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Prevaporizing diesel precombustion chamber

  • US 4,300,497 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1980
  • Issued: 11/17/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A diesel engine comprising:

  • a cylinder;

    a piston slidable within said cylinder;

    a precombustion chamber having a generally rectangular portion located in the path of air entering said chamber, and a pair of generally circular portions located on opposite sides of said rectangular portion;

    an opening communicating said rectangular portion of said precombustion chamber with said cylinder;

    valve means operable near the beginning of the exhaust stroke of said piston to close said opening;

    fuel injector means for delivering fuel into said precombustion chamber shortly after closing of said valve means; and

    means for actuating said valve means near the end of the compression stroke of said piston to open said opening to allow compressed air from said cylinder to rush into said rectangular portion of said precombustion chamber.

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