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Liquid propane gas fuel system

  • US 4,492,208 A
  • Filed: 07/01/1983
  • Issued: 01/08/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for supplying fuel to a combustion engine having an exhaust manifold, a carburetor, and a supply of liquefied gas fuel, comprising:

  • (a) a pressure regulator having a housing defining an internal chamber, a fuel inlet in said housing in fluid communication with said chamber, means for coupling a fuel supply line to said fuel inlet, a fuel outlet in said housing in fluid communication with said chamber, and means for coupling said fuel outlet to the carburetor; and

    (b) bracket means for transferring heat to said pressure regulator in proportion to the engine load and characterized by a heat flux time constant such that the rate of change of temperature of said pressure regulator is proportional to the rate at which said engine increases in temperature during the warm-up time of said engine.

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