Abstract: A bubble humidifier for adding humidity to supplied oxygen. The bubble humidifier has a humidifier base, for containing a quantity of liquid, and a cover for the humidifier base. The bubble humidifier has an oxygen inlet for supplying oxygen to the bubble humidifier and an moisturized oxygen outlet for connection to a moisturized oxygen supply conduit for supplying humidified oxygen to a patient, and the oxygen inlet being connected to a diffuser for diffusing the supplying oxygen within the bubble humidifier. The bubble humidifier has a pressure relief device for relieving excess pressure generated within the bubble humidifier during operation thereof. The bubble humidifier defining a longitudinal axis and the diffuser is arranged to discharge the oxygen from the diffuser substantially at an angle normal to the longitudinal axis of the bubble humidifier to minimize flow of liquid, contained within the humidifier base, from entering the moisturized oxygen outlet during operation of the bubble humidifier.

Abstract: The water carbonation method and apparatus of the present invention consists of a square mixer within a carbonated chamber. The mixer is partially filled with water. Carbon dioxide is then added above the level of water. A rotating member attached to the mixing motor then mixes the water and carbon dioxide to from a carbonated solution. Varying the time for which the carbonation operation is carried on may vary the degree of carbonation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carbonating device for charging a liquid with a pressurized gas. Carbonating devices of this type are generally used for adding carbon dioxide or CO2 to tap water or so-called still water. According to the invention, the pivotal filling device can be locked into a so-called pivotal position in a manner that makes the inventive carbonating device easier to handle than commercially available carbonating devices. The invention provides that the pivotal filling device can be firstly brought into the pivotal position and locked in place by using one hand. Afterwards, the water bottle can be clamped or screwed onto the filling device by using both hands. Together with the water bottle, the filling device is then released from its locked position and placed into the so-called filling position.

Abstract: A carburetor with a valve assembly having a plastic cam body connected to a plastic shaft which extends into the carburetor body and a valve head press-fit into a slot formed through the plastic shaft. Desirably, the valve assembly eliminates the use of threaded fasteners and the need to swage or otherwise deform any of the components to connect them together. Desirably, the shaft and cam body are constructed and arranged to prevent relative rotation between them. This permits accurate location of the cam body on the shaft and facilitates calibration of the throttle valve assembly between its idle and wide open throttle positions. Further, the characteristics of the throttle valve assembly can be changed by simply providing a cam body having a different shape or construction with the shaft and/or valve disc being the same for a wide range of carburetors.

Abstract: Separated air flow in the neighborhood of the leading edge of a butterfly valve plate in a throttle body fuel injection system can result in whistling. To alleviate the noise, a provided with an recess, or relief, on the suction side of the butterfly valve plate, near the leading edge. The recess has sides that are substantially radial lines starting at the outer periphery of the valve plate and extending toward the center of the valve plate. At their centermost ends, they are connected by a substantially straight line running parallel to the axis of rotation of the butterfly valve plate.

Abstract: A carburetor for a scavenged two-stroke internal combustion engine has an enriched fuel-and-air mixing passage extending through a housing of the carburetor. Engaged to the housing is a body of an air flow modular assembly which carries a primary air flow passage which houses a butterfly-type control valve therein. The throttle valve of the fuel-and-air mixing passage is mechanically linked or cammed to the control valve of the air flow passage so that opening of the throttle valve soon after opens the control valve allowing additional air to enter and provide a leaner fuel-and-air ratio in the combustion chamber of the engine when running under load. The air flow modular assembly has a sealing-and-bearing assembly which eliminates air leakage from the surrounding environment along the shaft of the control valve and into the primary air flow passage. The sealing-and-bearing assembly has a bushing which inserts into a counter bore of a cylindrical bore which receives the rotating shaft of the control valve.

Abstract: A rotary throttle valve carburetor includes an air intake passage and a throttle valve bore formed in a carburetor body, a cam disposed in the throttle valve bore, and a throttle valve disposed in the throttle valve bore so that one end engages the cam and th other end is accessible from outside the throttle valve bore for operable connection to a throttle valve lever. The carburetor may also have a cable holder with a receiving cylinder for an outer tube of a throttle valve lever cable, an insert port for an inner wire of the cable and a slot between the receiving cylinder and insert port. The slit is smaller than an end of the inner wire to prevent that end from passing through the slit. The carburetor may further include a tamper resistant fuel adjustment bolt including an anti-turning body keyed to the carburetor body and splined to the adjustment bolt after calibration of the carburetor to prevent inadvertent rotation, or user tampering with the calibrated setting.

