Installation for supplying gaseous fuels, such as LPG or natural gas, to a combustion engine
First Claim
1. A device for regulating of the gas-air mixture of a gas, such as e.g. LPG or natural gas, to a combustion engine, said engine having a casing in which a membrane is provided, one side of said membrane is connected to the inlet manifold downstream of the throttle of the engine and said one side of the membrane is connected to the valve stem of a gas control valve, said throttle being arranged in a passage means which is connected to a venturi in which the gaseous fuel is mixed with air, the other side of the membrane being in connection with the air inlet of the venturi, at said one side of the membrane, three springs being provided for urging the throttle towards its closed position of which the first spring is a weak spring which is compressed when a low depression prevails at the one side of the membrane, the second spring is a strong spring which is also compressed when a higher depression prevails at said one side of the membrane and the third spring is the strongest spring which is also compressed when a still higher depression prevails at said one side of the membrane, a fourth spring being provided at the other side of the membrane said fourth spring urging said gas control valve towards its open position.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an installation for supplying gaseous fuels such as LPG and natural gas to a combustion engine, said installation being provided with a membrane provided in a housing and being coupled to the valve stem of a gas control valve, the space of said membrane at the one side thereof being connected with a venturi, in which the gaseous fuel is mixed with air drawn into said venturi by the depression created in the engine when running, said connection being such that in said space prevails the depression created during the running of said motor, the other side of the membrane being in connection with the air inlet of the venturi, three springs being provided at said one side of the membrane, said springs being dimensioned and arranged in such a way that the first of said springs is compressed when a small depression, e.g. a pressure of 20 cm water column, occurs at said one side of the membrane, the second spring being compressed as the depression in said space increases, e.g. to a pressure of 15 mm Hg, the third spring being compressed when the engine decelerates, a fourth spring being provided at the other side of the membrane which trys to move the gas control valve in a direction towards its open position.
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- 1. A device for regulating of the gas-air mixture of a gas, such as e.g. LPG or natural gas, to a combustion engine, said engine having a casing in which a membrane is provided, one side of said membrane is connected to the inlet manifold downstream of the throttle of the engine and said one side of the membrane is connected to the valve stem of a gas control valve, said throttle being arranged in a passage means which is connected to a venturi in which the gaseous fuel is mixed with air, the other side of the membrane being in connection with the air inlet of the venturi, at said one side of the membrane, three springs being provided for urging the throttle towards its closed position of which the first spring is a weak spring which is compressed when a low depression prevails at the one side of the membrane, the second spring is a strong spring which is also compressed when a higher depression prevails at said one side of the membrane and the third spring is the strongest spring which is also compressed when a still higher depression prevails at said one side of the membrane, a fourth spring being provided at the other side of the membrane said fourth spring urging said gas control valve towards its open position.
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