Patents by Inventor William Dale Skaggs

William Dale Skaggs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4019472
    Abstract: An improved device having no moving parts which, when in communication with the air intake of a carburetor of an internal combustion engine injects a mist of water into the air-fuel mixture formed by the carburetor, which water when in the zone of combustion in the engine reacts with carbon monoxide and free carbon therein to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The hydrogen so formed reacts with oxygen in the air-fuel mixture to form water that is either discharged in the exhaust from the engine or reacts with additional carbon dioxide and carbon in the zone of combustion to produce further carbon dioxide and hydrogen that continues until the carbon dioxide and water are discharged in the exhaust from the engine. The device when operating not only lowers the content of carbon monoxide in the exhaust discharged from the engine, but also tends to remove and minimize the depositing of carbon on spark plugs and in the cylinders of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Inventor: William Dale Skaggs
  • Patent number: 3955542
    Abstract: A device that is in communication with the air intake valve of a carburetor of an internal combustion engine to inject a mist of water into the air fuel mixture formed by the carburetor, which water when in the zone of combustion in the engine reacts with carbon monoxide and free carbon therein to form carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The hydrogen so formed reacts with oxygen in the air-fuel mixture to form water that is either discharged in the exhaust from the engine or reacts with additional carbon dioxide and carbon in the zone of combustion to produce further carbon dioxide and hydrogen that continues until the carbon dioxide and water are discharged in the exhaust from the engine. The device when operating not only lowers the content of carbon-monoxide in the exhause discharged from the engine, but also tends to remove and minimize the depositing of carbon on spark plugs and in the cylinders of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Inventor: William Dale Skaggs