abstract: A fuel conditioning assembly, structured to be positioned between a fuel supply and a fuel combustion assembly, and including an elongate tubular housing having an inlet end, an outlet end, and a flow through passage extending therebetween. The inlet end is coupled with the fuel supply so as to receive fuel flow therethrough into the flow through passage, wherein a turbulent flow of the fuel is initiated and the fuel is influenced by a combination of metallic elements which chemically condition the fuel flowing through the flow through passage by rearranging the molecular bonds of the fuel with a catalytic effect and separating the fuel particles into a plurality of subatomic particles, thereby reducing a density of the fuel and substantially increasing a fuel burn efficiency. Further, the outlet end of the housing is coupled directly with the fuel combustion assembly so as to provide for the flow of conditioned fuel therebetween without a substantial risk of a diminishing of the effects of the conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventor: Lee Ratner
  • Patent number: 5863404
    Abstract: To improve the characteristics of fuel to be used in an engine of an automotive vehicle or a boat or ship, to reduce an amount of harmful substances in emission and to enhance a fuel consumption rate, a device for improving the characteristics of fuel is provided and connected between the engine of the automotive vehicle or the boat or ship and a fuel tank. A fuel pipe spirally wound is arranged within a hexagonal housing in outer shape. A carbon rod is provided inside of the fuel pipe and a coil is wound around its outer periphery. Powder of metal, mineral and oxide is filled between the fuel pipe and the inner wall of the housing and solidified with silicone resin. The fuel flows through an interior of the fuel pipe in a spiral manner to be fed to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: AGM, Inc.
    Inventor: Ryujin Fujimaki
  • Patent number: 5829420
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for the magnetic treatment of a hydrocarbon fuel in order to achieve stoichiometric combustion. One embodiment consists of an emission sensing means, a microprocessor and electromagnet electrically inter-connected in feed back loop as to minimize the emission of carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons while maximizing the output of carbon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: The Magnetizer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Kita, Peter A. Kulish
  • Patent number: 5829419
    Abstract: The ionization combustion energizer is a process and apparatus to add energy to hydrocarbon based fuels, oxidants and diluents without inducing any exothermic reactions during the process. The energized fuel when combusted will provide a more complete reaction, resulting in more work output per unit measure of fuel, and dramatic reductions of toxic airborne emissions related to hydrocarbon combustion. This same process may be utilized to affect any aqueous or non-aqueous solutions in the same manner. This process also eradicates any micro-organisms present in the affected solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: International Combustion Enhancement Corp.
    Inventors: Martin J. Sadkin, Frank G. Chown, Bruce G. Baker, Kent C. Sweek, Edmun J. Hatcher
  • Patent number: 5816226
    Abstract: An in-line fuel treatment device improves fuel efficiency and decreases the quantity of harmful gases produced as the result of combustion. The device comprises an elongate hollow tube having an inlet end and an outlet end and is adapted to be connected in-line with the fuel line proximate the apparatus fuel intake. A plurality of magnets are positioned proximate the outer surface of the tube and a non-sacrificial catalyst is positioned within the tube. In a preferred embodiment, the catalyst is a naturally occurring silica in the form of quartz crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventors: Carl L. Jernigan, Timothy H. Jernigan, Thomas G. Wood, Sr.
