Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-15
FUEL|zER WILL
SOLVE PROBLEM
Of POWER FUEL
Efficiency Of Motor Car 0p-
GRAFTON of Present Day
Fuels Increased by
Invention. 0t

Detroit, Feb. l4.-The problem Of
efficient motor car operation on
present-day fuels has been solved
by the invention of an appliance
known as the fuelizer, according to
Col. J. G. Vincent, vice president of
the Packard Motor Car company.
at is an invention that may rev.
olutionize the motor car industry
by making even low-grade fuels
more efficient than the gasoline we
are using today" says Colonel Vim
cent. also, it practically does
away with carbonization OF the mo-
tor, which is an evil that engineers
have been fighting for years"
The first announcement OF the in
vention was made at recent ses-
sion of the Society of Automobile
Engineers, of which Colonel Vim.
cent is presidenty and is said to have
been the sensation of the meeting,
The fuelizer forms part of the car
buretion system of the engine. Its
purpose is to supply heat to the
charge, changing the mixture that
Comes from the carburetor into
dry vapor, readily and fully explo-
sive in the cylinders. Its action IS
automatically responsive to the
needs of the engine. The appliance
was developed by L. M. Woolson i'll
the experimental laboratories OF the
Packard Motor Car company.
Solves Fuel Problem.
"The invention clears the way for
years ahead" says Colonel Vincent.
THE fuel situation, due to the enor-
nous expansion of the automobile
industry, has become serious. The
fuelizer not only assures efficient
performance on present-day fuels,
but it gives insurance to motor car
owners against difficulties which
! the future may bring. 1t has been
recognized by engineers that the So
luton of the fuel problem was to be
found in the proper carburetion of
available fuels, rather than any rad
.ical change in engine design. Vari-
Gus devices have been used for
breaking up the wet mixture as it
passed from the carburetor to the
cylinders, but they have been only
moderately successful. The most
common device has been the ex-
haust heated intake, which supplied
the greatest heat to the charge at a
time when heat was least needed,
and minimum when the engine re-
qu;red the heat for efficient per-
formance.
Applies Neat.
an developing the fuelizer Mr..
Woolson worked on the idea of ap-
ply heat automatically in, just the
degree needed. The appliance does
its work automatically without in
volving single moving part, and it
requires no adjustment.
''The fuelizer consists of small
supplementary carBuretor and a
burning chamber where the gas from
the little carburetor is burned The
chamber is situated in the intake
manifold When the gas enters,
it is ignited by regulation spark
plug, and passes into the fresh
charge going from the carburetor to
the cylinders. The heat of the burnt
gas changes the wet, poorly car
,bureted mixture to dry vapor,
which explodes with full efficiency
whensit is touched off by the spark
in the cylinder.
"The appliance causes the entire
charge to be exploded, doing away
with carbonizing because the kero-
sene and similar less volatile mat
ter is burned. Also, it prevents dilu-
ton of the oil in the crank case.
Another advantage is that the
engine, being supplied with a heated
charge instantly on cranking is
ready for high gear work, regard
less Of the weather"