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Measured shot ether system

  • US 4,774,916 A
  • Filed: 02/11/1987
  • Issued: 10/04/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatic measures shot starting fluid assembly for injecting a predetermined amount of starting fluid into a passageway of an engine, said assembly comprising:

  • a power source to supply electrical current;

    starter motor means connected to said power source for engaging and rotating the crankshaft of the engine upon being energized by receiving electrical current from said power source;

    ignition switch means interconnecting said power source and said starter motor means for allowing electrical current to flow to said starter motor means upon closing said switch means for energizing the starter motor;

    container means for containing and supplying starting fluid;

    fluid atomizing means disposed in the passageway of the engine for atomizing the starting fluid from said container means into the passageway;

    valve means connected to said container means for measuring a predetermined amount of starting fluid from said container means and injecting the measured amount of starting fluid to said atomizing means;

    conduit means interconnecting said valve means and said atomizing means for providing a passageway to allow the starting fluid to flow to said atomizing means; and

    control circuit means, responsive to the ignition switch means being closed and the starter motor being energized, for activating said valve means for a first predetermined timed interval and then deactivating the valve means for a second predetermined time interval;

    said valve means being activated and deactivated for said first and second time intervals for so long as the ignition switch means is energizing the starter motor whereby measured shots of starting fluid are injected into the engine in a uniform manner while being minimally affected by operator intervention.

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