Needle Valves Patents (Class 261/DIG38)
  • Patent number: 4360481
    Abstract: A carburetion system for an internal combustion engine having improved fuel metering is disclosed and includes a fuel supply conduit which is formed in a portion of the body of the carburetor extending from a fuel source to the carburetor bore with that carburetor body portion having a first linear temperature coefficient of expansion. A mixture control member formed of a material having a second linear temperature coefficient of expansion engages the body in a first region and defines relative to the carburetor body in a second remote region a fuel metering orifice for controlling fuel flow through the fuel supply conduit. The mixture control member may be moved relative to the first and second regions to change the fuel to air ratio supplied to the engine. Employing a fuel metering orifice in the adjustable fuel metering arrangement, the minimum flow area of which has a simply connected convex cross sectional configuration, minimizes the adverse effects of ambient temperature changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Tecumseh Products Company
    Inventor: Vernon R. Kaufman
  • Patent number: 4349489
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process and a jet to produce an idling vaporized mixture in an internal combustion engine. The process consists in vaporizing the mixture in two phases: one premixing phase in a turbulence chamber (10) consisting of mixing the fuel flow C.sub.r with an auxiliary air flow A.sub.a, which is in a lower proportion to the idling air flow A.sub.r, to obtain a highly vaporized premixture, and a final mixing phase made in a second chamber, known as the mixing chamber (5) and consisting of mixing the premixture M.sub.p with the slow-running air flow A.sub.r. A needle is responsive to changes in the vacuum level and enables the flow rate of the fuel to be adjusted as a function of the engine speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: Alain Gaget
    Inventors: Alain Gaget, Guy Juillot
  • Patent number: 4336208
    Abstract: A carburetor for an internal combustion engine in a power saw. The carburetor has at least one adjustment screw which is fastened and secured in a bore of a receiving part on the carburetor housing or on the internal combustion engine. A shim or clamping piece, which is secured against rotation, is arranged in a recess of the receiving part. The clamping piece receives the adjustment screw in a positive, locking manner. The clamping piece has projections with which the clamping piece is held locked in the recess of the receiving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl
    Inventor: Reinhard Gerhardy
  • Patent number: 4333891
    Abstract: A fuel metering apparatus, for supplying metered fuel to an associated combustion engine, has an idle fuel metering and supply system comprising adjustable valving means which, in turn, comprises a discharge orifice means and cooperating valving member which is adjustably selectively positioned with respect to such orifice means in order to thereby establish a desired metered rate of fuel flow through the thusly determined effective flow area of the orifice means for a particular pressure differential thereacross; the adjustable valving member is generally contained within a cooperating body member or portion and access to the valving member, subsequent to it being selectively positioned, is prevented by a closure member or sealing plug placed in position after the said selective positioning of said valving member; the sealing plug is formed as by a hardened metal disc and caged within a body which body is held by the cooperating body member containing the valving member; relative rotation as between the cagi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Colt Industries Operating Corp
    Inventor: Robert J. Miller
  • Patent number: 4323521
    Abstract: A constant depression carburetor is shown as having an induction passage with an air inlet end and a fuel-air mixture outlet end, a fuel-air mixing region is situated generally between the inlet and outlet ends, a fuel metering orifice for discharging metered fuel into the mixing region, a first throttle valve in the induction passage upstream of the fuel metering orifice, a second throttle valve in the induction passage downstream of the fuel metering orifice, a metering rod extending through the induction passage and cooperating with the fuel metering orifice to thereby variably determine the effective metering area thereof, a pressure responsive member is operatively connected to the metering rod for adjustable positioning thereof in response to sensed pressure variations in the mixing region, and connecting elements operatively interconnecting the metering rod with the pressure responsive member and the first throttle valve for assuring unified movement thereamong while providing for free angular and tran
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Inventor: Henri Morgenroth
  • Patent number: 4308220
    Abstract: A construction for protecting a member, such as an adjusting screw or fixing bolt, fitted to a base, from being tampered with, including a wall formed generally in the shape of a hollow tube, attached by one of its ends to the base, and surrounding the member to be protected, and a plug inserted into the other end of the wall so as to be wedged into it, with a slot being formed in the wall, extending along the axial direction of the wall from the end of the wall remote from the base, to a slot bottom at an axial position between the free end of the wall and the base, the slot bottom being closer to the base than is the part of the plug which is closest to the base, so that a gap is left between the bottom of the slot and the bottom wall of the plug for a removing tool to be inserted to lever the plug out of the end of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidenori Tateno
