US1391630A - Process and apparatus for improving combustion in explosive-engines - Google Patents

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W. W. HALES AND A. HINE. PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING COMBUSTION IN EXPLOSIVE ENGINES.

' APPIICATION FILED MAR. 26. 1920.

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WALTER WILLIAM nALrs, OF'NEW YORK, AND ARTHUR HINE, or CEDARH'URST, NEW YORK; sAn) HINE ASSIGNOB T SAID HALES. 1

rnoonss AND APPARATUS roamrnovmo COMBUSTION m EXPLQsIVE-ENGIIZTE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Application fild March 26, 1920. Serial No. 369,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VALTER W. HALES and ARTHUR HINE, both citizens of the i United States, and residents, respectively,

of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, and of Cedarhurst, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Process and Apparatus for Improving Combustion 1n Explosive-Engines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description This invention relates to means for improving the combustion of fuel in explosive engines of all kinds, and has .reference more particularly to a process and apparatus for the purpose indicated, which consists in introducing ozonized air, ozonized oxygen, or ozone into the cylinders of an explosive engine along with the vaporized fuel mixture.

It is a well-known fact that. the exhaust gases issuing from internal combustion or explosive engines carries a high percentage of carbon monoxid often amounting to as much as fifteen to twenty-five per cent. This carbon monoxid indicates that'the fuel is incompletely burned, and therefore, a.

large amount of heat which should be used, is wasted. The combustion can be somewhat improved by increasing the percentage of air in the explosive mixture introduced into the cylinders of the engine, but it has been 'found that beyond certain limits it is impracticable to introduce a higher percentage of air. When carbon burns with incomplete combustion so that carbon monoxid is formed, the following reaction takes place:

C-l-O:CO+29,650 calories.

WVhen carbon monoxid burns with sufiicient oxygen present, carbon dioxid is formed according to the following reaction:

CO+0=CO,+68,000 calories.

or ozone along with the explosive mixture vnating current of f1 1e l since ozone is a much more active oxidizlng agent than atmosphericoxygen, and therefore, all the carbon monoxid will be completely burned to carbon dioxid, with a resulting increased efficiency of the engme. The introduction of ozone into the cylinders of an explosive or internal combustlon engine will also prevent the formation of elementary carbon on the walls of the cylinders, the piston, and the spark plugs, so that the engine will continue to operate efliciently through long periods of time Without necessitating cleaning the spark plugs or regrinding the valves of said engine. The elementary carbon in said cylinders and on said spark plugs and valves may also be removed by passing ozone, ozon-. 1zed air, or ozon1zed-oxygen'.1nto said cylinders along with the vaporized fuel.

lVhile any suitable apparatus may be used for accomplishing the above result, we have lnvented an apparatus which is disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a side elevation of the apparatus.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 10 indicates any explosive or internal combustion engine provided with cylinders 11, and a vaporized fuel intake manifold 12, through which the vaporized fuel is admitted to'the cylinders.- A carbureter 13 is provided on said manifold 12, which vaporizes the fuel and mixes it with air as it enters said manifold, and the explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinders on the suction stroke of the pistons. The engine 10 includes a fiy wheel 14 mounted on a crank shaft 15, and any standard alterenerator 16 may be secured to said crank s aft so as, to generate an alternating current of electricity as said engine operates. The current of electricity is delivered to any standard transformer 17 by means of an electrical circuit 18, and said transformer steps up the voltage of said current and delivers it through an electrical circuit 19 to any, standard ozone machine 20. This ozone machine is connected by a pipe 21, to the manifold 12, and said pipe includes a valve or cock 22. The pressure insidethe manifold 12 is below atmospheric pressure so that air is drawn into an intake pipe 23 on the ozone machine, through said ozone machine, through the pipe 22 and into said manifold. The flow of the ozonized air 10 tical embodiment of our invention, we do into said manifold controlled vby means of' the valve 22. Instead of passing air through said ozone machine, pure oxygen may be introduced into the intake pipe 23 5 from any oxygen container or other source of oxygen supply. We may also" supply ozone to said manifold 12 from any source other than the apparatus vshown.

- We would state'in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a pracnot limit ourselves strictl to the mechanical details herein illustrat since manifestly the same may beconsiderably varied with- 15 out departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

manifold, a plpe connected said m anifold, 20

means for introducing vaporized fuel and air into said manifold, an ozone machine ,connected to said pipe, an alternating cfi'r-' rent" generator operated by said eng1ne,'-"atrans alternating current *thereto, and connecting means between said transformer and said ozone machine for supplying a high voltage alternating current to sald ozone machine.

WALTER WILLIAM HALES.

ARTHUR HINE.

ormer '"means .connectingf-said genera-j tor to said transformer" for supplying an

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