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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4193384 | Fuel injection system A fuel injection system for continuous fuel injection into the induction manifold of an internal combustion engine. Upstream of the main throttle, there is disposed a baffle plate on a pivoting lever which act as an air flow rate meter and displaces the s... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4187821 | Internal combustion engine with a bypass line skirting the load-control organ of the internal combustion engine An improvement in internal combustion engines of the type having an air supply line for supplying air to a combustion chamber and an auxiliary air valve containing a valve member connected to and movable with a membrane which is displaceable under action ... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4186697 | Exhaust gas purification promoting device Disclosed is a device for promoting the purification of exhaust gas in an internal combustion engine at the time of warm-up. The opening degree of the throttle valve of the carburetor is temporarily maintained open at about 20 degrees immediately after th... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4177784 | Engine starting device Engine starting device which, if engine temperature is at a level such that vaporized fuel may be present in a carburetor while an engine is stopped, causes a throttle valve to open a certain amount when the cranking motor is actuated, whereby such vapori... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4158352 | Apparatus for providing additional air to aid starting of I.C. engines A method and apparatus for introducing additional air into the intake manifold to aid in the starting of an internal combustion engine. A flapper valve is provided on the throttle valve which is operative according to the pressure differential across the ... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4154060 | Method for starting a pressure-charged internal-combustion engine and apparatus for implementing the method A starting arrangement for a pressure-charged internal-combustion engine in which at the beginning of the starting phase combustion air is delivered to the engine by way of a bypass valve and a throttle valve in the charge-air line from the pressure-charg... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4102315 | Proportional controller for controlling air flow to an engine A proportional controller controls the speed of an engine during start-up and warm-up periods by utilizing the properties of thermoexpansive and electroexpansive materials to regulate air flow to the engine in proportion to engine manifold vacuum, prevail... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4096843 | Starting system A system for improving the starting characteristics of an internal combustion engine is described. The system effects reduced exhaust emissions, especially for engines having thermal reactor and/or exhaust catalyst components. The system comprises a carbu... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4094292 | Hot starter system for engines A starter system for a hot internal combustion engine, the starter system including a first valve which opens upon starting of the engine in a heated state to permit supplemental air to be drawn into the engine intake passage to dilute the air-fuel mixtur... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4084559 | Speed control apparatus for an internal combustion engine Speed control apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprises a throttle valve in an intake pipe of the engine, a throttle adjusting element for actuating the throttle valve, and a speed control regulator connected to the throttle adjusting element.... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4079708 | Control device for the engine of an engine driven saw A control device for the engine of an engine driven saw having a carburetor with a normally closed fuel control or throttle valve and a normally open starting or choke valve. The device includes a selector member which has a "stop" position in which the e... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4069802 | Cold starting devices An internal combustion engine cold start device has an air valve which co-operates with a valve seat to vary the cross-sectional area of an gas supply passage upstream of a plug valve in the passage. The air valve is urged towards the valve seat by a coil... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4064854 | Air valve for a fuel injection system An air valve for a fuel injection system of a mixture-compressing externally ignited internal combustion engine which controlls the air flow in a bypass line associated with the air suction tube, the bypass line bypassing a throttle valve mounted within t... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4043310 | Auxiliary apparatus for hot-starting internal combustion engine Auxiliary apparatus for hot-starting an internal combustion engine includes a secondary air injection nozzle opened in the intake manifold, and a heat sensitive solenoid valve to control the supply of secondary air from an air source to the nozzle. When h... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3977380 | Starter assist device for internal combustion engines A starter assist device for internal combustion engines which includes a supplemental air supply passage for the intake manifold arranged to bypass the carburetor, and a thermo-sensitive switch incorporated in the starter circuit and arranged to cause int... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3971351 | Fuel metering system In an internal combustion engine, a fuel metering system having a metering apparatus for distributing charges of fuel from the fuel pump at predetermined intervals, and exhaust gas mixing device for mixing exhaust gas from the exhaust manifold with charge... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3967610 | Cold starting devices An internal combustion engine cold start device has an air valve which co-operates with a valve seat to vary the cross-sectional area of an auxiliary air supply passage upstream of a plug valve in the passage. The air valve is urged towards the valve seat... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3960130 | Start air control system An auxiliary air control system is disclosed for automatically controlling the air flow to an internal combustion engine during the starting phase of the engine's operational cycle to facilitate clean consistant starts under both hot and cold engine condi... | 06/01/1976 |
