Abstract: A food processor comprises a work bowl with a central support axle extending from the bottom thereof part way to the top opening thereof and a cover having a crank handle rotatably fixed on an outer surface thereof to drive a gear train disposed in an interior formed inside the cover which in turn drives a spindle extending from an inner surface thereof into the work bowl. The food processor further comprises a drainer basket which is supported on the central support axle and rotated by the spindle to drain vegetables and/or fruits disposed therein when the crank handle is manually rotated, a slicer member having a plurality of slicing blades radially disposed on a central shaft at different altitude thereof, and a mixer member having a triangular and a rectangular mixing blades diametrically oppositely mounted on a central shaft with a plurality of passages formed thereon. The drainer basket, the slicer member and a mixer member can be alternately used to process food in different ways.

Abstract: In a baler having a plunger reciprocating in a bale case and knotters for tying strands of twine around bales, two trip mechanisms are provided for automatic actuation of the knotters. A first trip mechanism is capable of preventing operation of the knotters until a bale of desired length is formed. A clutch mechanism for driving the knotters includes a pawl assembly with an abutment tab. A second trip mechanism holds the pawl assembly in a position where it prevents the knotters from being driven when the plunger is retracted. The initial displacement of the second trip mechanism toward a position where the knotters are driven is in substantially the same direction as the initial displacement of the pawl assembly abutment tab.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method in calendering, wherein one or several pairs of rolls are employed through which the web to be calendered runs. One roll in each pair of rolls is a hard roll which is a heated metal roll, and the other roll in each pair of rolls is a roll provided with a resilient coating. In the method, the face of the roll with a resilient coating is also heated to a high temperature, advantageously to the same temperature as the heated metal roll. The invention also concerns a roll used in the method as well as the use of the method and of the roll.

Abstract: In a machine such as a press having at least one heating platen and one cooling platen, it is proposed to place between the said platens a variable heat conduction device (22a), when the operation of the machine requires a phase of heating the part without the application of pressure, followed by a phase of cooling the part under pressure. This device (22a) has two thermally conductive plates (32a, 34a), normally separated by a space under vacuum (52a) under the action of at least one deformable member (36a), which can be elastic or plastic. The application of the pressure passes the device (22a) from a thermally insulating state to a thermally conductive state.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for printing at desired positions on four sides of a box shaped object of an arbitrary size, automatically, quickly, without complicating a configuration of the apparatus excessively. In the apparatus, carrier rollers are rotated in a normal direction in order to place the box shaped object at a predetermined printing position on the carrier passage; one corner of the box shaped object at a predetermined printing position on the carrier passage is held by a holding mechanism; desired printing patterns are printed on one side of the box shaped object facing toward the printer by printer; the carrier rollers are forcefully stopped while the printer prints on one side of the box shaped object facing toward the printer; the carrier rollers are rotated in a reverse direction such that the box shaped object is rotated by 90.degree.

Abstract: A method for making a printing screen wherein a screen having an unexposed emulsion layer applied thereto is placed in a printing device, such as an ink jet printer, and a graphic is printed directly on the emulsion layer. The graphic is precisely and automatically positioned relative to the screen by orienting the screen with respect to the X, Y and Z printing axes of the printing device, alinging a selected location on the screen with a selected coordinate position on the X and Y printing axes and providing the printing device with data defining the graphic to be printed on the emulsion layer, data defining the dimensions of the screen, and data defining selected coordinates within the dimensions of the screen with which corresponding reference coordinates of the graphic are to register when the graphic is printed on the emulsion layer.

