Abstract: A carburetor having an extended prime fuel chamber for gasoline engines. The carburetor includes a carburetor body having a throat, a fuel bowl, a conduit extending from the fuel bowl to the throat, a variable volume primer chamber communicating with the bowl through a priming passage, and an extended prime fuel chamber. The extended prime fuel chamber delivers additional fuel from start-up through warm-up periods of the engine. The extended prime fuel chamber communicates with the throat extending to the engine and communicates with the bowl containing fuel. The extended prime fuel chamber is arranged such that, after activation of a priming bulb, fuel from the carburetor bowl is directed into the throat through a nozzle tube and also into the extended prime fuel chamber through a prime fill passage.

Abstract: The priming system for a dual feed internal combustion engine provides a lighter, starting fuel to the venturi, the fuel nozzle, or to the carburetor bowl for engine starting. In a first embodiment, the starting or secondary fuel is mixed with the primary fuel in the fuel bowl, and the pure secondary fuel is provided to the fuel nozzle by actuation of a manually-operable primer. In a second embodiment, the secondary fuel is mixed with the primary fuel in the carburetor fuel bowl, and a shot of pure secondary fuel is provided directly to the carburetor venturi by the actuation of a manually-operable primer. In a third embodiment, a primer is manually operated before engine starting to remove primary fuel from the carburetor bowl and return it to the primary fuel tank. Thereafter, pure secondary fuel is provided directly to the carburetor bowl for engine starting through a changeover valve.

Abstract: A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine. The fuel delivery system includes a carburetor housing having an air passage with a throttle valve disposed therein. A choke lever is movably mounted to the carburetor housing for restricting air flow into the air passage. A fuel injection device is provided for injecting fuel into the air passage before the engine is started. Movement of the choke lever to an engaged position simultaneously opens the throttle valve, restricts air flow into the air passage and activates the fuel injection device to inject a predetermined volume of fuel into the air passage. The air-flow restriction and the predetermined volume of fuel are adjusted to compensate for changes in ambient temperature.

Abstract: A remote priming device that is particularly adaptable to a working machine having a handle section and an internal combustion engine with a resilient primer bulb, may be designed as a kit and retrofitted onto the working machine. The remote priming device includes a housing attachable adjacent the primer bulb, and a linearly movable member constrained to move within the housing such that the primer bulb is depressed in response to movement of the movable member. The resilient primer bulb has a vent hole and the movable member includes a bulb depressing surface. The remote priming device also includes an actuation device with a first end positioned adjacent the handle section and a second end positioned adjacent the housing. When a manually actuable member of the actuation device is actuated, the bulb depressing surface of the movable member covers the vent hole and the movable member moves linearly within the housing to depress the primer bulb.

Abstract: A fuel delivery system for an internal combustion engine. The fuel delivery system includes a carburetor housing having an air passage with a throttle valve disposed therein. The air passage has an inlet and an outlet. The outlet is in communication with the engine. Means are provided for simultaneously opening the throttle valve, restricting air flow into the air passage and injecting a predetermined volume of fuel into the air passage before the engine is started. Other means are provided for automatically adjusting the restriction of air flow and the predetermined volume of fuel to compensate for changes in ambient temperature.

Abstract: A carburetor prevents priming of a combustion engine under certain operating conditions. The carburetor includes a body member having a wall portion defining an orifice extending through the body member, a fuel nozzle positioned through the wall portion and in operative communication with the orifice, a fuel bowl positioned in operative communication with the fuel nozzle, a primer device in operative communication with the fuel bowl, and a primer lockout operatively positioned between the primer device and the fuel bowl. A method of controlling the carburetor during start-up and warm-up of a combustion engine is also described, including the steps of actuating the primer device to prime the carburetor, starting the engine with the external vent in open communication with the fuel bowl, disabling the primer device when the engine reaches a first operating temperature, and closing the external vent when the engine reaches a second operating temperature.

Abstract: A throttle-responsive device is provided which includes a lever which is selectively displaced from a remote point so as to actuate the primer bulb of an engine.

