Abstract: A method for supplying an internal combustion engine with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and a fuel supply system for the supplying the LPG into the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine are proposed. The fuel supply system includes a pump, which pumps LPG from an LPG tank at a predetermined pressure above its vapor pressure into a supply line, which leads via a heat exchanger to a metering valve. The metering valve has a metering piston, which is axially displaceable in a guide bore by means of an air flow rate meter and thereby opens a metering opening to a greater or lesser extent. Downstream of the metering valve, the metered LPG quantity flows via a regulating valve and through the heat exchanger, in which it at least partially evaporates and cools the LPG flowing to the metering valve. The supply of the metered LPG may be effected via a nozzle into the intake manifold upstream of a throttle valve.

Abstract: A method for supplying an internal combustion engine with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and an apparatus for blowing LPG into the intake manifold of the engine. The apparatus includes an evaporator-pressure regulating valve, downstream of which a metering valve having a metering piston is provided. The metering piston is movable in a guide bore and opens a metering opening to a greater or lesser extent. The adjustment of the metering piston is effected in accordance with the quantity of air aspirated by the engine by means of an air flow rate meter, as a result of which a quantity of LPG corresponding to the aspirated air quantity can be metered. The pressure at the evaporator-pressure regulating valve is variable via a control pressure line by means of a pneumatic control medium via a pressure control valve in such a manner that it is possible to regulate a mixture adapted to operating parameters of the engine.

Abstract: An apparatus for regulating fuel supply to a liquefied petroleum gas engine comprising a housing divided by a lower chamber passing through the fuel in liquid phase from a fuel supply to a vaporizer and an upper chamber connected to a carburetor of the engine passing through the fuel in gas phase from the vaporizer to the carburetor by a partition wall having a passage therein, the composition of the fuel being determined in temperature and vapor pressure of the fuel in liquid phase in the lower chamber, the flow of the fuel in gas phase from the passage in the partition wall to the upper chamber being controlled by valve means actuated in response to the temperature and the pressure of the fuel in liquid phase.

Abstract: A combustion engine includes an inlet duct including a control valve. A vaporizer-pressure regulator for use with the combustion engine has a first space divided into two parts by a diaphragm contained in the space, the diaphragm actuating a first shut-off valve co-operating with a gas supply orifice of the first space, while the part of the space in which the gas supply orifice opens out is connected through a connecting duct with a second space comprising a member affecting the gas pressure, the space communicating with the inlet duct of the combustion engine, whereby that part of the first space which is located on the side of the diaphragm actuating the first shut-off valve remote from the first shut-off valve is connected both downstream and upstream of the control valve with the inlet duct of the combustion engine through a pressure duct network including means acting upon the size of the passage of the ducts in dependence on the load of the combustion engine occurring during operation.

Abstract: A natural gas and air mixing device for allowing the combustion of a mixture of natural gas and air in a conventional internal combustion engine. The device includes a gas plenum which disperses natural gas through apertures into a mixing chamber, where the gas mixes with air drawn through passageways in an annular rim which is fitted over the air intake of a conventional carburetor. The construction of the device allows alternate operation of the engine with gasoline as the fuel and requires few alterations in the engine compartment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a metering device for gaseous propellant for internal combustion engines. The invention resides in the device comprising a slit means (40) through which the gas flows, and a means (45, 47, 49 or 45, 47, 68, respectively) for covering at least one slit (42, 53) in dependence upon another flowing medium (28), for example, the air quantity taken in by an internal combustion engine, said means comprising a foil (47) pressed against the slit edges and rigidly secured at its end adjacent one end of the slits (42, 53) to said slit means (40), with a member (49, 68, respectively) which counteracts the bearing pressure engaging the other portion of said foil located adjacent the other slit end, further comprising in the area of the slits (42, 53) a member (45) which acts in the same direction as the bearing pressure, causes the foil (47) to bear against the slit edges and is displaceable in dependence upon the flow of the other medium (28) along the slits (42, 53).