Abstract: A carburetor arrangement for an internal combustion engine including a two-stroke engine in a portable handheld work apparatus includes an intake channel section (2) which is formed in the carburetor housing (34). A throttle flap (3) is arranged in the intake channel section and is rotatably held by a throttle flap shaft (4). Fuel-conducting channels open into the intake channel section (2) in the region of the throttle flap. A choke flap (5) is mounted upstream of the throttle flap (3) in the intake channel section (2). The choke flap (5) is held by a choke shaft (6) so as to be rotatable. The throttle flap (3) is displaced in a closing direction from an opening position into a closed position and in an opening direction from the closed position into the open position. The same applies to the choke flap (5). The choke flap (5) and the throttle flap (3) are mechanically coupled. The choke shaft (6) is actuable by an operator-controlled element.

Abstract: A carburetor having a throttle valve co-rotatable with a small diameter throttle shaft having a free end protruding from an exterior side surface of the associated carburetor body. A throttle lever detent arm is co-rotatable on and with the throttle shaft free end adjacent each body surface. Interengageable detents on the detent arm and body surface are spaced radially away from the throttle shaft rotational axis by a distance, for example, of about three times the shaft diameter. The arm and body detents are releasably engageable with one another for thereby yieldably holding the detent arm and hence the throttle shaft and associated throttle valve in any one of a plurality of selected angular settings.

Abstract: A carburetor throttle control device is provided having a positive feel and ability to precisely position a throttle valve. The lever includes an annular rim that has a plurality of notches corresponding to the angular positions of the throttle plate. A detent is piloted over the throttle shaft and is fixed or captured relative to the carburetor body between the carburetor body and the throttle lever, received in the annular recess of the hub. The detent includes a flexible or spring-type arcuate arm attached to and extending about a portion of the hub and having a protrusion extending therefrom. As the lever is rotated, the protrusion mates with the throttle position notches in the hub of the lever. The protrusion thus positively indexes the lever between positions. A throttle adjustment mechanism is also provided for manually adjusting the position of the detent, and thus the idle speed of the engine.

Abstract: A container for liquid oil of energy includes a container body, a top cover and a bottom cover. The container body is made of aluminum squeezed into a tubular shape with a hollow interior and provided with plural vertical support posts and a vertical projection fitted with a gasification box. The top cover and the bottom cover are respectively fitted on the top edges and the bottom edges of the support posts. The top cover is fixed with a stop valve and an air filling pump functioning to turn off power. Then, the bottom side of the stop valve is connected with an air intake pipe extending into the gasification box. The oil container of such design is easy in manufacturing, possible to lower manufacturing cost and capable to permit the oil and air inside mixed completely to elevate the degree of gasification and density of oil gas.

Abstract: A carburetor throttle control device is provided having a positive feel and ability to precisely position a throttle valve. The lever includes an annular rim that has a plurality of notches corresponding to the angular positions of the throttle plate. A detent is piloted over the throttle shaft and is fixed or captured relative to the carburetor body between the carburetor body and the throttle lever, received in the annular recess of the hub. The detent includes a flexible or spring-type arcuate arm attached to and extending about a portion of the hub and having a protrusion extending therefrom. As the lever is rotated, the protrusion mates with the throttle position notches in the hub of the lever. The protrusion thus positively indexes the lever between positions. A throttle adjustment mechanism is also provided for manually adjusting the position of the detent, and thus the idle speed of the engine.

Abstract: A container for liquid oil of energy includes a container body, a top cover and a bottom cover. The container body is made of aluminum squeezed into a tubular shape with a hollow interior and provided with plural vertical support posts and a vertical projection fitted with a gasification box. The top cover and the bottom cover are respectively fitted on the top edges and the bottom edges of the support posts. The top cover is fixed with a stop valve and an air filling pump functioning to turn off power. Then, the bottom side of the stop valve is connected with an air intake pipe extending into the gasification box. The oil container of such design is easy in manufacturing, possible to lower manufacturing cost and capable to permit the oil and air inside mixed completely to elevate the degree of gasification and density of oil gas.