Abstract: A device for smoothly applying a sheet for printing onto an impression cylinder upstream of a printing gap of a sheet-fed rotary offset printing machine in travel direction of the sheet through the printing machine and including a jet nozzle device having at least one jet nozzle capable of being directed towards the circumference of the impression cylinder for pressing the sheet by blowing air force against the circumference, further includes a drive device couplable with the jet nozzle device for swingingly reciprocating the jet nozzle device in travel direction of the sheet during an operating cycle of the printing machine, the jet nozzle device being mounted at a spaced distance upstream from a printing gap and being swingable in a pendular manner about a pendulum axis extending parallel to an axis of the impression cylinder, the jet nozszle device being elongated and being formed with a middle region and ends offset upstream from the middle region in the travel direction of the sheet so that the sheet is

Abstract: An axially adjustable register pin assembly for axially shifting a printing plate on a plate cylinder of a rotary printing press is positioned on an insertion bar that is received in a cylinder. The shiftable register pin assembly utilizes an eccentric adjusting bolt and spaced fastening screws positioned in elongated fastening holes to effect axial shifting of the register pin.

Abstract: The invention concerns a dual rail track permanent way for a wheel/rail system and a magnetic rail system whose carriages are of a height which lies within the clearance profile of track, the guiding magnets are situated inside the span of the carrier magnets, next to each rail of the rail track a magnetic rail runs outside the clearance profile of rail track and opening points are provided at which one system can be sideways displaced in relation to the other system and a section of the magnetic rail which passes through the clearance profile of rail track is designed as a gate which can be swung out of the said clearance profile and the operating equipment of the wheel/rail system is fitted outside the clearance profile of the magnetic track system.

Abstract: In a transportation system of a floated-carrier type, a carrier is suspended from a guide rail, in a non-contact manner, and is proelled along the guide rail. The transportation system includes a plurality of track units, each having the ferromagnetic guide rail, an electrical wire, and a pair of connectors provided to both ends of the electrical wire. Each track unit comprises minimum and necessary elements required for traveling the carrier. When a connector of one track unit and that of the other track unit are connected, connection of electrical wires necessary for this system is completed. For this reason, an operation for mounting the electrical wires in the track can be omitted, and installation of the track can be facilitated. Furthermore, when the travel path of the carrier is to be modified, a combination of track units can be freely changed, thus realizing various travel paths of the carriers. For this reason, the travel path can be easily modified.

Abstract: A disposable pallet comprises a base plate of corrugated cardboard and a plurality of block-shaped feet situated on the bottom side of the base plate. Each block-shaped foot is made of a strong corrugated cardboard and is substantially solid, said foot comprising a substantially planar laminate including at least ten layers of corrugated cardboard situated substantially perpendicular to the base plate. Compared to the main dimension of the base plate the block-shaped foot is of a relatively small height of 15-35 mm. The pallet is very simple and strong and furthermore very inexpensive.

Abstract: A table comprises table leaves (4, 5, 6,) displaceable between a first position, in which the table area is relatively small, and a second position, in which the table area is relatively large by insertion of additional leaves (10, 11, 12, and 13). The table leaves (4,5, 6,) are radially displaceable from a first position in which they abut one another substantially along radial planes extending from the central axis. The additional leaves (10, 11, 12, and 13) are mutually defined and hingedly interconnected along rims extending in the second position of the table leaves (4,5,6) substantially along straight lines between innermost points of each table leaf (4,5,6) and the innermost point of the adjacent table leaf (4,5,6). A storing chamber is situated centrally below the table in a centrally situated supporting column (2) for the storing of the additional leaves (10,11,12,13) when the table is not extended.

Abstract: An anti-rotational outdoor shelf (1) where an unobstructed surfaces (3) is supported from below. Multi-dimensional stability is provided by legs (4) angled with respect to a central axis (C--C) to transform load forces into stabilizing forces. Undesirable tipping, rotation, and revolution about a support member are addressed. A gap between surfaces (3) and the natural support, such as a tree, together with smooth legs (4) allows vertical sliding to avoid the need for tight attachment. The design compacts when not temporarily installed through slidable connections.

Abstract: Combustion apparatus comprises a combustion chamber for effecting primary combustion of combustible material charged thereinto, an exhaust conduit for exhaust gases emitted by the primary combustion, primary air inlet means for directing primary air into said combustion chamber, and secondary air inlet means for directing secondary air into the exhaust conduit at least in the region adjacent the combustion chamber so as to promote further combustion of said exhaust gases, said secondary air inlet means including an air distributor arranged centrally of the conduit characterized in that secondary air inlets are additional provided in the wall of the conduit over at least part of the extent of the air distributor.