Abstract: A fluid metering device is provided including a chambered rotor for metering correctly proportioned mixtures of air and a vaporized fuel to an internal combustion engine. The rotor includes radially disposed chambers and is enclosed in a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port. Upon rotation of the rotor the chambers are alternately biased into flow communication with the inlet port and the outlet port. The inlet port is in flow communication with a gaseous fuel supply and the outlet is in flow communication with an intake to the internal combustion engine. The speed of the rotation of the rotor is adjustable to vary the amount of gaseous fuel presented to the engine for selectively varying the output of the engine.

Abstract: Process and apparatus for liberation of energy by controlled nuclear fusion reaction involving isotopes of hydrogen gas. Highly ionized hydrogen gas containing a higher proportion of deuterium than in naturally occurring hydrogen is pressurized, together with an oxidizing gas within combustion chamber of reciprocating piston and cylinder engine. An electrical discharge within the combustion chamber causes generation of heat by atomic dissociation and exothermal recombination of hydrogen atoms and electrical excitation of ionized gas. Ionized deuterium in the hydrogen gas undergoes a nuclear fusion reaction with consequent liberation of heat energy and remaining hydrogen gas burns in the oxidizing gas to provide control on fusion reaction. Apparatus for producing ionized hydrogen gas in appropriate form by treatment of normal industrial hydrogen gas is disclosed, and also gas mixing apparatus for mixing the ionized hydrogen with atmospheric air as the oxidizing gas.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a gaseous fuel and air supply system for an internal combustion engine, which system comprises an air-fuel mixing chamber, an air supply duct communicating with the mixing chamber and with the atmosphere and including a sensing tap, a flow control valve adapted to communicate with a source of pressurized gas, being operable between open and closed positions, and being biased toward the closed position, a fuel supply duct extending between the flow control valve and the mixing chamber and including a sensing tap, and an actuator communicating with the sensing tap in the air supply duct and with the sensing tap in the fuel supply duct for controlling operation of the flow control valve between the open and closed positions.

Abstract: In a gaseous fuel carburetion system in which air and gaseous fuel are mixed in a mixer prior to induction into an internal combustion engine, and in which the rate of flow of the induction air is controlled by throttling the intake of the air/fuel mixture, and in which gaseous fuel is supplied to the system from a pressurized source, an improved method and apparatus for regulating the supply of gaseous fuel to the air/fuel mixer is provided. The method comprises the steps of; sensing at least one operating parameter of the engine which is a function of the induction air flow rate and generating a control signal which varies in response to changes in the induction air flow rate, controlling the rate of flow of the gaseous fuel from the source to the mixer by means of said control signal whereby the rate of flow of the gaseous fuel varies in response to the sensed changes in the parameters related to the air flow rate.

Abstract: An automobile spark plug having fluid flow passages therein for injecting a fuel mixture into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The spark plug has a central electrode with an ignitor tip at one end thereof and surrounded by concentric fluid flow passages. Liquid atomizing orifice means interconnect the passages and the mixture therefrom flows into a passage surrounding the ignitor tip of the electrode. A gas and liquid mixture (preferably hydrogen with water) are proportioned in response to the quantity of one of the two dispensed.

Abstract: A liquid and supplemental gas fuel supply system for an I.C. engine, and in particular a diesel cycle engine, includes a gas fuel control valve that meters supplemental gas fuel into the engine intake air stream in response to engine air flow using a direct air flow responsive member to control a gas valve through a lost motion connection. The position of the gas valve is moreover controllable by a separate throttle position responsive control system that moves the gas valve towards closed position as the throttle approaches the closed or idle position, and holds the gas valve closed until the throttle has moved away from the closed or idle position. The separate control motion of the gas valve is independent from the motion of the air flow responsive member and does not restrict or interfere with the movement of the latter.

Abstract: A compressor that uses an excess of lubricant for sealing and cooling is driven by a natural gas engine and pumps natural gas to a transmission outlet, the lubricant drawing off moisture from the gas and portion then being pumped through a circuit in which moisture is removed after which the lubricant is returned to the compressor.