Abstract: A carburetor having throttle valve co-rotatable with a small diameter throttle shaft having a free end protruding from an exterior side surface of the associated carburetor body. A throttle lever detent arm is co-rotatable on and with the throttle shaft free end adjacent each body surface. Interengageable detents on the detent arm and body surface are spaced radially away from throttle shaft the rotational axis by a distance, for example, of about three times the shaft diameter. The arm and body detents are releasibly engageable with one another for thereby yieldable holding the detent arm and hence the throttle shaft and associated throttle valve in any one of a plurality of selected angular settings.

Abstract: A rotary throttle valve carburetor for a two cycle engine reroutes a portion of intake air and introduces the air around the circumference of a fuel feed tube. A rotary throttle, rotatable and vertically moveable, fits into a cylindrical chamber intersecting an air intake channel through a carburetor body. A needle supported by the rotary throttle fits into the fuel feed tube which extends from a fuel metering chamber within the carburetor body into a throttling bore extending laterally through the rotary throttle. An intake portion of the air intake channel expands conically toward an upstream side. An air guide tube is aligned co-axially and radially outward from a fuel feed tube forming an air passageway there between. The intake air portion flows through the air passage from the intake portion of the air intake channel and into a bottom space of the cylindrical chamber beneath the rotary throttle.

Abstract: A sense-simile sampler delivers a sample fragrance in response to receiving an external signal, preferably via the internet. The sampler has a fragrance reservoir attached to a cylinder via a tube. A piston plunger reciprocates in the cylinder to expel the fragrance. A one-way valve controls flow of fragrance from the reservoir into the cylinder. The piston plunger is solenoid operated via signals from an internet appliance.

Abstract: A spud end fuel metering tube in an air-fuel mixing passage in a propane carburetor for enhancing performance of the system. The fuel supplying spud end is located in a venturi throat within the mixing chamber of the carburetor. The spud end includes linearly aligned fuel supply apertures that face downstream of the airflow therethrough. This combination provides increased power and fuel economy over a wide range of RPMs and demand levels while substantially reducing undesirable pollutant emission levels. The butterfly valve of the carburetor includes apertures formed therein for permitting the engine to idle when the butterfly valve closes eliminating the necessity for other downstream ports.

Abstract: A sparger (100) for producing gas bubbles in a liquid comprises a body member (102) having a gas inlet (105) and an outlet portion (106) provided with a gas outlet (108). The outlet portion (106) has an internal bore (110) which is in communication with the gas inlet (105) and the gas outlet (108). The bore (110) has opposite sides which converge in the direction of the outlet (108) to form a tapered region (112) in the bore (110). The bore (110) has a substantially constant diameter along at least a part of its length in an area between the tapered region (112) and the outlet (108). The sparger (100) further comprises a valve member (114) which is moveable into said tapered region (112) towards the outlet (108) for controlling the flow of gas through the outlet (108).

Abstract: A mixer tap unit has a body connected to a nozzle having two separate water passages extending the length of the nozzle. A hot water connection, a cold water connection and a filtered water connection are provided for the body. In use, the hot and cold water can mix in a mixing chamber in the tap body and flow along the passage. Filtered water flows separately along the passage. Valves are provided to respectively control the flow of the hot, cold and filtered water. In a preferred form, a chamber allows carbonization of the filtered water prior to delivery to the tap body and the supply of CO.sub.2 gas to the chamber is controllable by a valve. The valve is operated in a first direction to inject CO.sub.2 gas into water in the chamber, and in a second direction to allow the carbonated water to flow to the nozzle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a work apparatus such as a motor-driven chain saw having an internal combustion engine equipped with an electrical ignition system. Combustion air is supplied via an intake channel and fuel is supplied via a carburetor. The intake channel is provided with a throttle flap and the carburetor with a choke flap. The choke flap is displaceable into a start position by means of an actuating element and a start linkage. In this position, the throttle flap is latched in a pregiven open position. The actuating member for the choke flap is mounted in the forward end portion of a handle attached to the housing and extending in the longitudinal direction thereof. In addition, an operator-actuated lever is configured so as to project outwardly beyond the housing of the handle. Because of this arrangement, the latching between the throttle flap and the choke flap is obtained in a simple manner by latching of the throttle lever journalled in the handle with a switching shaft.