Abstract: A burner apparatus provides on-site destruction of waste liquids such as liquid anti-freeze, waste motor oil, and the like independently of the liquid concentration thereof. The apparatus comprises a storage tank for waste liquid including a reservoir and a level sensor for sensing the level of the waste liquid in the reservoir, and a burner unit energized responsive to the level sensor when the level of waste liquid exceeds a predetermined value. The burner unit includes first and second chambers connected together by a flame port provided between the chambers at the bottom of the chambers. An atomizing injector injects waste liquid from the storage tank, in an atomized form, into a flame produced by a first burner located at the top of the first chamber so that combustion products that are produced fall towards the bottom of the first chamber and pass through the flame port into the second chamber. A second burner burns combustion products exiting from the flame port into the second chamber.

Abstract: An internal recycling type fluidized bed boiler in which a fluidized bed portion of the boiler is divided by a partition into a primary combustion chamber and a thermal energy recovery chamber, at least two kinds of air supply chambers are provided below the primary combustion chamber, one for imparting a high fluidizing speed to a fluidizing medium and the other for imparting a low fluidizing speed thereto, thereby providing a whirling and circulating flow to the fluidizing medium in the primary combustion chamber. The fluidizing medium is moved downward in a moving bed in the thermal energy recovery chamber.

Abstract: A method and apparatus starts the boiler of a solid-fuel fired power plant and ensures the burning process of the fuel. The main fuel of the boiler is ignited by entering an auxiliary fuel stream gasified and ignited with a plasma torch (1). Efficient mixing and safe ignition of the main fuel with the auxiliary fuel is ensured by a turbulent feed of the auxiliary fuel and a nozzle (12) through which the auxiliary fuel is entered into the main fuel stream.

Abstract: A portable tree and shrub transplanter which is easy to use by a landscaper and which reduces the shock a plant experiences during the transplantation process. The transplanter includes a rigid elongated handle extending to a blade to form a spade, wherein a rectangular frame is attached to an upper portion of the blade. The frame extends from the handle at an acute angle and receives three separate cutter blades in slots defined along the length of each side of the frame. When the blade is inserted into the earth, the frame is flush to the earth for aligning the transplanter about the plant. The blade in combination with the three cutter blades forms an inverted frusto-pyramid shaped receptacle about the root structure of the plant such that the portion of earth about the roots and the plant can be removed intact using the handle. The transplanter and plant can then be transported in a wheelbarrow to a selected location.

Abstract: An apparatus for sowing granular material, particularly in combination with a harrow, including a storage hopper (1) which at its outlet is provided with at least one injector (4) operated by a blower (6) and connected with a transport conduit (5) leading to a number of seed shares (15) and provided with a cam or cellular wheel for metering the granular material, the transport conduit (5) being connected with a metering device (2) divided by a perforated plate (11) into a granulate compartment (12) communicating with the conduit (5) and an air compartment (13) from which hoses (14) extend to their respective seed share (15) and which over cam or cellular wheels (10) is in communication with the granulate compartment (12) and through a conduit (16) is connected with the blower (6) in front of the injector (4).

Abstract: An eyelet buttonhole sewing machine has a suction device between the throat plate and the wedge-shaped knife of the buttonhole cutting device. The suction device includes a suction tube and is connected to a vacuum generator, for instance an ejector nozzle or a transvector nozzle. The looper thread is brought near the suction device by a thread puller. When the looper thread is cut by the thread cutting device at the end of the sewing process, suction is applied to the suction tube, pulling the end of the looper thread into the opening of the suction tube. In this way, the looper-thread end assumes a well defined position in which it is disposed for being completely covered by the corresponding welt of the following buttonhole to be sewn. With the suction device and thread puller operating as described, it is no longer necessary to clean the buttonhole by cutting off the end of the looper thread.