Abstract: A fuel system of the gaseous type utilizing the gas such as propane, methane or the like, wherein gas, preferably in liquefied form, in a tank carried in the trunk compartment of a car, for example, is taken from the tank in gaseous form and conveyed to the intake manifold of the internal combustion engine of the car at very low pressure, through a feeder gasket installed between the carburetor and the intake manifold. Thus it does not require modification of the existing carburetor or replacement thereof, and when installed for alternate use with an existing conventional type gasoline fuel system, means are employed for selectively switching from one system to the other.

Abstract: A fuel injector and injection system for injecting liquified petroleum gas (LPG) into at least one air/fuel mixing chamber from a storage means that stores pressurized LPG in its liquid state. The fuel injector (including a body), adapted to receive pressurized LPG from the storage means and for selectively delivering the LPG to the air/fuel mixing chamber in its liquified state. The system including means for correcting the injector activation signal for pressure and density variations in the fuel.

Abstract: A gaseous fuel-air mixture device for an internal combustion engine having an intake for a fuel-air mixture. A chamber for mixing gaseous fuel and air is provided above the intake. The gaseous fuel is uniformly injected into the mixture chamber from an aperture in the chamber wall. The quantity of air mixed with the gaseous fuel in the mixture chamber is controlled by adjusting the height of a control plate disposed above the chamber.

Abstract: For the feeding of gas to a vehicle motor, a reservoir of liquefied petroleum gas (100) is used in stages of pressure reduction (I to V). The final stage (V) in the intake conduit (T). The outlet stages (IV) and (V) comprising a plurality of pressure reducers (A.sub.1 . . . A.sub.i, respectively B.sub.1 . . . B.sub.i) with non-loaded diaphragm and operating at quasi nil excess pressure and, at starting up and slowing down, in transitory alternating working conditions with oscillatory motion of the diaphragms.Preferably, the pressure reducers of the outlet stages (IV and V) are arranged in space in accordance with the faces of a regular polyhedron.

Abstract: The device for proportioning a gaseous fuel and air for combustion in an internal combustion engine includes a plate-like first member having a peripheral edge portion and a second member cooperating with the first member having a peripheral edge portion and a second member cooperating with the first member to define a mixing chamber having an outlet adapted to be connected in communication with the air intake of the engine carburetor. The second member also includes an annular portion having an arcuate first wall which is convex to and spaced from the peripheral edge portion of the first member to define an annular venturi having an inlet in communication with the atmosphere and an annular outlet in communication with the mixing chamber. A base member or second wall cooperates with the arcuate wall to form a substantially closed, annular plenum chamber into which a gaseous fuel, such as natural gas, is admitted when the engine is to be operated on the gaseous fuel.

Abstract: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine of the piston type vaporizes liquid fuel such as gasoline and delivers the same through a series of intercommunicating control valves, two of which are responsive in operation to inlet manifold pressure in the internal combustion engine and another of which is responsive in operation to accelerator linkage for controlling the internal combustion engine's operation. The system includes a hot fuel gas generator which is preferably electrically energized, a device for delivering liquid fuel to the generator and tubes establishing communication between the generator, the inlet manifold pressure responsive valves, the accelerator linkage mechanical control valve, and an adaptor block mounted on the inlet manifold of the internal combustion engine. A conventional carburetor may be carried on the adaptor block along with a conventional air cleaner as known in the art.

Abstract: A system for an existing combustion engine is provided for enabling the engine to be operated on liquefied propane, alone, through a conventional gasoline carburetor, to operate on either gasoline or liquefied propane through a conventional gasoline carburetor, to operate on liquefied propane, alone, through an inlet casting to be utilized in lieu of a conventional gasoline carburetor, or to operate on liquefied propane, alone, at a substantially constant engine speed. Further, the system is also operative in conjunction with a diesel engine whereby a small amount of gasified liquid propane may be introduced into the induction system of a diesel engine as a supplemental fuel charge therefor during high power demand periods of operation.