Abstract: A starting system for an internal combustion engine is provided for enhancing engine startability and performance by simultaneously controlling the volume of air flowing through a carburetor and the ratio of an air/fuel mixture through a single manual operation. The starting system is constructed to utilize atmospheric air control feed back to a carburetor and includes a piston disposed with a chamber which accesses two atmospheric ports. When the piston is positioned to fully close a first of the ports, a second of the ports is fully open. Similarly, when the piston fully opens the second port, the first port is fully closed. The two atmospheric ports access the carburetor idle system and intake manifold of the engine respectively. For starting of the engine in cold temperatures, the starting system also includes a fuel prime arrangement for enriching the ratio of air/fuel delivered to the engine.

Abstract: A carburetor for a two or four stroke engine having a diaphragm chamber for supplying fuel to the air intake passage of the engine, and a reservoir for primer fuel. A manually operable pump or bulb draws fuel from the diaphragm chamber into the reservoir. An outlet passage leads from the reservoir to deliver primer fuel to the engine. A normally closed manually operable valve or button is provided for opening the outlet passage. The capacity or the reservoir is varied as a function of ambient temperature by a temperature compensator.

Abstract: A temperature compensated carburetor including a composite valve member comprising a bi-metal strip and a gate valve needle for varying the effective flow cross-sectional area of the main and/or idle fuel supply duct to modulate the flow rate of fuel to the carburetor venturi mixing passage. The bi-metal strip generates substantially all of temperature-change-induced movement of the valve needle. The needle may be made of brass or aluminum, or alternatively of plastic material having a much greater coefficient of expansion than the aluminum carburetor body in which it is adjustable mounted such that differential linear expansion and contraction of the valve needle itself, as well as that of the bi-metal, relative to the carburetor body in response to ambient temperature changes varies the flow-controlling cross-sectional area of the fuel duct inversely relative to ambient temperature changes. A needle cylindrical mounting portion at one end is threadably secured in the strip movable free end.

Abstract: A construction of a fuel supply pipe with a proximal end press-fit portion formed of metal and a metering tip portion formed of synthetic resin. The metering tip portion, formed with a fuel jet therein, is telescopically connected to the proximal end press-fit portion of the fuel supply pipe to provide a stable fuel supply in a rotary throttle valve type carburetor.

Abstract: A carburetor with a main fuel jet and a throttle valve in a mixing passage and an apparatus for automatically supplying an enriched fuel and air mixture when an engine is cranked for starting and initial running of the engine upon starting. The apparatus has a mixing chamber with an air intake passage communicating with the mixing passage upstream of the throttle valve, a fuel inlet passage, and an outlet passage for the fuel and air mixture which communicates with the mixing passage downstream of the throttle valve. A valve for controlling the flow of the enriching fuel and air mixture through the outlet passage is manually movable to its opened position where it is releasably retained by an actuator mechanism operably associated with the throttle shaft for releasing and closing the valve when after the engine starts the throttle valve is initially moved from its idle position toward a full open position of the throttle valve.

Abstract: To improve a carburetor including a main housing portion (12), in which a Venturi tube (2) and a throttling part (2a) are defined and which has an air intake side and an engine exit side, and a fuel pump (5) to the effect that, on the other hand a better starting procedure is provided and, on the other hand, the carburetor and, consequently, the engine are reliably prevented from getting flooded, it is suggested to supply fuel to the fuel pump (5) via a fuel intake (8) which is connected to the fuel tank (63) through a fuel line (64), and a fuel vapor supply (or vent) line (60) is provided which with its one end (61) is connected to the fuel intake feed channel (28) and with its other end (62) is connected to the fuel tank (63), and that in the route of the fuel vapor supply line (60) a check valve (66) is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an automatic choke system designed to make a whole carburetor shorter and more compact. The system comprises a case body having a generally inverted L-shape, with a thermo-element housed in a vertical portion of the case body. A thermistor proximate to thermally expanding wax inside the thermo-element is heated up by electric current, which increases its own electric resistance with the increasing heat. A piston is projected from the top end of the thermo-element by the thermal expansion of the wax. A link housed in the horizontal portion of the case body is pivotally supported therein so as to move a moving part downward when the link is acted on by the piston. The moving part pushes down a starter valve to close a by-pass passageway as well as push down a needle to close an auxiliary fuel passageway.