  • Patent number: 5816227
    Abstract: A magnetic fuel stabilizer comprising a fuel line between a metal plate and a magnet. The metal plate is electrically connected to ground by means of a shunt. The magnet comprises a magnet fuel line side in contact with the fuel line at a fuel line magnet side. The metal plate is in contact with the fuel line at a fuel line metal plate side. The magnet further comprises a magnet non-fuel line side opposite the magnet fuel line side, and a magnet right side opposite a magnet left side. The magnet right and left sides are substantially perpendicular to the fuel line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Inventor: John E. Cronk
  • Patent number: 5816225
    Abstract: The device is used for treating engine and heating fuels obtained from mineral oil or plants. It has a heating device (3) for heating the liquid engine or heating fuel and a reactor (1) containing at least one reactor element (4) which consists at least partially of a tin alloy on the surface. This tin alloy contains 0.2 to 20 weight-% of copper as the alloy element with the greatest proportion by weight added to the tin. The reactor element consists of a plurality of loose or connected granules of a transverse dimension of at most 5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: I.A.T. Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Christian Koch, Georg Gotzelmann, Jurgen Sterzik
  • Patent number: 5794601
    Abstract: A novel fuel pretreater apparatus and method for pretreating an alternate fuel to render it usable as the fuel source for fuel burning equipment such as internal combustion engines, furnaces, boilers, and turbines, includes a volatilization chamber into which the alternate fuel is received. An exhaust plenum may enclose the volatilization chamber so that thermal energy supplied by exhaust from the fuel burning equipment can be used to help volatilize the alternate fuel. A bypass stream of exhaust may be diverted through the alternate fuel in the volatilization chamber to help in volatilizing the alternate fuel and help carry the volatilized fuel through a heated reactor prior to its being introduced into the fuel burning equipment. The reactor is preferably interposed in the exhaust conduit and is formed by a reactor tube having a reactor rod mounted coaxially therein in spaced relationship. The exhaust passing through the exhaust conduit provides thermal energy to the reactor to pretreat the alternate fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Inventor: Paul Pantone
  • Patent number: 5738692
    Abstract: A fuel treatment device treats fuel prior to combustion in order to improve combustion efficiency and reduce exhaust emissions in hydrocarbon fuel burning systems. The fuel treatment device includes at least one element comprising tin, antimony, lead and mercury that is brought in contact with fuel to be treated. The element comprises the following percentages by weight: 60-80% tin; 15-30% antimony; 2-7% lead; and 3-12% mercury. In a further preferred embodiment, the element comprises the following percentages by weight: 70-75% tin; 15-30% antimony; 2-7% lead; and 3-12% mercury. In a still further preferred embodiment, the element comprises an alloy including approximately 75% wt tin, 21% wt antimony and 4% wt lead, wherein 0.5 kg of mercury and 0.020 kg platinum is added to 5.0 kg of the alloy. The fuel is treated as it comes into contact with the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Advanced Power Systems International, Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph H. Wright
  • Patent number: 5730109
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas purification system according to the invention, a liquid fuel is jetted into the engine cylinder at a high pressure in turbulence in such a condition as easily burned. A spiral metal tube ring is accommodated in the fuel supply, system as a fuel activation device such that molecules of the liquid fuel passing therethrough are activated and atomized by contacting the metal spiral tube ring. The spiral tube may be a single member or of a composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: TAG Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Nozawa
  • Patent number: 5716520
    Abstract: A magnetic flux fluid treating device for minimizing the discharge of hydrocarbons from internal combustion engines, eradicating scale and inhibiting its formation in water conduits and water handling equipment is formed by a coaxial soft iron tubular assembly connected with the units containing the fluid to be treated. Magnetic flux field generating units are interposed in the annuli formed by the tubular members and define lateral limits of the annuli fluid passageways. The flux field forms a south monopole and a north monopole of the innermost and outermost tubes of the assembly and a repelling force flux field in the passageways and fluid normal to the direction of flow and the coaxes of the tube assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Inventor: Elmer B. Mason
  • Patent number: 5690079
    Abstract: A pair of intake magnets are connected to jaws of an intake spring clip that clamp onto an intake line of a fuel injector of a motor vehicle. The pair of intake magnets have their north poles downstream of their south poles. Additionally, a plurality of intake magnets may be connected to the jaws of the intake spring clip with their poles aligned perpendicularly to a central axis of the intake line. Two pairs of return magnets are connected to jaws of a return spring clip that clamp onto a return line of the fuel injector. Each of the return magnets has its north pole upstream of its south pole. Ends of a coil spring are respectively connected to the intake and return spring clips. The coils of the spring are around two crossover magnets that have their north poles closer to the fuel injector than their south poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventor: Douglas R. Craig
  • Patent number: 5673674