Abstract: A device to meter and control the flow of a gaseous fuel and air to an internal combustion engine. The portion of the device which controls the flow of gaseous fuel comprises a reservoir chamber linked to a pressurized fuel supply, a plurality of individual chambers equal in number to the number of engine cylinders, demand valves connected to the individual chambers which permit fuel to flow on the intake stroke of each cylinder and valves biased to a closed position between each individual chamber and the reservoir for controlling the flow of gaseous fuel to the individual chambers and a connection for linking the valves to the throttle of the engine to open the valves simultaneously.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spark advance control mechanism for an engine capable of being selectively operated on gaseous fuel and on liquid fuel.

Abstract: A system and method for mixing gaseous fuel with air prior to combustion in an internal combustion engine. The system includes an L-shaped channel with a cap mounted to one end and an inlet formed at the other end. A plurality of holes is formed in the L-shaped channel. The channel is mounted to the air intake system of the internal combustion engine upstream from the air filter such that a partial vacuum is created in the vicinity of the holes as the incoming air flows past the channel. The channel includes means for regulating the flow of gaseous fuel through the channel.

Abstract: A propane supply unit for use with gasoline powered automotive internal combustion engines to replace the liquid fuel. The unit consists of a plurality of circular or otherwise formed tubular elements supplied with gas from a common manifold located within the air cleaner housing. The tubular elements are spaced so as to divide up the air flow. Openings in the elements are located as to face the spaces between the elements and discharge the gaseous fuel into the separate streams of air. The unit does not alter the normal air flow conditions so that no modification of the existing engine control system is required when the supply unit is used.

Abstract: The device for proportioning a gaseous fuel and air for combustion in an internal combustion engine includes a plate-like first member having a peripheral edge portion and a second member cooperating with the first member to define a mixing chamber having an outlet adapted to be connected in communication with the air intake of the engine carburetor. The second member also includes an annular portion having an arcuate first wall which is convex to and spaced from the peripheral edge portion of the first member to define an annular venturi having an inlet in communication with the atmosphere and an annular outlet in communication with the mixing chamber. A base member or second wall cooperates with the arcuate wall to form a substantially closed, annular plenum chamber into which a gaseous fuel, such as natural gas, is admitted when the engine is to be operated on the gaseous fuel.

Abstract: An attachment within the air cleaner housing of a liquid-fuel internal-combustion engine, the attachment having a circumferential venturi air passage and a gaseous fuel inlet slot inboard of the narrowest portion of the venturi air passage.

Abstract: A fuel-air injection control system is provided for internal combustion engines using gasoline as a fuel. The system includes a vacuum pump which is connected to an airtight fuel supply tank containing a liquid gasoline such that operation of the vacuum pump causes a portion of the liquid gasoline to be continuously vaporized. The vaporized but unheated gasoline is passed through a filter where unwanted contaminants are removed and is delivered to the intake ducts of the internal combustion engine. Heated air is also supplied to these intake ducts and the vaporized gasoline combines with heated combustion air therein for subsequent ignition in the combustion chambers. The flow of heated combustion air is controlled by the operator to control the speed of the engine.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine driven by a gaseous fuel, with quantity regulation in a lower load range and quality regulation in an upper load range. A gas pressure regulator is provided for controlling a gas flow to an air-gas mixer, with a throttle valve actuatable by an accelerator pedal being arranged in an intake line downstream of the air-gas mixer, whereby the gas pressure regulator is movable in a closing direction through a control line, by a diaphragm by vacuum prevailing in the intake line in a vicinity of the throttle valve. A control valve, influenced by the accelerator in the quality control range, is disposed in a control line. The control line branches off the intake line upstream of the throttle valve or off the air-gas mixer. A throughput or through-flow cross section in the control valve decreases with increasing loads in a direct relationship to a position of the accelerator until the control valve closes at full load.

Abstract: A system which can be retrofit into an existing conventional gasoline powered vehicle for enabling the vehicle to operate on either gasoline or liquefied propane fuel. The system includes a mixer in the form of an adapter to fit on the top of an existing carburetor. The mixer has a unique spring balanced metering device which controls flow of gaseous propane to the carburetor in proportion to airflow through the carburetor. The mixer is connected to a regulator assembly which receives liquid propane in a first chamber, heats the liquid propane to form a vapor, and feeds the vapor through an idle valve to control idling of the engine. The vapor is also passed to a second chamber of the regulator assembly in response to demand from the metering device which is sensed by a diaphragm actuated gas flow valve. From the second chamber, the gaseous propane is fed to a high speed inlet of the mixer.