  • Patent number: 4302404
    Abstract: A variable venturi carburetor wherein the suction piston is fully closed with respect to the venturi section at engine stop to elevate the negative pressure at the time of cranking, and is opened to a predetermined degree at the time of idling, thereby obtaining stable driving performance at a suitable air-fuel ratio. The suction piston slides, via a spring, into and out from a suction chamber communicating with a mixing chamber via a negative pressure path and has at its head a metering needle to face a metering jet. The low negative pressure occurring in the mixing chamber along with cranking is reliably applied to the gap between the metering needle and the metering jet which is wider than the gap in their matching state at the time of idling. Hence, the engine starts operating with an over-rich air-fuel ratio. The suction piston is shaped in such manner so as to close a venturi section on the upstream side with respect to the base portion of the metering needle at the time of stop of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihiko Nakamura, Takashi Kato
  • Patent number: 4283353
    Abstract: A fuel metering apparatus, for supplying metered fuel to an associated combustion engine, has an idle fuel metering and supply system comprising adjustable valving means which, in turn, comprises a discharge orifice means and cooperating valving member which is adjustably selectively positioned with respect to such orifice means in order to thereby establish a desired metered rate of fuel flow through the thusly determined effective flow area of the orifice means for a particular pressure differential thereacross; the adjustable valving member is generally contained within a cooperating body member or portion and access to the valving member, subsequent to it being selectively positioned, is prevented by a closure member or sealing plug placed in position after the said selective positioning of said valving member; the sealing plug is formed as by a hardened metal disc and caged within a body which body is held by the cooperating body member containing the valving member; relative rotation as between the cagi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1981
    Assignee: Colt Industries Operating Corp
    Inventor: Robert J. Miller
  • Patent number: 4276239
    Abstract: A carburetor with a circular air valve, in which the fuel metering needle is connected to a bracket on the downstream face of the air valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1981
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsushi Yoshikawa, Masaaki Saito, Tadaki Ota, Mitsumasa Inoue
  • Patent number: 4273730
    Abstract: A carburetor improvement inhibits tampering with an idle adjustment screw after an initial adjustment of the screw is made. The screw is inserted in a cavity formed in the carburetor body and a plug is placed in the open outer end of the cavity. Further, a blocking pin is inserted transversely through the cavity between the plug and the adjustment screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: ACF Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas J. Byrnes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4272458
    Abstract: A carburetor improvement inhibits tampering with an idle adjustment screw after an initial adjustment of the screw is made. The improvement comprises a cover attachable to the carburetor which prevents access to the idle adjustment screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1981
    Assignee: ACF Industries, Incorporated
    Inventors: Harvey L. Ruth, Michael B. Phelan
  • Patent number: 4271095
    Abstract: A carburetor for an internal combustion engine has an idle adjust screw. A cover is provided for encompassing the idle adjust screw so as to prevent any readjustment of the idle adjust screw by an operator. The cover is not removable once the carburetor is mounted on the intake pipe so that carburetor settings can be maintained. The cover may be formed with a slot of special configuration so that adjustment may be made only with a specially designed tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1981
    Assignee: Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tooru Maeda
  • Patent number: 4246929
    Abstract: A fuel metering apparatus, for supplying metered fuel to an associated combustion engine, has an idle fuel metering and supply system comprising adjustable valving means which, in turn, comprises a discharge orifice means and cooperating valving member which is adjustably selectively positioned with respect to such orifice means in order to thereby establish a desired metered rate of fuel flow through the thusly determined effective flow area of the orifice means for a particular pressure differential thereacross; the adjustable valving member is generally contained within a cooperating body member or portion and access to the valving member, subsequent to it being selectively positioned, is prevented by closure members placed in position after the said selective positioning of said valving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1981
    Assignee: Colt Industries Operating Corp
    Inventor: Russell J. Wakeman