Abstract: A balance vent for an internally vented float fuel bowl type carburetor in order to dampen pulse signal fluctuation to the internal vent that is created upon an excess vacuum buildup in the float bowl. The balance vent is a restricted passageway that communicates at one end with the internal vent circuitry and at its opposite end with the atmosphere external of the carburetor. The balance vent is sized so that the vacuum in the fuel bowl is bled off to the atmosphere only to a certain extent to permit an overall bowl vacuum to remain so that the characteristics of the internal bowl vent are maintained.

Abstract: A butterfly type motorcycle carburetor including a housing having an induction passage and a venturi intermediate the ends of the passage, a butterfly valve assembly positioned in the induction passage downstream from the venturi and a fuel bowl mounted on the housing and forming a fuel reservoir below the induction passage. A main discharge tube is mounted in the housing with one end extending into the venturi in the induction passage and the other end into the fuel reservoir in the fuel bowl. An accelerator pump system is provided in the carburetor which includes a discharge nozzle that extends into the induction passage downstream from the venturi for directing fuel discharged from the nozzle toward the butterfly valve. An enrichment system is provided in the carburetor which can be selectively set at any position. A low speed air/fuel metering system is provided in the housing for low speed operation.

Abstract: A carburetor priming system for an internal combustion engine including a flexible bulb which is actuable in a first manner to permit displacement of a one volume of fluid and in a second manner to permit displacement of a second and lesser volume of fluid. Actuation of the bulb in the first manner provides a high volume prime for providing fuel enrichment to a carburetor that has been run dry of fuel. Actuation of the bulb in a second manner provides a normal volume prime.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an engine primer bulb assembly having a base, a primer bulb and a retaining ring for securing the primer bulb to the base. The retaining ring is self-locking and provides a circumferential force against the bulb to seal it with the base to provide a primer chamber.

Abstract: A fuel supply device for internal combustion engines comprises a constant level chamber, an engine-driven fuel pump having an outlet connected to the constant level chamber and an inlet connected to a fuel reservoir through a pipe provided with a non-return valve. A capacity located on the pipe is defined by a wall movable between a first position where the capacity has a maximum volume and a second position where the capacity has a minimum volume. A spring continuously biases the movable wall towards the first position. The movable wall is drawn to the second position responsive to start up of the engine.

Abstract: A floatless carburetor with a fuel reservoir in communication with the carburetor throttle bore includes an integral primer system which is operable to introduce fuel directly into both the carburetor throttle bore and the fuel reservoir. A plurality of check valves control flow of fuel from the fuel tank into the primer system and into the throttle bore and fuel reservoir. The carburetor and primer system are adapted to be operated in conjunction with an impulse-type fuel pump, wherein the primer system is operable to manually pump fuel into the reservoir when the fuel pump is not functioning.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carburetor for an internal combustion engine and especially for a portable small engine. The carburetor includes a carburetor housing defining an intake pipe and a control chamber which communicates with the intake pipe via intake channels. A fuel-feed line which is closable by an inlet valve opens into the control chamber. The inlet valve includes a valve seat formed in the fuel-feed line and a valve body mounted on a positioning lever which is connected to a membrane defining a wall of the control chamber. The positioning lever can be pivotally actuated to open the inlet valve to admit fuel into the control chamber. An actuating lever is pivotally mounted on the carburetor housing and can be pivoted from a rest position to an active position whereat the actuating lever applies a force against the membrane to displace the latter and pivotally actuate the positioning lever to immediately open the inlet valve when starting the engine.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a pulse fog generator powered by a resonant intermittent combustion device having a carburetor and a combustion antechamber, includes a starting air supply system for directing a flow of starting air into the antechamber, comprising an inlet/outlet ball check valve mounted over the discharge opening piston chamber within which a piston head is reciprocated by a connecting rod eccentrically mounted to an electric motor. A priming pump is mounted on the carburetor, and comprises a priming fuel chamber hydraulically communicating with the carburetor and a piston reciprocatable within the priming fuel chamber to draw fuel from a fuel tank into the priming fuel chamber and to discharge the fuel from the priming fuel chamber into the carburetor. In lieu of the reciprocatable piston, a resilient priming bulb and valve assembly can supply the priming fuel to the throat passage of the carburetor in another embodiment.

