US2431958.Pdf
Dec. 2, 1947. L. E. OLIVER ET AL 2,431,958 CARBURETOR Filed Nov. 21, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ? Z Z l z ZZŠ SN S 19 25 22 ??? a2 * .-..............-.....-................-.........------ ...- N" 2. Z24 NS NVENTORS' zeo Eozitºei Aeavy Carsora Sr. | 36 AttorneyS Patented Dec. 2, 1947 2,431,953 UNITED STATES PATENT of FICE 2,431,958 CARBURETOR Leo E. Oliver, Sanger, and Ray Carson, Sr., Wallejo, Calif. Application November 21, 1944, Serial No. 564,450 16 Claims. (CI. 48—180) 2 This invention is directed to, and it is an ob diagonally disposed when closed as shown in Fig. ject to provide, a carburetor especially designed 1. The shaft 5 is fitted outside body with a lever for use in a motor vehicle fuel System which in to which a control rod 8 connects, said rod ex cludes a fuel reservoir containing a gaseous fuel, tending from the throttle pedal in the operator's Such as natural gas, under high pressure, a con Compartment. duit leading from the reservoir to the carburetor, The body forms the mixing chamber 9 of the and a pressure regulator interposed in the con carburetor, and a tubular, cylindrical housing 0 duit; Such a fuel System being advantageous for projects laterally from body intermediate its automobiles, trucks, motor boats, and aircraft. ends; such housing being initially open at its Another object of the invention is to provide O outer end, and communicating at its inner end a gaseous fuel carburetor which is constructed With chamber 9 directly above the low side of the so as to effectively and economically meter the butterfly valve 6 when the latter is closed.
[Show full text]