Abstract: A gas-operated internal combustion engine which includes a volume control valve for a gas supplied to an air/gas mixer. An air filter is arranged within a charged air supply arrangement and, between a diaphragm of the volume control valve in a section of the air charge supply, a pressure equalizing connection is provided which, starting from the air filter or from the air/gas mixer and extending in a direction toward the volume control valve includes a throttle and a blocking biased check valve. A conduit branches off in the pressure-equalizing line at a point between the air filter and the check valve, with the conduit leading through a diaphragm operated valve to the intake manifold. The valve is controllable by the intake manifold vacuum such that the conduit is blocked with a high value intake manifold vacuum and opened with a low value intake manifold vacuum.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio controller adjusts the pressure of gaseous hydrocarbon fuel delivered to an internal combustion engine in order to minimize the emission of undesirable gases, specifically carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen. The controller includes a zirconium oxide sensor exposed to the engine exhaust gases, a thermocouple temperature sensor, an electronic signal conditioner which provides a linearized ramp signal, adjustable threshold trigger circuits which fire relays at specific ramp signal values and provide fail-safe operation, electropneumatic valves which respond to the relays and provide a fluid control signal, suitable adjustable flow restrictions and a gas pressure regulator which responds to the fluid control signal and regulates the pressure and thus the flow of gas to the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: An LP gas carburetor adapted for use as the only carburetor for an engine or, alternatively, for use in conjunction with an existing gasoline carburetor (in particular, a two barrel carburetor) on an engine, the LP gas carburetor comprising a body adapted to be mounted on the engine, the body having two main passages and one auxiliary passage extending therethrough for the flow of an air-fuel mixture through the LP gas carburetor, a main inlet port in communication with the main passages for the flow of LP gas to the main passages, and an auxiliary inlet port in communication with the auxiliary passage for the flow of LP gas to the auxiliary passage. A main valve is provided for controlling the flow of LP gas from a source thereof through the main inlet port to the main passages, and an auxiliary valve is provided for controlling the flow of LP gas from the source through the auxiliary inlet port to the auxiliary passage for the idling of the engine.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine operated on gaseous fuels, for example, liquid petroleum gas (LPG). The system includes a housing having a chamber for vaporizing liquid gas, including means for heating the vaporizing chamber. Also included in the housing is a mixing chamber for mixing the vaporized gas with incoming air for delivery to the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine through a standard carburetor. The fuel supply system includes means for mounting the system on the carburetor, including means for supporting an air filter circumjacent the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A carburetion arrangement and method of carburetion for a multicylinder internal combustion engine wherein at least one carburetor acts as a main mixture forming device with the main mixture being guided through individual intake lines which connect the carburetor to intake valves of the engine. Further mixture components are guided through separate air and fuel lines which terminate in the individual intake lines with the separate air and fuel lines being combined immediately before the intake lines. The intake air is supplied to the further mixture components primarily through the individual intake lines with a volume controlled portion of the intake air of this mixture component, reduceable to zero, being guided through the separate air lines, as correction air for the fuel to the mixture components flowing through the separate fuel lines. The correction air flowing through all the lines is controlled volumewise by a common control device which is disposed upstream of an air distributor for the air lines.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine dual fuel system for controllably running the internal combustion engine on a liquid fuel, such as gasoline, in the usual manner or, at will, on liquified petroleum (LP) gaseous fuel. The conventional liquid fuel system of the internal combustion engine is unmodified except for the addition of a remotely controlled shut-off valve in the fuel line at the carburetor fuel inlet. An LP gas suction verturi is disposed in the air induction flow to the carburetor inlet, for example by being mounted in the air filter above the carburetor inlet, and is supplied in fuel from the vapor phase of an LP gas, such as butane or propane, above the level of the liquified gas in an appropriate tank. The LP gas tank and the line supplying the gas to the carburetor air inlet are maintained at a substantially constant temperature via a by-pass of the engine coolant circuit, the flow of coolant through the by-pass being automatically controlled by a thermostat.