Abstract: A carburetor for an internal combustion engine is provided. The carburetor float bowl is internally vented through a venting path that leads from the carburetor throat, via the primer chamber, to the airspace above the float bowl. An annular lip is provided on the primer bulb that acts as a check valve and seals off the venting passageway when the primer bulb is depressed, thereby insuring that the primer charge passes into the float bowl and is not lost through the venting passageway.

Abstract: A motorcycle engine carburetor has an easily removable and replaceable venturi tube, an easily removable fuel jet tube, a swiveled fuel inlet fitting, an easily adjustable and downwardly accessible and rotatable starting carburetor accessible air jets, together with additional structural improvements.

Abstract: Start-fuel supply device in an internal combustion engine for portable equipment characterized in that a fuel nozzle is disposed at an intake passage of a diaphragm type carburetor, a fuel reservoir is connected to the metering chamber of the diaphragm carburetor through a check valve, a fuel metering device, a reversible primer pump, and a passage between the check valve and the fuel metering device connected to the fuel nozzle via a second check valve which allows a flow to the fuel zozzle. The fuel metering device includes a plunger and a check valve in the plunger opened and closed by the movement of the plunger.

Abstract: A start-fuel supply device in an internal combustion engine for a portable equipment comprising a start-fuel primer pump rotatively coupled to a starter motor of the engine, a fuel metering device for receiving a charge of fuel from a metering chamber of a carburetor during the reverse rotation of the start-fuel primer pump, and a fuel nozzle for injecting fuel from the fuel metering device to an air intake passage of the carburetor during the normal rotation of the fuel-start primer pump. A passage portion between the fuel metering device and the start-fuel primer pump is connected to a fuel reservoir through a by-pass passage provided with a check valve which allows a flow from the fuel metering device to the fuel reservoir.

Abstract: A carburetor comprising a main body portion defining a carburetor mixing passage having an air intake side and an engine outlet side, a fuel pump, a throttle shutter mounted within the carburetor mixing passage between the air intake side and the engine outlet side. The carburetor has a metering chamber for supplying fuel from the fuel pump into the carburetor mixing passage via a main discharge port, the main discharge port opens into the carburetor mixing passage on the air intake side of the throttle shutter. A starting fuel supply passage extends from the pressure side of the fuel pump to the carburetor mixing passage. A means is provided for selectively opening and closing the starting fuel supply passage such that when the throttle is in a partially opened position and the starting fuel supply passage is open, the fuel pump causes fuel to be injected through the starting fuel supply passage into the carburetor mixing passage.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a start-fuel to an internal combustion engine for a portable type machine such as a chain saw or brush cutter which has an electric battery for use in starting. An electrically driven reversible pump is used to draw fuel from a diaphragm carburetor metering chamber into a fuel reservoir and also to draw fuel from a fuel tank into the metering chamber. Under cold-start conditions, the pump is reversed and fuel from the reservoir is directed to a jet at the entrance of the carburetor venturi passage to provide a rich mixture to assist in starting.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a start-fuel to an internal combustion engine for a portable type machine such as a chain saw or brush cutter which has an electric battery for use in starting. An electrically driven primer pump is connected to the metering chamber of a diaphragm carburetor and can direct fuel from the chamber to an accumulator which is connected to a fuel tank through a relief valve and also to a fuel jet in the venturi entrance of the carburetor. When the primer pump is actuated by a key switch, as the engine is started, fuel in the metering chamber is moved to the accumulator and fuel is replenished from the fuel tank. Also, an electromagnetic valve opens the accumulator to the fuel jet to furnish start-fuel to the venturi.

