Supercharger for internal combustion engine carburetion

Claim 2

A SUPERCHARGER FOR USE WITH A CARBURETOR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES CHARACTERIZED BY ITS ABILITY TO DYNAMICALLY RETAIN THE MOVEMENT OF CARBURETOR AIR AND PROVIDE MIXING OF THE COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE THROUGH GENERATION OF A VORTEX COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ELONGATED BODY HAVING AN AXIAL CENTER, AN INLET END AND OUTLET END, A CHAMBER DEFINED AT SAID OUTLET END, MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING PASSAGE IN SAID BODY EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ENDS THEREOF, EACH OF SAID MEANS DEFINING SAID PASSAGES HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET ADJACENT SAID BODY INLET END AND OUTLET END, RESPECTIVELY MEANS DEFINED AT SAID PASSAFES INLETS FOR IMPARTING A VORTEX MOTION TO AIR ENTERING SAID PASSAGES, AND DISCHARGE MEANS DEFINED AT SAID PASSAGES OUTLETS FOR DISCHARGING AIR FROM SAID PASSAGES INTO SAID CHAMBER AT AN ANGLE TO SAID BODY AXIAL CENTER TO CREATE A VORTEX WITHIN SAID CHAMBER CONCENTRIC TO SAID BODY AXIAL CENTER.

Claim 3

In a supercharger for use with a carburetor for internal combustion engines as in claim 1 wherein said means defining said passages are of substantially cylindrical configuration and said means defined at said passages'' inlets and said discharge means comprise vane openings intersecting said passages in substantially tangential relationship.

Claim 4

A supercharger for use with a carburetor for internal combustion engines characterized by its ability to dynamically retain the movement of carburetor air and provide mixing of the combustible mixture through generation of a vortex comprising, in combination, an elongated body having an axial center, an inlet end and on outlet end, a cylindrical chamber defined in said body at said outlet end concentric to said body axial center, means defining a plurality of longitudinally extending substantially cylindrical passages in said body extending between said ends thereof, each of said means defining said passages having inlet air guiding means adjacent said body inlet end associated therewith for imparting a vortex motion to air entering each of said passages, and each of said passages having outlet air guiding means adjacent said body outlet end communicating with said chamber for discharging the vortexing air within said passages into said chamber obliquely with respect to said body axial center to produce a vortex within saId chamber about said body axial center.

Claim 5

A supercharger for use with a carburetor for internal combustion engines characterized by its ability to dynamically retain the movement of carburetor air and provide mixing of the combustible mixture through generation of a vortex comprising, in combination, an elongated body having an axial center, an inlet end and on outlet end, a cylindrical chamber defined in said body at said outlet end concentric to said body axial center, means defining a plurality of longitudinally extending substantially cylindrical passages in said body extending between said ends thereof, each of said means defining said passages having inlet air guiding means adjacent said body inlet end associated therewith for imparting a vortex motion to air entering each of said passages, and each of said passages having outlet air guiding means adjacent said body outlet end communicating with said chamber for discharging the vortexing air within said passages into said chamber obliquely with respect to said body axial center to produce a vortex within saId chamber about said body axial center.

Claim 6

In a supercharger for use with a carburetor for internal combustion engines as in claim 3 wherein said passages inlet end air guiding means comprise means defining an opening tangentially intersecting each passage defining means adjacent said inlet end, and each outlet air guiding means comprises means defining tangentially an opening intersecting its associated passage defining means and tangentially intersecting said chamber.

Claim 7

In a supercharger for use with a carburetor for internal combustion engines as in claim 4 wherein said means defining openings tangentially intersecting said chamber comprise means defining elongated slots extending in the direction of the length of the associated passage, said slots of a length substantially equal to the axial length of said chamber and in radial alignment therewith.

Claim 8

In a supercharger for use with the carburetor for internal combustion engines as in claim 3 wherein means defining passages are concentrically disposed about said body axial center and are parallel thereto.

Claim 9

A supercharger for use with a carburetor for internal combustion engines characterized by its ability to dynamically retain the movement of carburetor air and provide mixing of the combustible mixture through generation of a vortex comprising, in combination, an elongated body having an axial center, an inlet end and an outlet end, an inlet coaxial chamber defined in said body intersecting said body inlet end, an outlet coaxial cylindrical chamber defined in said body intersecting said body outlet end, the combined axial dimension of said chambers being less than the axial dimension of said body wherein said body includes a central region intermediate said ends and chambers, means defining a plurality of cylindrical passages in said body substantially parallel to said body axial center and located at a greater radial distance from said body axial center than the maximum radial dimension of said chambers, means defining a plurality of passage inlet openings in said body each inlet opening conmunicating with said inlet chamber and one of said passages, each of said inlet opening tangentially being related to its associated passage whereby air entering said passages creates a vortex therein means defining a plurality of passage outlet openings in said body each outlet passage opening communicating with said outlet chamber and one of said passages, each of said passage openings being tangentially related to its associated passage and said outlet chamber whereby air entering said outlet chamber from said outlet openings creates a vortex within said outlet chamber.

Claim 10

A supercharger for use with a carburetor for internal combustion engines characterized by its ability to dynamically retain the movement of carburetor air and provide mixing of the combustible mixture through generation of a vortex comprising, in combination, an elongated body having an axial center, an inlet end and an outlet end, an inlet coaxial chamber defined in said body intersecting said body inlet end, an outlet coaxial cylindrical chamber defined in said body intersecting said body outlet end, the combined axial dimension of said chambers being less than the axial dimension of said body wherein said body includes a central region intermediate said ends and chambers, means defining a plurality of cylindrical passages in said body substantially parallel to said body axial center and located at a greater radial distance from said body axial center than the maximum radial dimension of said chambers, means defining a plurality of passage inlet openings in said body each inlet opening conmunicating with said inlet chamber and one of said passages, each of said inlet opening tangentially being related to its associated passage whereby air entering said passages creates a vortex therein means defining a plurality of passage outlet openings in said body each outlet passage opening communicating with said outlet chamber and one of said passages, each of said passage openings being tangentially related to its associated passage and said outlet chamber whereby air entering said outlet chamber from said outlet openings creates a vortex within said outlet chamber.

Claim 11

In a supercharger for use with a carburetor for internal combustion engines as in claim 7 wherein said openings comprise means defining axially extending slots, said openings having an axial dimension substantially equal to the axial dimension of the associated chamber. 9. In a supercharger for use with a carburetor for internal combustion engines as in claim 7 wherein said chambers each include a radially disposed baffle facing the adjacent body end, said baffles being of a generally conical configuration concentric to said body axial center and converging toward the adjacent body end.