Abstract: An improvement in a fuel metering system having an engine, carburetor, a fluid fuel at super atmospheric pressure and a throttle for controlling the speed and power, the improvement being characterized by a fuel pressure regulator and an obstruction and regulator for controlling pressure drop across the obstruction proportional to the pressure drop across the butterfly within the carburetor so as to obtain a substantially constant fuel-air ratio being fed to the engine regardless of the carburetor demand. Also disclosed are a variety of means for accomplishing the obstruction and regulation of pressure drop thereacross, as well as the improved regulators, per se.

Abstract: A slow-run system for gaseous fueled internal combustion engines, including gaseous fuel conversions of liquid fuel engines for alternate operation on either fuel, employs a valve having an inlet receiving gaseous fuel from between the primary regulator and zero pressure governor and an outlet emptying into the air cleaner assembly upstream of the liquid fuel carburetor or equivalent means. The valve is actuated through a connection into the engine air intake manifold or similar passage below the throttle such that the valve opens to supply gaseous fuel to the air cleaner assembly during slow-run when manifold vacuum is high and remains open throughout substantially all of the engine's operating range.

Abstract: A modified internal combustion engine of the carburetor type and method of modification enables low and medium BTU fuels in gaseous form to be utilized either as the sole fuel or in conjunction with other relatively high BTU fuels in liquid or gaseous form.

Abstract: A gas-operated internal combustion engine which includes an air/gas mixer and a volume control valve for feeding gas to the air/gas mixer. The volume control valve is normally biased into a closed position and includes a diaphragm adapted to be exposed on an operating side thereof to a vacuum ambient in the gas downstream of the volume control valve so as to urge the diaphragm to opening position of the volume control valve. A rear side of the diaphragm is adapted to be exposed to a control pressure. A pressure compensating connection is provided between the rear side of the diaphragm and a portion of the air supply system of the engine and terminates at or upstream of the air/gas mixer. A choke is arranged in the pressure compensating connection at either an air filter of the air supply system or a housing of the air/gas mixer with a check valve being disposed in the pressure compensating connection at a position between the choke and the volume control valve.

Abstract: The purpose of the pressure regulator is to feed internal combustion motors or engines with combustible gases and it comprises two membranes 14 and 16 which respond to the intake suction of the motor, while the second of the said membranes actuates dislocating members 22 to check the communication between the said chambers A2 and A3 delimited by the said membranes and connected with the utilizer by means of a duct 30. One gauged nozzle 64 delivers part of the combustible gas into chamber A3 interested by the second membrane 16 and which is directly connected with the suction 30 of the motor or engine.

Abstract: A fuel enrichment apparatus and method is shown for a gaseous fuel carburetor of either a fixed venturi or air valve type. The apparatus provides fuel enriching at the starting and wide open throttle conditions of the carburetor when the pressure drop in the induction passage is at a minimum. The apparatus also economizes on fuel usage by being closed to fuel transfer at idle speed and normal engine speed. The apparatus operates from the fuel supply line to the carburetor with only the fuel pressure available in that line, thereby obviating the need for either a second fuel line or a high pressure fuel line.

Abstract: Internal combustion engine of the type comprising a pair of inlet valves per cylinder which are actuated by a single common rocker, the inlet ports formed by said valves and the relevant seats communicating with an external source of fluid via an induction duct formed in the cylinder-head of the engine. A respective induction duct is formed in the cylinder-head for each inlet port whereby these ports may, according to the mode of operation of the engine, be connected to corresponding external sources of gaseous fluid, for instance air and gas, or to a same source of gaseous fluid, for example air. This engine may be operated as a Diesel engine, or as a compound Diesel/gas engine, or alternatively as a gas engine, without requiring any replacement of the cylinder-head and/or the gear controlling the inlet valves.