Abstract: The variable ratio linkage is disclosed for use with a throttle valve having a rotary shaft and comprises a primary lever fixed at one end to the throttle shaft, a secondary lever pivotally attached between its first and second ends to the primary lever, a cable which connects the secondary lever first end to an accelerator pedal, and a throttle return spring for elastically biasing the throttle shaft to a closed position. In the closed position, the secondary lever first end engages a first limit and the secondary lever second end abuts a stop. When the accelerator pedal is depressed, the cable moves the secondary lever first end away from the first limit and causes the primary and secondary levers to rotate relative to one another and slowly rotate the throttle shaft until the secondary lever first end engages a second limit. When this occurs, further movement of the secondary lever first end away from the first limit causes the throttle shaft to rotate at a relatively faster rate.

Abstract: An improved throttle modulator assembly and a thermoplastic fluid direction tube for insertion into a throttle modulator assembly are disclosed. The thermoplastic fluid direction tube is annular and hollow and is made from a thermoplastic material having a coefficient of thermal expansion about the same as the throttle modulator body. Further, an annular press ring and at least one associated press wing extending axially therefrom are located along the longitudinal dimension of the end tube portion of the thermoplastic tube.

Abstract: A thermal throttle actuator adapted to be mounted in an opening of a throttle body of an internal combustion engine wherein the fuel system is electronically controlled. The thermal throttle actuator comprises a housing in which a plunger is mounted for reciprocating movement and is adapted to contact a spring loaded throttle plate in the throttle body. The plunger is yieldingly urged toward the throttle plate by a bias spring. A shape memory alloy in the shape of a helical spring is provided to produce a force on the plunger in a direction opposite to that of the bias spring when the shape memory alloy is heated to a temperature above a predetermined temperature. When the temperature is below the predetermined temperature, the shape memory alloy spring is readily deformable, the bias spring functions to provide a force on the throttle plate which maintains the throttle plate in an open position to enhance performance during cold starting of the engine.

Abstract: A throttle control system including a throttle valve shaft and a throttle valve mounted at a middle portion with the shaft being rotatably carried on a support and spring-biased in a direction to close the throttle valve, and an operating lever and a control lever connected to said shaft. A first lever is fixed to the throttle shaft, and a lost motion lever is carried on said shaft and is capable of engaging the first lever. The operating lever is capable of engaging the lost motion lever. The relative positions of the first and the lost motion levers are established so that they are engaged with each other when the lost motion lever is rotated in the throttle valve-closing direction and the relative positions of the lost motion lever and the operating lever are established so that they are engaged with each other when the operating lever is rotated in a throttle valve-opening direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a throttling device for the supply of liquid under high pressure (P.sub.1) having a gas dissolved in it into a liquid of lower pressure (P.sub.O) the device having a supply orifice (2,7) between the high pressure and low pressure side of a dimension which only depends on the required flow capacity as well as downstream of said orifice a free floating body (3,9) of a dimension larger than the orifice (2,7), which body forms a slit (5,10) through which the high pressure flow is deflected into the space of lower pressure, the slit having sufficient length to generate a low flow pressure which, together with the low pressure of the low pressure space, keeps the body in equilibrium with the pressure forces acting at the supply side. The body can have different forms and adjusts itself depending on the circumstances.

Abstract: A moldable composiion comprising a mixture of magnesia, alumina, and silicon carbide powders or agglomerates thereof, the powders having an overall average size of at most 5.0 micrometers, preferably an average size in the range of 0.2 to 2.0 micrometers, optionally a polymeric binder, optionally a fluxing agent, and optionally a plasticizer or lubricant which exhibits litle or no controlled dimensional stability upon being fired to a cordierite ceramic material in a novel process. The process involves incorporation of silicon carbide powder into the moldable composition and the reaction of this silicon carbide upon firing to produce silicon dioxide. The cordierite ceramic material is useful where the dimensions of a shaped or molded part must be preserved after firing, as, for example, in the preparation of dental articles or as a mold for casting metals.

Abstract: A throttle body for an internal combustion engine, comprising a suction passage for supplying a suction air to the internal combustion engine; a throttle valve provided in the suction passage and fixed to a rotatable throttle valve shaft so as to adjust a quantity of the suction air; an interconnecting lever rotatably mounted to an interconnecting shaft and adapted to be rotated by pulling an accelerator cable; a throttle valve operating lever mechanically connected to the interconnecting lever and fixed to the throttle valve shaft, the throttle valve operating lever being rotated in predetermined relational association with rotation of the interconnecting lever to open and close the throtle valve; and a tension spring for normally biasing the throttle valve in a valve closing direction, the tension spring having one end or pivotal point fixed to a part fixed to the throttle body and the other end or operation point fixed to the throttle valve operating lever; wherein the pivotal point and the operation point