Abstract: A diaphragm-controlled carburetor which includes a diaphragm positioned in a chamber and dividing the chamber into wet and dry chamber sides. A valve is positioned in the wet chamber side, and is responsive to the diaphragm for feeding fuel to fuel jets and thence to a fuel/air passage. The dry chamber side is connected to receive pressure pulses from the engine crankcase through a three-position valve. The valve has orifices selectively interconnected by a rotatable valve disc for feeding pulses at first intensity to provide an enriched fuel/air mixture for starting, at a second lesser intensity to provide a less enriched fuel-air mixture for engine warm-up, and to block pressure pulses from the dry side of the control diaphragm.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine comprising: a suction pump provided in a fuel supply passage, a ventilation passage for allowing interior space of a fuel tank to be communicated with the atmosphere, a normally closed ventilation valve disposed in the ventilation passage, and a normally-closed release valve disposed in the fuel return passage and adapted for opening the fuel return passage at the time of start-up of the engine. The release valve and the ventilation valve being operatively connected to each other such that they are opened and closed simultaneously.

Abstract: In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a pulse fog generator powered by a resonant intermittent combustion device having a carburetor and a combustion antechamber, includes a starting air supply system for directing a flow of starting air into the antechamber, comprising an inlet/outlet check valve mounted over the discharge opening of a bellows that is reciprocated by a connecting rod eccentrically mounted to an electric motor. A priming pump is mounted on the carburetor, and comprises a priming fuel chamber hydraulically communicating with the carburetor and a piston reciprocatable within the priming fuel chamber to draw fuel from a fuel tank into the priming fuel chamber and to discharge the fuel from the priming fuel chamber into the carburetor.

Abstract: A carburetor comprises a main body portion defining a venturi having an air intake side and an engine outlet side, a throttle shutter mounted within the venturi between the air intake side and the engine outlet side, a fuel chamber for supplying fuel into the venturi via a main discharge port and at least one idle discharge port, the main discharge port opening into the venturi on the air intake side of the throttle shutter, a choke feed passage extending from the fuel chamber to the venturi, the choke feed passage opening into the venturi on the opposite side of the throttle shutter to the main discharge port, and means for selectively opening and closing the choke feed passage.

Abstract: A fuel primer for small internal combustion engines is disclosed. The fuel primer is associated with a metering chamber of a carburetor. The metering chamber includes an inlet port and an outlet port and communicates with both a fuel source and a venturi on the carburetor by conventional means. The primer includes a mechanism which communicates with the restricted inlet port to provide one way flow into the metering chamber. A second mechanism communicates with the unrestricted outlet port to provide one way flow from the metering chamber. A third mechanism associates the first and second one way mechanisms for pressurizing and depressurizing the flow through the primer so that fuel is drawn into the metering chamber from the fuel source.

Abstract: A fuel primer for float type carburetors for small internal combustion engines is disclosed. The fuel primer is associated with the fuel bowl of a float type carburetor. The fuel bowl is coupled with a fuel inlet, an atmospheric outlet vent, and a nozzle. The fuel inlet is coupled with the fuel source and the nozzle is coupled with the carburetor venturi. The primer includes a mechanism coupled with the outlet vent for introducing a pressurized flow into the fuel bowl. The pressurized flow introduces fuel from the fuel bowl into the carburetor venturi, which, in turn, enables fuel to pass into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A priming system for the carburetor-fuel pump of an internal combustion engine. The priming system includes a manually actuatable primer that is connected to the fuel chamber of the fuel pump, and priming fuel flows through a primer check valve either directly to an orifice in the carburetor throat or through the metering chamber, which communicates with the carburetor throat through main and idle orifices. In one embodiment, successive actuations of the primer bulb functions to purge the fuel pump, primer and priming lines of air and fill them with liquid fuel so that continued pumping injects priming fuel into the carburetor throat. In an alternative embodiment, the fuel pump, primer and priming lines are similarly charged but the metering chamber is also charged with fuel and the excess fuel is pumped therethrough and into the carburetor throat through the main and idle orifices.

Abstract: A gasoline engine choking arrangement which serves as a modification to automatic chokes found in existing 9 and 11 cubic inch vertical shaft gasoline engines, i.e. an arrangement which achieves effective gasoline engine starting under both hot and cold conditions. A sleeve is provided to immobilize choke butterfly plate movement and, additionally, a primer assembly communicates with the fuel tank for selective gasoline flow. The aforesaid components, which may be merchandised in kit form, overcome flooding and consequent engine non-function which results, for example, from temperature variation and/or a stuck choke butterfly plate.

