Patent ID: 6189518
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
Apparatus for use with an internal combustion engine for supplying fuel to said internal combustion engine, said apparatus comprising, in combination:a housing having spaced housing ends defining a housing interior, one of said housing ends defining an inlet and the other of said housing ends defining an outlet, said inlet and said outlet being spaced from one another and communicating with said housing interior, said inlet for receiving liquid hydrocarbon fuel and introducing said liquid hydrocarbon fuel into said housing interior;a sleeve formed of heat conducting material located within said housing interior and extending between the housing ends for receiving liquid hydrocarbon fuel from said inlet, said sleeve comprising a venturi tube defining a fluid flow passageway restricted between said housing ends and in communication with said inlet and said outlet;heating means for heating said sleeve whereby liquid hydrocarbon fuel passing through the fluid-flow passageway of said sleeve is heated prior to reaching said outlet; anda conduit leading from said outlet defining a conduit interior communicating with the fluid-flow passageway.