Abstract: A loading apparatus for an automatic sewing machine which includes a setting device for setting thereon a lower workpiece, a shirring plate hinge to the setting device, and a work holder having an upper blade and a lower blade for holding the workpiece therebetween during the sewing operation. The shirring plate has forks for mounting thereon an upper workpiece. The upper blade has corresponding forks for engaging in the forks of the shirring plate. The setting device is movable relative to the work holder to transfer the workpiece to the work holder.

Abstract: A device including an axle rotatably supported in a sewing machine, a shaft fixed in parallel to the axle, one or more cams fixed on the axle, a lever having one end pivotally fixed and having the other end slidably engaged with the cam, and a gripping device including a pair of members disposed on the shaft and a spring disposed between the lever and the members so that a thread can be gripped between the members, and the lever can be caused to move toward or to move away from the members so that a tension force applied to the thread can be adjusted.

Abstract: In a sewing machine, when the depressed condition of a foot pedal is changed from a forward depressed condition for high speed sewing to a reverse depressed condition for thread cutting, a braking circuit decreases the rotational speed of the machine motor from a high speed to a low speed. The rotational speed is detected by an encoder. When the rotational speed detected by the encoder becomes a threshold medium speed or less, and a needle-down signal is generated from a needle position detector, the CPU of the sewing machine outputs a work fabric feed pitch control start signal to a work fabric feed pitch selector. The work fabric feed pitch selector reduces or nullifies the feed pitch of the work fabric. Under this condition, in response to the next needle-down signal, the CPU operates a thread cutting mechanism to cut the needle and bobbin threads.

Abstract: In a sewing machine, a visual display provides the operator not only a representation of how a stitch pattern will appear but also provides dimension data in both the fabric feed direction and in a cross-feed, transverse, direction. The dimensions are determined by using width data for the widest element of the pattern, or the portion of the width of the elements extending above and below a reference line and adding the greatest uppermost and greatest lowermost extensions, and a sum of the length data for each element of the pattern.

Abstract: A cow milking parlor construction which utilizes an adjustable brisket rail system and method to speed entry and exit of cows in a milking parlor environment. The method steps described result in a simpler construction which may be readily manufactured and economically installed into new or existing milking parlor operations. Milking parlor efficiency is increased without requiring the complex mechanical components of the prior art.

Abstract: A system to reduce outflow of liquid such as oil due to the rupture of a ship's tank by means of creating and continuing to maintain a partial vacuum in the affected tank or tanks. The system generates a partial vacuum below the atmospheric pressure in the ullage space of the tank(s) and maintains the vacuum to precisely balance the forces acting on the contents of the tank. If the rupture is below the water line then, due to surface tension dynamics resulting in a stratified flow, water will tend to force itself through the lower part of the rupture and force the oil upward and pump out oil over the water until the water level reaches the top part of the rupture. When the water level reaches the top part of the rupture, an equilibrium condition is established and precisely maintained by the partial vacuum condition created by the system.

Abstract: A reconfigurable connector assembly (10) comprising a bracket (11) and a coupling block (12), the assembly (10) is suitable for a reconfigurable point-of-purchase advertising device which typically includes a flag pole (13). The bracket (11) includes a channel (14) having opposed projections (15, 16) and opposed longitudinally extending recesses (17, 18) generally underlying the projections (15, 16) respectively. The coupling block (12) has opposed side walls (19, 20) each side wall being provided with projection receiving slots (21, 22, 23, 24) for side (19) and (21', 22', 23', 24') for side (20). The projection receiving slots of side wall (19) are a mirror image of the projection receiving slots of side wall (20). The coupling block (12) can be rotated according to arrows (25, 26) so that any pair of slots can be aligned with the projections (15, 16).

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for transporting, incubating, and growing out the eggs of aquatic creatures. The apparatus includes an insulated container and a spacing structure which rests on the bottom wall of the container. One or more egg containers are placed on the spacing structure to keep water in the insulated container from drowning the eggs, and the container is iced. An inlet port is so located that water can be introduced into the box below the egg containers. The egg containers may be open trays or closed tubes. The apparatus may also include a pump, a filter, a cooler, and an aerater for recirculating water contained in the box during the transportation of fry.

