Externally operated internal combustion engine
First Claim
1. A multicylinder internal combustion engine having at least a spark plug operable by a homogeneous fuel mixture, the engine comprising a heated evaporator means for completely vaporizing a liquid fuel, means connected with the evaporator means for producing an air/fuel mixture having an approximately constant composition, throttle valve means for providing a load range dependent control of a volume of fuel supplied to the engine, wherein means are provided for connecting the throttle valve means with a load control member of the engine so that the throttle valve means is fully opened in a partial load range of the engine and remains in the fully opened position upon a further movement of the load control member, means are provided for directly injecting liquid fuel into respective cylinders of the engine, and means are at least indirectly coupled with the load control member and liquid fuel injecting means for controlling a supply of liquid fuel to the cylinders in dependence upon at least one of a load range of the engine and a rotational speed of the engine.
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Abstract
An externally ignited internal combustion engine, operable by a homogeneous fuel, wherein liquid fuel is completely vaporized and at an approximately relatively lean proportion is mixed with air to provide for quantity control of the fuel-air mixture. The quantity control remains limited to a lower part throttle or partial load range and above such range, fuel in a liquid condition is injected into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine to enable a quality control over the fuel mixture. The injection of the fuel is carried out so that the injected jet of fuel does not contact the relatively cold wall parts of combustion chambers of the respective cylinders of the internal combustion engine.
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- 1. A multicylinder internal combustion engine having at least a spark plug operable by a homogeneous fuel mixture, the engine comprising a heated evaporator means for completely vaporizing a liquid fuel, means connected with the evaporator means for producing an air/fuel mixture having an approximately constant composition, throttle valve means for providing a load range dependent control of a volume of fuel supplied to the engine, wherein means are provided for connecting the throttle valve means with a load control member of the engine so that the throttle valve means is fully opened in a partial load range of the engine and remains in the fully opened position upon a further movement of the load control member, means are provided for directly injecting liquid fuel into respective cylinders of the engine, and means are at least indirectly coupled with the load control member and liquid fuel injecting means for controlling a supply of liquid fuel to the cylinders in dependence upon at least one of a load range of the engine and a rotational speed of the engine.
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