Fuel distribution and metering
CA 1232174 A · Owner: Ford Motor Company Of Canada, Limited · Inventors: Ma, Thomas T.H.
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The invention relates to a fuel metering and distribution system for an internal combustion engine comprising an open fuel reservoir 18 into which fuel is metered and a set of capillary tubes 20 each extending from the fuel reservoir 18 to a point in an induction manifold adjacent the intake valve of a respective one of the engine cylinders. The fuel may either be metered by a carburettor-like arrangement drawing fuel from a float chamber or by means of a single solenoid valve connected between the reservoir and a source of fuel under pressure. The ends of the fine tubes terminate in the fuel reservoir immediately above the fuel level whereby as, the fuel rises, the additional fuel metered …
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- Granted February 2, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 2, 2005.
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