  • Patent number: 4242290
    Abstract: A carburetor idle speed set screw is enclosed by an assembly that prevents access to the screw so long as the assembly is in place, and, therefore, prevents adjustment of the set screw; the assembly includes a lower cup-shaped base member nested with an inverted cup-shaped cap having resilient fingers insertable within the lower member and held therein in a spring-lock detent-like manner by mating beads or dimples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Steven K. Handelsman, Albert A. Pruchno
  • Patent number: 4239710
    Abstract: A device for checking random adjustment of the adjustable parts of a carburetor comprising a locked cover or covers mounted over the adjusting screw heads on the adjustable parts so that the cover or covers can not be removed without breaking it. Thus, the device is intended to inhibit the user or "layman" from improperly adjusting the adjustable parts of the carburetor. Provision of the cover or covers is also helpful in preventing the screws from becoming loose under vibration or other external forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: Aisan Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Motoki Sato
  • Patent number: 4234524
    Abstract: A mixture adjusting screw in a carburetor for regulating the fuel efflux during engine idling is provided in which the end needle portion of the screw is located in the idle port of the carburetor and a spring is loaded around the rod portion of the screw to hold the screw in position after adjustment so as to maintain its proper adjustment. The screw head is covered by a plug and it is specifically shaped to inhibit easy access of the user to the screw for adjustment purposes. The air and fuel mixture formed in the low-load fuel system in the carburetor is well stirred due to the presence of the spring which is exposed to a fuel passage and is formed into an emulsion flow, allowing stabilized rotation of the engine during idling and high performance thereof in normal running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Aisan Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hisaharu Arai
  • Patent number: 4234523
    Abstract: An adjustment prevention mechanism comprises a stationary covering member disposed opposite to a head of an adjusting screw for adjusting fuel flowing in a slow speed fuel passage in idling of an engine, and a cap-shaped plug. The stationary covering member is secured to something within an engine room, for example a suction pipe of the engine, and has a hole through which the adjusting screw is adjusted. The cap-shaped plug is inserted rigidly in the hole to blockage the hole after the adjusting screw was adjusted, so that the adjusting screw can not be readjusted by usual users after the engine is transferred to the users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Onuki, Tohru Nakagawa, Shigeyuki Kenma
  • Patent number: 4221747
    Abstract: A carburetor comprising a body defining a throat, a throttle slide member slidably mounted on the body and disposed in the throat, and a tapered metering rod or needle mounted on the slide member and extending downwardly into a fuel supply tube leading into a fuel reservoir or bowl secured to the body. The slide member has front and rear, substantially flat panels disposed in substantially parallel relation, with the front panel being shorter than the rear panel for the purpose of providing air at the outlet of the fuel supply tube even when the slide is in a closed position and for directing air toward the outlet when the slide is in an open position. The body is provided with a substantially axial groove intersecting the fuel outlet at the throat for the purpose of directing high speed air flow toward the metering rod and over the fuel outlet when the slide is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Inventor: William H. Edmonston
  • Patent number: 4215661
    Abstract: In a carburetor for an internal combustion engine having a primary air passage with an air valve therein and a fuel inlet port, an improvement comprising, a valve needle member having a portion extending into the fuel inlet port to a selected extent for varying the flow of fuel through the fuel inlet port and into the primary air passage. A secondary air passage is defined within the valve needle member to provide a secondary flow of air into the primary air passage. The secondary flow of air enhances mixture of the fuel and further regulates the flow of air in the primary air passage. A secondary air passage regulating body is resiliently held within the secondary air passage to selectively restrict the flow of air within the secondary air passage depending upon the position of the air valve in the primary air passage to at all times provide the proper flow of air within the primary air passage to induce full combustion of the fuel entering through the fuel inlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: Metal Elio C.A. Una compania de acuerdo con las Leyes Venezolanas
    Inventor: Mario De Rossi
  • Patent number: 4207274
    Abstract: A carburetor for internal combustion engines having a stationary metering element and a rotor assembly which is movable and rotatable with respect to the metering element to control the fuel-air mixture and to thoroughly admix the fuel and air before its passage to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Karl M. Johnson
    Inventor: Oliver V. Phillips
  • Patent number: 4157367