Abstract: An apparatus for aerating water, including rigid supporting pipes, which serve to supply air, and covers which are disposed on the supporting pipes close thereto and are provided with a plurality of resiliently expandable slits. The supporting pipes, together with their covers, are disposed virtually in a vertical plane one above the other in a horizontal parallel position. The covers and/or the supporting pipes have air supply openings of different sizes such that these openings, when viewed from bottom to top, become gradually smaller in order to ensure that, when the air supply means is common to all of the supporting pipes and covers of an apparatus, the air throughput quantities are at least substantially identical in size at the different vertical positions of the supporting pipes and covers.

Abstract: A marine carburetor is provided with an adjustment screw mounted on the throttle lever that is engageable with the cam follower in such a manner that movement of the adjustment screw urges the cam follower into engagement with the surface of the throttle cam, at which point continued movement of the screw results in movement of the throttle lever so that the throttle plate may be adjusted to an idle position.

Abstract: An electronic throttle actuator is directly connected without an intervening gear train to a stepper motor for rotating the throttle valve from a first position, closed or substantially closed, to a second position which is wide open and any angular position therebetween. The movement of the throttle valve is under control of electronic control means which can locate the throttle valve at any one of a plurality of positions between the first and the second positions. The coupling between the motor and the shaft of the throttle valve provides for redundant means to close the throttle valve and connected to the shaft are a pair of redundant torsion springs for biasing the throttle valve in said first position. A second coupling directly connects the shaft of the throttle valve to a throttle position sensor. A pair of cavities are formed in the throttle body housing for enclosing both the coupling from the shaft to the motor and to the throttle position sensor and the redundant torsion springs.

Abstract: An improvement is disclosed for a flare seal system of the type which includes a flare seal drum containing a body of liquid at a predetermined level and a waste gas inlet conduit extending vertically into the liquid body and having an opening beneath the liquid level, whereby gases discharging from the inlet conduit pass through the liquid body before discharging from the drum to a flare stack. The improvement enables the reduction of gas pulsing from the seal drum, and includes flap valve means pivotally mounted at the wall of the inlet conduit. The flap valve is openable at a point beneath the liquid level, and includes means to bias the valve to a closed position. The inlet gas flow pressure acts against the bias to open the valve, to enable gas flow into the liquid and thence to the flare stack.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus with improved fluid flow control for economical and efficient composting. The improved fluid flow control is provided by a lance having at least two separate fluid flow zones to provide a fluid flow profile in the compost. The flow zones are provided by an outer porous wall tube with a control insert tube therein having a plurality of openings along the length thereof and spaced from the wall by gaskets to form the flow zones. The lances can be coupled to a manifold for even fluid distribution throughout the compost. The manifold is designed to direct fluid flow to a portion of the lances while simultaneously removing fluid flow from the other portion of lances. This creates substantially uniform patterns of fluid injection and evacuation for uniform composting, reduced energy requirements and greater control of process conditions.

Abstract: A carburetor having a suction passage including therein a large venturi section and a throttle valve and connected at the upstream end thereof to the discharge port of a supercharger and at the downstream end thereof to the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. A recess is formed either in the outer circumference of the shaft of the throttle valve or in the inside wall of a through hole formed in the body of a carburetor for pivotally supporting the shaft of the throttle valve, whereby a pressure chamber is formed between the shaft of the throttle valve and the through hole. The pressure chamber communicates with part of the suction passage upstream of the venturi tubes by a first air passage, and a second air passage opening into the through hole at a position between the suction passage and the pressure chamber communicates with the suction passage at a position downstream of the throttle valve.

Abstract: A control device for a throttle valve for use with an internal combustion engine installed in a vehicle. The device has a throttle valve shaft secured to the throttle valve, and a linkage to be driven by a linkage member including an accelerator wire for opening and closing the throttle valve. The linkage is a three-joint linkage mechanism including a throttle lever secured to the throttle valve shaft, a lever-mounting shaft secured to the throttle body, a drive lever rotatably mounted on the lever-mounting shaft, and a rod connecting the throttle lever and the drive lever.