Abstract: A priming system for the carburetor-fuel pump of an internal combustion engine. The priming system includes a manually actuatable primer that is connected through a primer check valve either directly to a fed orifice in the carburetor throat or through the metering chamber, which communicates with the carburetor throat through main and idle orifices. In one embodiment, successive actuations of the primer bulb functions to purge the fuel pump, primer and priming lines of air and fill them with liquid fuel so that continued pumping injects priming fuel into the carburetor throat. In an alternative embodiment, the fuel pump, primer and priming lines are similarly charged but the metering chamber is also charged with fuel and the excess fuel is pumped therethrough and into the carburetor throat through the main and idle orifices. The metering chamber is left with an excess charge of fuel that results in richer operation during cranking and initial engine operation.

Abstract: A fuel primer for small internal combustion engines is disclosed. The fuel primer is associated with a metering chamber of a carburetor. The metering chamber includes an inlet port and an outlet port and communicates with both a fuel source and a venturi on the carburetor by conventional means. The primer includes a mechanism which communicates with the restricted inlet port to provide one way flow into the metering chamber. A second mechanism communicates with the unrestricted outlet port to provide one way flow from the metering chamber. A third mechanism associates the first and second one way mechanisms for pressurizing and depressurizing the flow through the primer so that fuel is drawn into the metering chamber from the fuel source.

Abstract: A primer for an internal combustion engine carburetor including a variable volume air chamber which is provided with a flexible resilient dome member. The dome member includes a protruding nipple including an aperture therein for admitting air into the chamber. Inside the chamber, a protrusion is provided including a sloping surface with an aperture therein. A passage connects the aperture in the sloping surface to the fuel supply bowl. When an operator abruptly depresses the flexible resilient dome member, a volume of air is abruptly displaced from the chamber through the passage and into the fuel supply bowl to force fuel from the bowl through a nozzle and into a fuel/air mixture passageway of the carburetor.

Abstract: A carburetor priming system for an internal combustion engine includes a porous wick disposed in the inlet of the carburetor and a system for initially saturating the wick with liquid fuel prior to starting the engine. The priming system which may be remotely located or adjacent to the engine, which saturates the wick, consists of a depressable flexible bulb which withdraws fuel from a fuel supply and, when depressed, forces the fuel from the interior of the bulb into the wick. A check valve between the bulb and the wick is mechanically actuated to open when the bulb is depressed rather than being opened by fluid pressure as in conventional systems.

Abstract: The priming system for an internal combustion engine adapted to operate on a gaseous fuel includes a normally closed, solenoid-operated priming valve electrically connected to the engine ignition circuit through a selector switch and the normally closed contacts of a vacuum switch when the selector switch is an "automatic" position. The priming valve controls a small flow of the gaseous fuel into the air intake of the engine carburetor. The vacuum switch has a pressure-sensing chamber which is connected in fluid communication with the engine intake manifold. When an operator moves the engine ignition switch to a start position with the selector in the "automatic" position, the priming valve is energized open to admit a small flow of the gaseous fuel into the carburetor air intake for priming. When the pressure in the engine intake manifold decreases below a predetermined level during engine cranking, the vacuum switch opens to deenergize the priming valve which closes to terminate the flow of priming fuel.

Abstract: A carburetor for internal combustion engines, especially for very small portable engines. The carburetor has a control chamber arranged in the carburetor in the fuel supply to the intake pipe. The control chamber is connected with the intake pipe via inlet passages, the rate or quantity of flow through which can be regulated, and is connected with fuel feed supplied by a fuel pump via an inlet valve, which is biased in the closed position. The inlet valve is opened by a control membrane which delimits the control chamber. The control membrane, on that side thereof remote from the control chamber, delimits an equalizing chamber along with a closure cover fastened to the carburetor housing. The equalizing chamber is constructed as a pressure chamber which can be selectively connected via a reversing or change-over valve with either the crankcase housing of the internal combustion engine, or with the atmosphere.