Abstract: A bird feeder having a metal feed container located inside a concentric, coaxial, metal shroud cover that rotates. The metal prevents the feeder from being chewed into by undesirable animals, as well as prevents the birds from seeing the feed in the feeder, therefore the birds curiosity keeps them coming to the feeder to cause its rotation, therefore aiding in the rotation of the feeder cover to cause the feeder to cycle its open to feed mode to its closed no feed mode, allowing the feeder to feed intermittently, as the feeding windows of the cover become misaligned and back to alignment in their relationship to the orifices of the feed container, a cycling of the feed, no feed modes is attained. When the feeder is in its no feed mode, no animals can access the feed in the feeder, including the birds themselves, this is approximately one half of the time of a complete cycle.

Abstract: A container enclosure includes a top wall, with an opening directed therethrough receiving a bucket member therewithin for containing fluid for the use of pets. Prevention of freezing of water during depressed temperatures is effected by the enclosure utilizing thickly insulated walls, as well as a floor and top wall about the bucket member, with an illumination bulb directed into the enclosure within the enclosure chamber to maintain the water in an unfrozen state.

Abstract: An aqueous fuel for an internal combustion engine is provided. The fuel comprises water from about 20 percent to about 80 percent by volume of the total volume of said fuel, and a carbonaceous fuel selected from the class consisting of ethanol, methanol, gasoline, kerosene fuel, diesel fuel, carbon-containing gaseous or liquid fuel, or mixtures thereof. A method for combusting an aqueous fuel in an internal combustion engine is provided. The method produces approximately as much power as the same volume of gasoline. The method comprises introducing air and aqueous fuel into a fuel introduction system for the engine.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for producing a rotary motion force by means of an internal combustion engine, rotary-reciprocal type, consisting of a housing, a rotor and a shaft combined with a rotor's guiding system, fuel intake system and an ignition system. This internal combustion engine has many uses which are commonly known but this apparatus may also be used as a compressor, as a pump, as an engine powered by an expanding heating liquid or gas or a combination of the above.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for controlling the air supply in an internal combustion engine, in which, below a predetermined limiting value for the speed of the internal combustion engine, the air is drawn in via at least two long resonant intake pipes, each of which opens into in each case one of two partial collecting volumes of a resonant collecting receiver, the volumes being separated from one another via a separating element. Above the predetermined limiting speed, the two partial collecting volumes are connected to one another by opening the separating element. In order to be able to achieve a higher torque characteristic not only in the low and middle speed range but also in the high speed range, it is proposed to open the cross-section of a short intake pipe which connects the intake line to the resonant collecting receiver, this opening being performed simultaneously with the opening of the separating element.

Abstract: A suction pipe arrangement for a multicylinder internal combustion engine with two banks of cylinders in V formation has cylindrical intake manifold chamber (2), from which first individual suction pipes (3a to 3d) extend to the first bank of cylinders A and second individual suction pipes (3e to 3h) extend to the second bank of cylinders B. The first individual suction pipes run clockwise and the second individual suction pipes run counterclockwise around the intake manifold chamber and communicate with the latter via first and second openings (8, 9) and (8a, 9a) spaced apart at a given angle. These openings are controlled by a rotary slide valve (10) arranged in the intake manifold chamber. The rotary slide valve has a control slit (16) or (17) for each opening (8 and 9) and a common control slit (18a, 18b), subdivided by a cross member (19), for the openings (8a, 9a). In order to obtain a long swing pipe length, the second openings (9, 9a) are closed in the first position of the rotary slide valve.