Abstract: A cam and cam follower mechanism for connecting a vehicle accelerator pedal to the throttle body throttle valve for varying rates of movement of the throttle valve, including a washer-like cam operatively connected to the vehicle accelerator pedal and having an internal cam surface adopted to be engaged by a number of pins fixed to a throttle lever at different radial distances from the lever and throttle valve pivot, the pins each constituting fulcrums about which the throttle lever and throttle valve are forced to pivot one at a time as the accelerator pedal is moved angularly between closed and open throttle valve positions, the pins shifting as fulcrums upon continued movement of the accelerator pedal to provide initially a slow rate of opening of the throttle valve in response to a large angular movement of the accelerator pedal followed by a faster rate of movement of the throttle valve more nearly in proportion to the angular movement of the accelerator pedal.

Abstract: The device is provided in an intake pipe 9 in connection with a throttle valve 2 which is displaceable by a gas pedal 7 and acted against by a return spring 8. To this throttle valve there is connected a rotary element 9 on which there is developed at least one rotary stop 10 which limits an angular range of the idling aspiration regulation. The rotary element is coupled to an actuator 16. The throttle valve 2 serves as closure member which determines the idling air throughput. A swingably mounted regulating lever 5 is connected to the gas pedal 7 and the return spring 8, by which the lever can be moved back against a fixed regulating lever stop 12. The rotary element 9 to which the throttle valve is fastened is carried along by the regulating lever 5 as a result of actuation of the gas pedal only when the regulating lever rests against the rotary stop 10 of the rotary element 9.

Abstract: An improved variable venturi carburetor including one or more improved features such as one or more air valve(s) comprising fuel discharge orifices, upstream of one or more throttle(s); backfire protection means in the air valve(s); layered construction of the air valve(s); overhead biasing means for the air valve(s), with or without related air valve(s) positioning means which may, for instance, assist in enrichment of the fuel air mixture during starting; an arm and ramp fuel metering arrangement interconnected, preferably directly, with an internal bore on a shaft which supports the air valve(s) means for rotation, through which the fuel may be directed from the pickup arm to the discharge orifices in or on the air valve means; ball valve means in the end of the pickup arm bearing against the ramp to assist in minimizing deviations in the fuel/discharge gap resulting from differential expansion; composite construction of the arm and ramp hanger of materials which coefficients of expansion selected to minim

Abstract: Carbonating apparatus includes a reservoir to be filled with fresh water through an outlet. Rotation of a control opens a valve, so that water passes from the reservoir into a pressure vessel. The control is then depressed to cause pressurized gas to be introduced into the water in the vessel, via a nozzle, from a gas cylinder, so as to carbonate the water. A slidably-operable control is then moved by an initial amount to cause a venting valve to open, thereby venting excess gas in the vessel to atmosphere. Further sliding movement of the slidably-operable control depresses a lever connected to an outlet valve, which permits dispensing of the carbonated water from the vessel, via a spout.

Abstract: A carburetion system for an internal combustion engine wherein a plurality of throttle blades cooperates with a throttle body to form channels for high speed airflow at part throttle conditions. The airflow exits the channels as coherent streams, and these streams collide downstream from the throttle to generate a region of severe velocity change which serves to finely atomize liquid fuel which has been introduced into the airflow streams.

Abstract: A diffuser for air or other fluids has a rigid body with an upper disc portion having a series of radially projecting fingers about its perimeter. The fingers are relatively narrow and blunt. A diaphragm formed of a soft elastomer has a rim portion which receives the fingers. The diaphragm overlies the disc and normally closes a central opening in the body. Spaces at the base of the fingers are not covered by the rim portion of the diaphragm and air or other fluid escapes through those spaces when it is admitted under pressure through the central opening in the body. A circular cylindrical wall depends from beneath the disc at the bases of the teeth to discourage the fluid from collecting beneath the disc. In another embodiment, the spaces through which the fluid passes are covered by an open cell foam in the form of a ring that surrounds the wall and that is held in place against the rim portion by a plate mounted to the body and seated against the bottom of the wall.

Abstract: In order to enable a carbureter body formed of a soft material such as a synthetic resin to be coupled easily between an air cleaner and a manifold pipe in its state of not developing a distortion, the carbureter for an internal combustion engine comprises: reinforcing members each having a high rigidity and a length greater than the full length of the carbureter body but smaller than the length obtained by adding this length of the carbureter body to the thicknesses of two elastic sealing members used in coupling the carbureter body to the air cleaner and to the manifold pipe; a plurality of arms for nipping the reinforcing members in their posture of being placed along a suction bore of the carbureter body. Shaft-receiving bores for supporting a throttle valve shaft and a choke valve shaft are disposed at locations at which these valve shafts are not affected by the strains which are apt to develop when the carbureter body is coupled to the air cleaner and to the manifold pipe.