    Abstract: A carburetor for an internal combustion engine using gasoline fuel is provided with a metering rod for controlling the flow of gasoline through a metering orifice between a gasoline reservoir in the carburetor and the passage leading to the air intake bore of the carburetor. The metering rod is provided with an air passageway for atomizing fuel before delivery thereof to the air intake bore, and the improvement of the present invention provides for the outlet end of the atomizing air passageway to be disposed on the upstream side of the metering orifice with respect to the direction of fuel flow therethrough from the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1979
    Assignee: Lou Nagy
    Inventor: Gyula S. Fuchs
  • Patent number: 4123479
    Abstract: A carburetor of the type admitting simultaneous control of both air and fuel supply. The air supply is regulated by means of a linearly movable aperture means, whereas the fuel supply is regulated by means of a linearly movable rod means provided with groove means having a transverse profile of monotonically varying area. A selectable portion of said groove means can be coupled into a fuel conduit, thus regulating its effective size and thereby the fuel supply by means of a linear movement of said rod means. Said rod means and said aperture means are coupled for mutually proportional linear movement, thus accomplishing the simultaneous control. By appropriate manufacturing of the groove means it is possible to obtain improved fuel-to-air ratio for settings between idling and full gas. The rod means also works as a plunger in a cylinder, thereby rendering an accelerator pump function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Inventor: Anders O. Andreassen
  • Patent number: 4123233
    Abstract: A fuel mixture charge device for communication with the inlet of a combustion chamber including a conduit having inlet and outlet ends, the outlet end being adapted for connection in fluid communication with the combustion chamber and the inlet end communicating with ambient air, a one-way valve in the inlet end of the conduit for passing air only into the conduit, and resilient means operative to urge the valve closed and permit opening under internal pressure reduction for passing air to an engine according to its needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Inventor: Albert A. Mannino
  • Patent number: 4120918
    Abstract: A fuel metering apparatus, for supplying metered fuel to an associated combustion engine, has an idle fuel metering and supply system comprising adjustable valving means which, in turn, comprises a discharge orifice means and cooperating valving member which is adjustably selectively positioned with respect to such orifice means in order to thereby establish a desired metered rate of fuel flow through the thusly determined effective flow area of the orifice means for a particular pressure differential thereacross; the adjustable valving member is generally contained within a cooperating body member or portion and access to the valving member, subsequent to it being selectively positioned, is prevented by closure members placed in position after the said selective positioning of said valving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: Colt Industries Operating Corp.
    Inventor: Daryl O. Codling
  • Patent number: 4097561
    Abstract: An idle adjustment screw of a carburetor is covered by a cap having a particularly shaped slot. The adjustment screw can be turned to change or adjust the idle mixture only with a particularly designed adjusting tool which can pass through the slot of the cap and be engageable with the groove or the projection formed on the head of the adjustment screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Chichitada Seki, Nobuo Furuhashi
  • Patent number: 4094932
    Abstract: A checking and adjusting apparatus for the carburetor of an internal combustion engine such as an automobile or other vehicle, and wherein there is provided a warning signal on the dashboard of the vehicle that will be actuated when the carburetor is out of adjustment. In addition there is provided a hand controlled device for adjusting the carburetor from the dashboard of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1978
    Inventor: Kenneth L. Knox, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4075296
    Abstract: This invention relates to an idle speed adjustment needle screw for carburetors for internal combustion motors, and more particularly to an improved tubular screw and preferably of three components, namely, a coil spring component disposed between a tubular component and a non-tubular handle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Inventors: Ronald J. Orsini, Joseph Della Universita
  • Patent number: 4053544
    Abstract: A system for supplying fuel to an internal combustion engine for optimum efficiency in engine operation and fuel economy and for minimum objectionable exhaust emissions. The system pertains particularly to an internal combustion engine in an automobile, truck, or the like. Fuel is heated prior to introduction thereof into the engine. Fuel is introduced to the engine in accordance with manifold pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: J. C. Moore Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Jesse C. Moore
  • Patent number: 4034029
