Patent ID: 7938104

Claim:
A liquid fuel supply and evaporator system for converting a liquid fuel into a gaseous fuel and for supplying the gaseous fuel to a combustion chamber, comprising: a housing; a liquid fuel supply source; an evaporator element, for converting a liquid fuel into a gaseous fuel by an evaporation process for use within said combustion chamber, disposed internally within said housing such that an external surface portion of said evaporator element is disposed in thermal communication with said housing; a liquid fuel distribution manifold interposed between said liquid fuel supply source and said evaporator element for conducting a liquid fuel from said liquid fuel supply source into said evaporator element, said liquid fuel distribution manifold being disposed in thermal communication with said housing and being disposed internally within said evaporator element such that an internal surface portion of said evaporator element is disposed in thermal communication with said liquid fuel distribution manifold; and a source of heat for heating said housing; whereby as a result of said heated housing being disposed in thermal communication with said evaporator element as well as being disposed in thermal communication with said liquid fuel distribution manifold, said heated evaporator element, being heated by both said housing and said liquid fuel distribution manifold, can convert the liquid fuel into a gaseous fuel by means of the evaporation process and conduct the gaseous fuel outwardly from said evaporator element and toward said combustion chamber.