Abstract: Process and device for supplying air to the cylinder of a two-stroke internal combustion engine, with at least one set of two cylinders arranged at 180 degrees, supercharged by a post-filling effect. Said device is characterized in that it comprises a volumetric pimp defined by the natural movement of a piston between its top dead center and its bottom dead center and inversely, connected to intake air transit means (8A, 8B) for the air supply thereto. Advantageously the volumetric pump is formed by the pump casing of the cylinder which is in the scavenging phase. In a variant, this device comprises at least one transfer passage (30) intermittently connecting the transit means (8A, 8B) with the upstream pump casing (6B, or 6A) associated therewith. The device of the invention provides, at all times, the required aie supply and hence correct operation of the engine even at low loads or during start-up, and in an easy manner.

Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus for use in an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft driven by the engine and a camshaft adapted to drive at least one valve. The valve timing control apparatus comprises a rotary member drivingly connected to the crankshaft for rotation with rotation of the crankshaft, and a coupling mechanism for coupling the rotary member to the camshaft to transmit rotation of the rotary member to the camshaft. The rotary member has at least one rotary disc rotatably supported thereon, the rotary disc having a peripheral surface. A pair of friction members is provided on the opposite sides of the rotary member.

Abstract: An accumulator for withdrawing and holding lubricant under pressure and returning the same to the lubrication system of an internal combustion engine that includes a spring loaded closed pintle valve cooperating with the accumulator reservoir that is opened by energizing a solenoid in response to initiating the starting of the engine to inject lubricant back into the engine adjacent the moving parts of the engine. A check valve through a central passageway internally of the pintle valve loads the lubricant from the engine into the reservoir and maintains its pressure until the cycle is repeated.

Abstract: A piston-connecting rod assembly for a crank shaft creates periods of transition, such as dwell, in engines or compressors. The piston, which reciprocates in compression and power strokes, is connected to the connecting rod by upper and lower piston pins. The connecting rod has (a) a lower end portion for connecting the connecting rod to the crank shaft, (b) a central portion having a central portion opening for receiving the lower piston pin, and (c) an upper end portion having an upper end portion opening for receiving the upper piston pin.

Abstract: A self-synchronizing 720.degree.-clutch is disclosed which is installed between the partial crankshafts of Split Environmental Engines. These engines have the capacity effectively to reduce the total amount of exhaust gases, and extensively to reduce CO.sub.2 -emissions of motor vehicles. The presented clutch synchronizes and clutches together the partial crankshafts at intervals of two complete relative revolutions of the partial crankshafts, or at intervals of a multiple thereof and is suitable for all four-cycle engines.

Abstract: An engine with a variable combustion chamber has a a first combustion chamber defined in a piston slidably disposed in a cylinder, a second combustion chamber defined in a cylinder head and communicating with the cylinder through a communication port, and a valve for opening and closing the communication port. When the engine is under low load, the valve is closed and fuel is injected into the first combustion chamber, so that the engine operates as a direct-injection-type engine. When the engine is under high load, the valve is opened and fuel is injected into the second combustion chamber, so that the engine operates as a prechamber-type engine.

Abstract: A fuel injection structure for an internal combustion engine includes a straight intake port defining passage formed in an intake passage of the engine and a fuel injection valve disposed within a passage-defining wall which defines the straight intake port defining passage therein. The fuel injection valve is arranged inside the intake passage in parallel with a passage axis of the straight intake port defining passage in an elevational view of the engine. The fuel is injected from the fuel injection valve and flows in parallel with the intake air flow. Due to the parallel flow of the fuel and the intake air, the injected fuel does not tend to adhere to the wall surface of the intake port defining passage. This parallel flow is not affected by a change in the speed of the intake air flow.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an engine has a crankshaft position sensor that generates an output signal indicating the rotational position of a crankshaft. The output signal has at least one discontinuous portion per rotation of the crankshaft indicating a reference position of the crankshaft. The timing of an engine operating parameter such as the timing of fuel injection or ignition is calculated and controlled so as to occur with the calculated timing using the reference position as a reference. A camshaft position sensor senses the rotation of a camshaft and generates a signal having pulses occurring between consecutive occurrences of the reference position. The cylinders of the engine are identified by counting the number of pulses occurring between the reference positions.

