Patents Assigned to Lila K. Franco
  • Patent number: 4510913
    Abstract: A system to supply vaporized fuel to an internal combustion engine resulting in reduced exhaust emissions and better fuel economy due to the air and fuel mixture being more homogenous and more evenly distributed to the cylinders of the engine. A vaporizing chamber receives a predetermined quantity of fuel from an injector in the form of a spray that initially impinges upon a heated plate which partially vaporizes the fuel and then passes through a chamber containing copper wool for final vaporization of the fuel. The plate, copper wool and vaporizing chamber are heated by an external jacket and an internal concentric passageway communicated with the exhaust pipe so that heated exhaust products are utilized to vaporize fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignees: Ralph A. Franco, Lila K. Franco
    Inventor: Charles W. deCelle