Practical Hand Book of Gas, Oil and Steam Engines: Stationary, Marine, Traction; Gas Burners, Oil Burners, Etc.; Farm, Traction, Automobile, Locomotive; A simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines. Dealing with the various parts in detail and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuel.Rathbun, John B.
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Practical Hand Book of Gas, Oil and Steam Engines: Stationary, Marine, Traction; Gas Burners, Oil Burners, Etc.; Farm, Traction, Automobile, Locomotive; A simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines. Dealing with the various parts in detail and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuel.
Rathbun, John B.
Internal combustion engines; Traction-engines
The auxiliary air valve is a particularly novel feature of this
carburetor, as no springs nor disc valves are used in its construction.
Five balls (M) of different weights and sizes act as air valves, the
balls covering the inlet ports (L) under normal operation. As the speed
increases, the balls are lifted off their seats in order of their weight
or size by the increase in suction. With a slight increase of suction,
the lightest ball covering the smallest hole is lifted first, a further
increase in suction lifts the next largest ball which still further
increases the auxiliary air intake, and so on until at the highest speed
all of the balls are off their seats. Access to the ball valves is had
through the valve caps (N). The constant supply inlet is circular and
may be set at any desired angle, as can the float chamber and gasoline
supply connection. Control and adjustment are entirely by the needle
valve.
(109) The Feps Carburetor.
The Feps carburetor has the main needle valve surrounded by a Venturi
chamber as in the preceding case, the needle valve adjustment being made
through a lever on the left of the mixing chamber. An auxiliary nozzle
directly under the auxiliary air valve at the right, connects with the
float chamber and furnishes an additional mixture of gasoline and air
for hill climbing and high speed work when the leather faced auxiliary
air valve lifts from its seat. The adjustment for this auxiliary jet is
shown at the right of the air valve chamber.
For intermediate speeds, the air valve alone is in action. No
controlling springs are used on the air valve which insures positive
action and sensitive control of the air. A float surrounding the Venturi
tube controls the fuel valve through the usual lever arm. A wire gauze
strainer placed in the fuel chamber to the left prevents dirt and water
from being drawn into the nozzle, and as this strainer easily removed it
is a simple matter to clean and prevent the troubles due to dirty fuel.
By closing the upper valve in the vertical engine connection the vacuum
is increased in the manifold when starting the engine. This increase of
vacuum draws gasoline from the float chamber and primes the engine
making the engine easy to start in cold weather. The tube through which
the gasoline is drawn for priming is the small crooked tube bending over
the float and terminating above the starting valve. Below this valve is
the throttle valve which controls the mixture in the ordinary manner.
The adjustment for intermediate speeds is made by the center knurled
thumb-screw shown over the air valve chamber which controls the travel
of auxiliary air valve. In effect this is a double carburetor, one jet
for high speed and one for low.
(111) Gasoline Strainers.
Much trouble is caused in carburetors by dirt, water and sediment,
collecting in the small passages and obstructing the flow of the
gasoline.
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