Abstract: A supplementary fuel supply mechanism for internal combustion engines which is incorporated in a carburetor with a manually operated flexible dome to discharge fuel from a supplemental fuel chamber adjacent the air inlet of a carburetor. The device is designed so that it can be interposed between the carburetor body and the air inlet as an auxiliary unit optionally applied.

Abstract: A carburetor comprising a body defining a throat, a throttle slide member slidably mounted on the body and disposed in the throat, a rotary actuator for the slide member, and a tapered metering rod or needle mounted on the slide member and extending downwardly into a fuel supply tube leading into a sealed and pressurized 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 and around the outlet when the slide is in an open position. The bottom of the rear panel has a cut-out portion in alignment with the metering rod and fuel outlet at the throat for the purpose of directing high speed air flow toward the metering rod and around the fuel outlet.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel supply system comprising a carburetor including an air/fuel induction passage including a main supply jet and a secondary orifice, a first float bowl having an auxiliary outlet and communicating with the main jet, and a first float controlled valve communicable with a source of a first fuel and operable to control supply of the first fuel to the first float bowl, a combined auxiliary float bowl and primer comprising a housing including a second float bowl, a cavity, a duct extending between the cavity and the second float bowl, a second float controlled valve communicable with a source of a second fuel and operable to control supply of the second fuel to the second float bowl, a movable wall located in the cavity and defining a primer fuel chamber which can be varied in volume and which communicates with the duct, a handle connected to the movable wall for displacing the movable wall to vary the volume of the primer fuel chamber, a check valve in the duct permitting flow from the se

Abstract: An improved carburetor for an internal combustion engine which eliminates the conventional automatic choke mechanism. A pair of fabric absorbent wicks are suspended in the vaporizing chamber of the carburetor in alignment with the high speed gasoline jets. The wicks partially surround the respective venturis and hang downwardly within the chamber to a level beneath the venturis. On starting of the engine, a manually operated primer pump operates to discharge fuel through the jets into contact with the wicks to thereby saturate the absorbent material. The absorbed fuel is vaporized and drawn along with air into the engine.

Abstract: A carburetor is provided with a primer for aiding in starting an engine, the primer including a priming bulb for forcing air into the air space in the float bowl to cause the air pressure in the air space to be greater than atmospheric pressure and to cause liquid fuel to be forced through the fuel nozzle and into said fuel-air mixture passage of the carburetor. The priming bulb includes a flexible wall having a groove and a vent opening is located in the base of the groove and is positioned so as to close as the priming bulb is compressed and as air is forced into the air space of the float bowl. The carburetor also includes a narrow passage permitting the venting of a portion of the air forced into the air space of the fuel bowl by the priming bulb to thereby control the amount of liquid fuel injected into the carburetor venturi.

Abstract: A carburetor for internal combustion engines adapted to operate normally with an alcoholic fuel. The carburetor has a slow fuel passage communicating with an idle port and a by-pass port both of which open to an intake bore at a portion of the latter around a throttle valve, a cup-shaped member disposed in a float chamber at a level beneath the level of the fuel in the float chamber and defining therein a downwardly opened space. A primary jet leading to a primary nozzle and a secondary jet leading to a secondary nozzle, which are known per se, are arranged to open, respectively, to an uppermost portion and an intermediate portion of the space in the cup-shaped member. The float chamber is communicated through a float valve of the known type with a main fuel tank storing an alcoholic fuel as the main fuel, while the space in the cup-shaped member is communicated, through a metering pump, with an auxiliary fuel tank storing therein gasoline as the starting fuel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel feeding device comprising a housing including a float chamber including float controlled valve communicable with a source of fuel and operable to control supply of the fuel to said float chamber, a second chamber, a duct extending between said second chamber and said float chamber for supplying fuel to said second chamber from said float chamber, a movable wall located in said second chamber and defining a primer fuel chamber which can be varied in volume and which communicates with said duct, a handle connected to said movable wall for displacing said movable wall to vary the volume of said primer fuel chamber so as to affect fuel flow to and from said primer fuel chamber, a check valve in said duct permitting fuel flow from said float chamber to said primer fuel chamber and preventing return flow to said float chamber, and an outlet communicating with said duct between said primer fuel chamber and said check valve.