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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES W. SMITH, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
CHARGE-MOISTENING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES.1,359,761.
Specification of Letters.Patent.
Patented Nov. 23, 1920.
Application filed September 18, 1919. Serial No. 324,639.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES W. SMITH, a
citizen of the United States, residing at San
Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Improvement in Charge-Moistening Devices.
for Internal-Combustion Engines, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to attachments for
10 automobiles, and more particularly to a de--
vice having communication with the engine
thereof, for reducing to a minimum, carbon
deposit within the cylinder, and on the valve
members thereof.
15 A further object of the invention is to
direct the gas which collects in the crank case
of the engine, to the engine cylinders where
the same is used as fuel, thereby rendering
the engine more powerful, with a given
20 quantity of gas.
A further object of the invention is to
provide a device of this character which
may be efficiently employed as a priming
device, if so desired, to facilitate the start-
25 ing of the engine in cold weather.
M' ith the foregoing and other objects in
view which will appear as the description
proceeds, the invention resides in the com-
bination and arrangement of parts and in.
30 the details of construction hereinafter de-
scribed and claimed, it being understood that
changes in the precise embodiment of the
invention herein disclosed, may be made
within the scope of what is claimed, without
35 departing from the spirit of the invention.
Referring to the drawings:-
Figure 1 illustrates a side elevational view
of an automobile, the same being shown as
partly broken away, to disclose the relation
40 of the invention with the engine.
Fig. 2 illustrates a front plan view of the
tank used in connection with the engine,
Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view taken
on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
45 Fig. 4 illustrates a transverse sectional
view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.
Referring to the drawings in detail, the
reference character 5 designates the dash
board of an automobile, supplied with the
50 device forming the subject matter of the
present invention.
The dash board 5, is provided with a cen-
tral bore 6, through which extends the pipe
19, which has communication with the mani-fold of the engine, as at 20, for supplying the 55
engine with gas, in the event that the device
is to be employed as a primer.
The dash board 5 is also provided with
lateral bores 9 and 10, each of which accom-
modates a pipe 11, which has its ends thread- 60
ed as at 12, one of-said ends of one pipe be-
ing internally threaded to receive the thread-
ed end 14 of the pipe 15, which has connec-
tion with the water jacket of the engine,
as. at 16, and it will be seen that due to the 65
connection between the pipe - and water
jacket, the steam, generated in the water
jacket, is carried off through said pipe 15.
The opposite pipe, is also internally screw
threaded to receive one end of the pipe 17, 70
which has communication with the crank
casing, as at 18, whereby the gases which
ordinarily collect in the crank casing, may
be drawn off, and admitted to the cylinde's
of the engine, through pipe 19, which as 75
shown has connection with the manifold of
the engine, as at 20.
Each of the pipes, is in communication
with a supporting member. 21, which is in
the form of a block, arid is provided with a 80
plurality of bores 22, which have connection
with the respective pipes 15, 17, and 19. The
block 21, is provided with an annular groove
23, formed in the upper surface thereof,
which groove accommodates a packing 24, 85
to prevent leakage between the glass cylin-
der 25, which forms the body of the recep-
tacle, the lower ends of said cylinder 25,
being disposed within the annular groove
23, and held therein, by means of the elon- 90
gated rod 26, having a threaded end 27 op-
erating in a threaded opening formed in the
upper surface of the block 21.
Disposed on the upper edge of the cyl-
inder 25, is a cover 29, which is provided 95
with an annular depending flange 30, adapt-
ed to embrace the cylinder adjacent the up-
per end thereof, said cover being held to
the upper end of the cylinder 25, by means
of the rod 26, due to the flange 31, engag- 100
ing with said cover, when the rod is posi-
tioned to hold the cylinder 25 to its seat,
within the block 21.
This rod 26, is also provided with a head
32, which head has upwardly extending 105
flanges 34, forming a funnel. to direct fluid
to the bore 35, formed in the rod 26, the
same terminating substantially intermedi-
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Smith, Charles W. Charge-Moistening Device for Internal-Combustion Engines, patent, November 23, 1920; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258171/m1/3/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.