    Abstract: An air valve for a carburetor has its lower end mounted for pivotal movement between open and closed positions relative to the air and fuel mixture conduit and carries a metering rod which extends generally in a horizontal direction. The metering rod has an end extending within a metering orifice of an orifice plate in an opening of the mixture conduit wall. The metering rod is urged by a coiled torsion spring upwardly against the orifice plate. The torsion spring has a small coil with a relatively high spring rate and a large coil with a relatively low spring rate. The large coil continuously urges the rod into engagement with the upper surface of the orifice plate defining the orifice, while the small coil urges the rod into engagement with the orifice plate only after the air valve is around one half open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1977
    Assignee: ACF Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Larry J. Tipton
  • Patent number: 4008298
    Abstract: A carburetor of the slide and pin type having a throttle slide mounted in grooves on opposite sides of the throat and carrying a pin extending into a fuel discharge nozzle tube. The tube is formed as an integral part of the housing. A novel mounting means is provided in the slide for the upper portion of the tapered pin to provide a floating action which accommodates tolerance variations while assuring proper alignment of the pin and maintaining the close fit necessary for proper operation. An adjustable idle stop in the form of a spring-held screw coacts with the slide and is mountable on either side of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Lectron Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Norman G. Quantz
  • Patent number: 3992490
    Abstract: The disclosure embraces relatively movable or adjustable members or elements forming control components of a charge forming apparatus or carburetor wherein one or more members or elements are adjustable or movable relative to a mounting means, the disclosure embracing a method and arrangement wherein substantially spherical bodies or balls of deformable resinous or plastic material associated with the movable members or elements are disposed to establish a substantially constant amount or degree of friction between a mounting means and one or more of the movable or adjustable members or elements to assure retention of the movable members or elements in adjusted positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1972
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Corporation
    Inventor: Walter P. Preston
  • Patent number: 3985839
    Abstract: A carburetor of the slide and pin type having a throttle slide carrying a pin extending into a fuel discharge nozzle tube. The pin is tapered and has a shoulder at the deeper end of the taper which acts as an acceleraor pump, providing a spurt of fuel under conditions of rapid acceleration. The pump structure also provides support for the outboard end of the pin. A novel pin taper construction is also shown which furnishes increased atomization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1976
    Assignee: Lectron Products, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Edmonston
  • Patent number: 3965221
    Abstract: A combustible air-liquid fuel mixture having a substantially constant air-to-fuel ratio is produced for delivery to the intake manifold of an engine. Air is passed through a fluid flow device having a variable area throat zone to increase the velocity of the air to sonic, and the area of the throat zone is varied in correlation with operating demands imposed upon the engine for which the mixture is produced. Liquid fuel is metered from a supply into the air stream at or before the throat zone in direct proportion to the cross-sectional area of the throat zone. The pressure of the high velocity air stream is sensed at a point where it bears a predictable relationship to atmospheric pressure, and the rate of fuel delivered into the air stream is adjusted in response to changes in the air pressure sensed so that the air-to-fuel ratio of the mixture is maintained substantially constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1976
    Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Englert, Lester Porter Berriman, Kenneth P. Armstrong, Douglas A. Roe
  • Patent number: 3953549
    Abstract: In a carburetor having a fuel metering rod longitudinally movable through a fuel supply orifice with a lower end laterally movable to a limited degree, a positioning link connected to the lower end positions the metering rod according to fuel demand. An adjusting lever is pivotable with respect to the housing and includes an adjusting screw to set its position. An adjusting link connecting the adjusting lever to the lower end of the metering rod causes the position of the metering rod to be changed independently of fuel demand according to the position of the adjusting screw and lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: John W. Moulds
  • Patent number: 3952076
    Abstract: A carburettor having a slow running jet with a device for controlling the output of the slow running jet during deceleration. The device comprises an axially movable closure member inside the jet, its axial movements being dependent upon the magnitude of depression downstream of the normal butterfly throttle. The closure member has passage means allowing fuel flow to pass from a fuel inlet into the slow running jet and its movements are controlled by a diaphragm acted upon at one side by atmospheric pressure and on the other side by the pressure prevailing in the downstream side of the carburettor or the induction manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: Regie Nationale des Usines Renault
    Inventors: Lucien Chatelain, Jean-Yves Lemonnier