    Abstract: A fuel saving device including a fuel multidirectional device located in a magnetic field. The multidirectional device includes a fuel reservoir and a plurality of spirals surrounding the reservoir for passage of fuel, in a turbulent manner, through a magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: J.M.V. Engenharia e Consultoria S/C Ltda
    Inventor: Jorge Monteiro Vieira
  • Patent number: 5671719
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel activation apparatus using a magnetic body, capable of ionizing fuels so as to obtain high combustion efficiency for a liquid or gas fuel. The fuel activation apparatus of the present invention comprises a helical net of a magnetic material which makes the fuels rotatably flow and allows a magnetic force uniformly effective around the fuels. Thus, the ionization of the fuels is maximized, thereby heightening combustion efficiency of the fuels. The apparatus can be used in vehicles and mechanism using internal combustion engines, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Inventor: Tae Young Jeong
  • Patent number: 5664546
    Abstract: A fuel economizer having a non-magnetic body surrounding a fuel feed pipe and fitted with internal magnets. The fuel economizer includes two half casings of non-magnetic material, joined to each other by a clamp that keeps them attached to the pipe through which the fuel runs. A magnetic field perpendicular to the pipe is generated by a first magnet and a magnetic field axial to the pipe is generated by a second magnet. A third magnet has a perpendicular field with its poles inverted with respect to the first magnet. The magnets are separated an equal distance from each other. Utilizing low carbon iron pieces in the magnet housing, the flow is concentrated toward the inside of the conduit to prevent exit of the flow towards the outside of the economizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Inventor: Jose Luis De La Torre Barreiro
  • Patent number: 5660764
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carburetion device for automobile engines, which comprises a magnetite-containing carburetor 1. One side of the magnetite-containing carburetor 1 is connected to an engine and the other side is connected to a fuel hose 2, and a layer of magnetite is coated on the fuel hose 2 near the magnetite-containing carburetor 1. With this novel practical design, the fuel is magnetized, thereby allowing the fuel to be combusted at an efficiency of at least 98%, thus improving the air quality, prolonging the working life of automobile engines, and lowering the failure frequency of automobile parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Inventor: Teng-Hui Lu
  • Patent number: 5632254
    Abstract: A device comprising a housing having a magnet(s) and a far infrared ray generating composition disposed therein that provides for enhanced combustion of liquid fuels. The device can be attached to the exterior of a fuel line or tank or may be disposed inside the tank. The result is improved efficiency in burning and reduced pollution emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Inventor: Young S. Kim
  • Patent number: 5589065
    Abstract: An apparatus for magnetically treating fluid comprised of non-polar molecular clusters, such as water, flowing therethrough is provided. The apparatus includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, which housing is adapted to permit fluid flow therethrough between the inlet and the outlet within the interior thereof. In the two embodiments disclosed, a magnet arrangement is positioned either totally within or partially surrounding and associated with magnets within the housing to provide a harmonic magnetic field within the housing. The strength of the harmonic magnet field is variable along the housing in response to fluid flow therethrough. In addition, a method of magnetically treating non-polar fluids comprised of cluster molecules, such as water, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: YBM Magnetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob G. Bogatin, Vladimir Podoyma
  • Patent number: 5566661
    Abstract: A magnetic housing, that is coupled to a fuel consumption pipe in a gas or gas-oil combustion engine, is disclosed. The magnetic housing comprises a pair of magnets, a magnetic receiver and a magnetic transmitter, for producing magnetic fields on fuel flowing through the coupled pipe to reduce the fuel consumption rate. The housing comprises a main body having a cylindrical shaped bottom portion with a cylindrical recess for supporting an exposed cylindrical magnetic receiver and a top portion having a pair of winged vertical projections, curved at the same degree as the cylindrical bottom portion. Each projection has inner helicoidal threading and each positioned to allow the pipe to rest therebetween on the exposed magnet. The housing also comprises a complementary body having a cylindrical shape with a cylindrical recess at its bottom for supporting an exposed magnetic transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Inventor: D. Gonzalo G. Zorita
  • Patent number: 5558765
    Abstract: Apparatus for the intensified exposure of a hydrocarbon based fuel to a magnetic field comprising at least two permanent magnets having opposite faces polarized north and south, a cover box for containing each of said magnets made from non-magnetic material for containing said magnets and having a bottom opening and a peripheral depending flange having curved hollows for fitting closely about a fluid containment vessel, a backing plate for closing said bottom opening made from non-magnetic material and being recessed inward to permit the close fit of the fluid containment vessel within said curved hollows, and strapping means for securing said cover boxes in fixed diametrically opposed position about said fluid containment vessel for creating an electromagnetic circuit having an enhanced, substantially uniform, mono-directional, magnetic flux density for the polarization of the molecules of said fuel to increase the combustion efficiency of said fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Inventor: Robert J. Twardzik