Abstract: A double coil spring assembly to serve as a closing force for throttle valves of carburetors or throttle bodies, the spring assembly including an integral spool with inner and outer arbors supported on a closed end to separately support inner and outer coil springs, there being lands on the outer arbor to position axially the outer spring, and the inner spring as an installable component in the assembly of the carburetor or throttle body.

Abstract: A throttle linkage assembly comprising a throttle shaft rotatable about a throttle shaft axis between an idle position and a wide open throttle position, a throttle plate fixed on the throttle shaft, a driven lever pivotable about the throttle shaft axis between various angles relative to the throttle plate, an adjustment lever assembly for fixing the driven lever at a selected angle relative to the throttle plate, and a timing plate operable on the driven lever for rotating the throttle shaft from the idle position to the wide open throttle position.

Abstract: A throttle return spring assembly having inner and outer torsion springs contained between end housings is preassembled and then mounted as a unit about a throttle body shaft.

Abstract: A dash pot device for application to a deceleration control system for delaying a return action to the engine idle speed position of a carburetor throttle valve for automobile engines. The device includes a body member having a partition wall dividing an interior of the body member into a diaphragm chamber and an air chamber, a diaphragm disposed within the diaphragm chamber, an air filter positioned within the air chamber, a shaft fastened to the diaphragm, a pinhole type orifice passage installed in the partition wall, and a check valve located in the partition wall and oriented parallel to the orifice passage.

Abstract: Water is carbonated in a fast and efficient manner by causing a flow of carbon dioxide through the water being carbonated at a controlled rate through a small orifice until a predetermined pressure is reached in the carbonator and, upon reaching the predetermined pressure terminating flow through the orifice.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the opening degree of a throttle valve during starting and warming up of an internal combustion engine, has the following constituents: a fast idle cam which operates to progressively decrease the opening degree of the throttle valve as the warming up of the engine proceeds; a starting cam provided separately from the fast idle cam and adapted to maintain a large opening degree of the throttle valve; a first means for bringing, while the engine is not operating, the starting cam into operative position for holding the throttle valve, in response to a throttle opening operation; and a second means for releasing, when a predetermined engine temperature is reached after the starting of the engine, the holding of the throttle valve by the starting cam and insteadly bringing the fast idle cam into operation for controlling the opening degree of the throttle valve.

Abstract: A throttle controlled induction passage assembly is shown as having a body with an induction passage formed through the body and a throttle shaft extending transversely of the induction passage and carried by the body, the throttle shaft having an axis of rotation about which the throttle shaft is rotatable, a throttle valve is carried by the throttle shaft for rotation therewith, and an abutment arrangement for preventing the throttle shaft and throttle valve from experiencing undue movement relative to the induction passage in both directions along the axis of rotation; a suitable thrust bearing is provided to permit application of the body and shaft in any position.

Abstract: A nebulizer system including a self-contained system including a nebulizer. The nebulizer includes a cylindrical housing having a bottom which has axially and centrally located gas conduit extending therefrom and terminating in a nozzle internally of said housing. The housing has mounted therein a funnel shaped wall the apex of which has a conduit of a wider dimension to encompass said nozzle in axial and spaced alignment therewith. The conduit terminates in a spray opening whereby liquid in a reservoir defined by the housing bottom and funnel shaped wall is picked up by the gas emanating from the nozzle. The liquid-gas mixture is discharged above the funnel wall against a protrusion and is distributed therefrom against an annular baffle depending from the top of the housing. The aerosol thereby produced is discharged through an opening into a conduit system for delivery to a patient directly or as a part of a ventilator or intermittent positive breathing apparatus of known types.

Abstract: Disclosed is a carburetor for internal combustion engines which minimizes the effect on the engine of carburetor ice.To overcome the effect of ice build-up the throttle valve on the side adjacent the idle jet, is bent upstream, thus providing a greater opening between the idle jet and the adjacent part of the throttle valve and a lesser opening on the opposite side of the throttle valve at idle and intermediate throttle openings. Increasing the operating angle of the idle jet half of the throttle valve upstream, toward the vertical position, deters the build-up of ice. Furthermore my invention exposes an ice deposit to the incoming fuel-air mixture, causing early erosion of the same and elimination of prolonged operation with over-rich or lean mixtures.