Abstract: A combustion control device for internal combustion engines, comprising cylinder pressure detecting means for detecting the combustion pressure in a cylinder, crank angle detecting means for detecting a crank angle of the engine to be controlled, cylinder pressure monitoring means for finding and monitoring the waveform of the cylinder pressure based on the cylinder pressure detected by the cylinder pressure detecting means and a crank angle signal outputted from the crank angle detecting means, calculating means for calculating thermal efficiency based on the found waveform, and combustion control means for controlling the amount of fuel supply to the engine, ignition timing and the amount of exhaust gas recirculation, depending on the results of the calculation by the calculating means.

Abstract: The firing time of a spark plug (22) is optimized by measuring its actual firing time (as by detecting the rise of current in the secondary winding (44) of an ignition coil (24)), comparing the actual firing time to the desired firing time, and advancing or retarding the turn-off time of current in the ignition coil's primary winding (42) to reduce any measured difference between the measured actual firing time and the desired firing time. The measurements can also be used to provide diagnostic information concerning the ignition system.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a torque generated by an internal combustion engine includes a measurement unit for periodically measuring a torque variation amount of the internal combustion engine, a detection unit for detecting an engine operating condition and a predetermined change therein, and a storage unit for storing target torque variation amounts respectively related to predetermined engine operating conditions. A control unit controls a predetermined engine control parameter of the internal combustion engine so that the torque variation amount is approximately equal to one of the target torque variation amounts related to one of the predetermined engine operating conditions which corresponds to the engine operating condition detected by the detection unit.

Abstract: A fuel supply device for an internal combustion engine which is composed of: an injector by which fuel is supplied from a direction other than a direction to a drive axis: a fuel body which accommodates the injector and which makes a fuel supply passage; a cap which presses and fixes the injector to the fuel body; and an elastic body which is interposed between the injector and the cap; wherein the injector has multi-hole type injection holes, and the elastic body positions the injector in relation to the cap.

Abstract: A fuel injection system comprises a fuel injection valve of the fuel swirling type which is provided in an intake passage upstream of an intake valve that is arranged in an inlet port, the fuel injection valve being equipped with an adapting device for adapting the form of the fuel spray, which is injected through the fuel injection valve in a swirling manner, to the configuration of the inlet port as seen from the position where the fuel injection valve is mounted. With this structure, the fuel can be prevented from impinging on the upper and lower walls of the inlet port, thereby preventing the fuel injected into the combustion chamber forming a liquid film. This helps to enhance the combustion efficiency of the associated internal combustion engine and to reduce the HC content in the exhaust gas, thereby improving the starting performance at low temperature of the engine.

Abstract: A fuel control apparatus for an engine which comprises means for measuring an air quantity sucked to the engine and means for supplying fuel to the engine in correspondence with the air quantity sucked to the engine, said means for measuring the air quantity sucked to the engine, measuring n times in one stroke of the engine, said means for supplying fuel to the engine, supplying fuel to the engine of which quantity is based on a ratio of change of the measured value of the air quantity.

Abstract: A Diesel fuel injection device has a pressure accumulation piping for accumualting a fuel at a high pressure and an injector for injecting the fuel supplied by the pressure accumulating piping. The injector including a nozzle needle operative to open and close an injection orifice and a three-way solenoid valve operative to control the fuel pressure acting on the nozzle needle. The three-way solenoid valve is controlled to actuate the nozzle needle and to cause the fuel in the pressure accumulation piping to be injected through the injection orifice. A control valve is provided to control the injection rate characteristic to provide a boot-type injection characteristic.

Abstract: A fuel supply device comprising a plurality of air assist type fuel injectors each having a nozzle opening, an assist air passage connected to the nozzle opening, and a fuel valve for injecting fuel into the assist air passage. The assist air passages of all of the fuel injectors are connected to a common air manifold via corresponding assist air supply control valves. The air manifold is connected to a fuel pressure regulator for controlling the pressure of fuel fed into the fuel valves. This pressure of fuel is maintained at a pressure higher than the pressure of air in the air manifold, by a fixed pressure, by the fuel pressure regulator.