Patent ID: 6395049
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: F02M,F05C,Y10S

Abstract:
A combination of an air filter and a membrane carburetor, the combination comprising:a carburetor housing defining an air intake channel through which a stream of air is drawn by suction; said carburetor housing further defining an interior space; a membrane partitioning said interior space into a control chamber for holding fuel and a compensation chamber; fuel-conducting channels extending from said control chamber and opening into said air intake channel for conducting fuel from said control chamber to said air intake channel for entrainment by said stream of air; an air filter housing defining a flow space; a connecting pipe connecting said flow space to said air intake channel for conducting said stream of air from said flow space to said air intake channel and said connecting pipe having an opening in said flow space where said stream of air enters said connecting pipe; a compensation channel for connecting said compensation chamber to said flow space; said compensation channel including a channel segment within a portion of said connecting pipe and said channel segment having an opening in said flow space; said connecting pipe having a wall and a part of said wall defining a wall of said compensation channel in the region of said channel segment; and, said openings of said connecting pipe and said channel segment of said compensation channel being disposed in said flow space in respectively different planes.