Device for cleaning deposits from an internal combustion engine

• US 6,178,977 B1
• Filed: 08/10/1998
• Issued: 01/30/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jerry Lee Wells
• Original Assignee: Jerry Lee Wells
• Inventors: Wells, Jerry Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): SNAY, JEFFREY R
• Application Number:
  US09/131,581
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 134/169.A, 134/102.1, 134/102.2
• US Class Current: 134/102.1
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 77/04 Cleaning of, preventing corrosion or erosion in, or preventing unwanted deposits in, combustion engines

Abstract

The present invention describes a method and device for cleaning the components of an internal combustion engine. The device provides a single valve for regulating the flow and blend of air and cleaning fluid entering the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The invention provides a novel device and process for cleaning mineral deposits from the surface of the combustion chamber, piston crown and intake ports, intake valves. The flow control valve is capable of regulating the flow of air and cleaning fluid into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine during the cleaning process. The device of the present invention connects two separate hoses to a flow control valve. The end of one of the hoses is placed within a reservoir of cleaning fluid. The end of the other hose is connected to vacuum port of an internal combustion engine. Thus, the device provides a path for the cleaning fluid to pass from the reservoir through the flow control valve, through the vacuum port of the engine, through the intake manifold onto the combustion chamber, and out the engine'"'"'s exhaust.

Claims

1. A device for manual operation of cleaning deposits from an internal combustion engine, said device designed to attach to a vacuum port of said engine to draw air through said device with said engine operating, said device allows air flow into the engine before drawing cleaning fluid into said device to mix with air creating a mixture that is channeled through a combustion chamber of said engine, said device comprising:

a housing having a cavity defining a chamber;

said chamber having

an air passageway extending completely through said housing, from an inlet side of said housing through said chamber to an exit side of said housing;

said inlet side of said air passageway defining an air inlet port at entry of said chamber, and said air passageway defining an exit port at exit of said chamber;

a source of cleaning fluid below said chamber;

a cleaning fluid passageway extending from bottom of said chamber through said housing;

entry of said cleaning fluid passageway into said chamber defining a cleaning fluid passageway port;

a conduit from said source to said cleaning fluid passageway port,

a valve fitted within said housing chamber capable of obstructing said air passageway within said chamber, wherein said valve operates a rotational manner from a closed position completely obstructing said exit port;

said valve is operated by

a knob;

rotating said knob moves said valve through positions partially obstructing said exit port but not obstructing said air inlet port, and through positions not obstructing said exit port but obstructing said air inlet port;

whereby with said engine operating said valve thereby governs flow of air drawn through said chamber;

a fluid exit hose communicating with said exit side of said air passageway providing fluid communication to said engine vacuum port;

wherein with said fluid exit hose connected to said vacuum port of said operating engine, rotating said valve from said closed position draws air across said fluid port, and further rotation of said valve through positions obstructing said air inlet port create a siphoning of said cleaning fluid into said chamber to mix with air before entering said combustion chamber of said operating engine.

2. The device of claim 1 in which said fluid exit hose is clear to allow an operator to see said mixture therein.

3. The device of claim 2 in which said fluid exit hose is connected to said housing with a fluid exit coupling;

and said conduit is connected to said fluid cleaning passageway with a conduit coupling.

4. The device of claim 3 in which said fluid exit hose is connected to said engine vacuum port by a conically shaped connector.

5. The device of claim 4 in which said air passageway passes through said housing along a continuous bore line.

6. The device of claim 4 in which said source is a bottle of cleaning fluid adapted for threaded engagement to said housing.