|Publication number||US4986907 A|
|Application number||US 07/305,277|
|Publication date||Jan 22, 1991|
|Filing date||Feb 1, 1989|
|Priority date||Feb 3, 1989|
|Also published as||DE68904182D1, DE68904182T2, EP0380818A1, EP0380818B1|
|Publication number||07305277, 305277, US 4986907 A, US 4986907A, US-A-4986907, US4986907 A, US4986907A|
|Inventors||Luis A. Montemayor Uzeta|
|Original Assignee||Montemayor Uzeta Luis A|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (25), Classifications (27), Legal Events (5)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
It is well known that the qualitative properties of the fuels used around the world by automotive vehicles are by no means the best in the world. This means that the owner of any vehicle is affected by premature wear and tear on the engine of his automobile, and in the end, he is affected economically.
Without pretending to do a study of the fuels used in internal combustion engines, we want to emphasize their very poor quality due to high contents of sulfur, paraffin and sulfuric acid among other components which harm the use life of the internal combustion-engines of automotive vehicles. To the foregoing, we can add the dust or dirt that is introduced into the gas tank during the normal filling operation.
In addition to the above, the metallic nature of storage tanks together with the layer of water condensation that commonly forms on the upper, interior surface of the tank, causes the oxides which, when mixed with the diesel fuel, impoverish its capacity still more.
A purpose of this invention is to provide a diesel refining apparatus that will be placed between the fuel storage tank and the primary filter of an automotive vehicle in order to refine the diesel fuel through separation of the impurities or foreign components from the diesel (water, oxides, sulfur, etc.) existing in it in such a way that the diesel received in the injection system of the engine via the primary filter has optimal qualitative conditions for generating greater yield and duration of the vehicle's engine.
Some sheets of drawings are included for better illustration and understanding of this invention, on which
FIG. 1 is a conventional perspective view of the fuel refining apparatus.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the apparatus of this invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the refining apparatus sectioned longitudinally, showing practically all the components of the apparatus.
FIG. 4 is a view of one of the blowoff valve of the apparatus shown with its pieces blown up.
The fuel refining apparatus 100 consists of a cylindrical body 10 which includes a fuel intake orifice 20 into which is connected a pipe or hose (in dotted lines) from the fuel storage tank. Once the fuel enters the cylindrical body 10, it is led by an interior fuel flow conduit 30, placed in fluid communication with the orifice 20, from which it leaves by an orifice 40 made in the lower part of the pipe 30. The interior fuel flow conduit is an elongated pipe whose perpendicular arrangement with respect to a longitudinal axis of the intake orifice allows a first impact of the fuel that enters the apparatus through the intake orifice. On flowing out from the interior pipe 30, the fuel hits against a metal plate 50 (sectioned vertically in FIG. 3), which runs diametrally and also substantially longitudinally around the interior of the cylinder. This plate is preheated by an electric resistor 60 which is connected to the engine starter key. Due to the preheating of the plate 50 and the angular relationship maintained by the conduit 30 and the preheated plate 50, the fuel that leaves said pipe 30 and hits against the plate is projected centrifugally to create a turbulence that initially facilitates separation of its components such as water, sulfur, sulfuric acid, etc. which, due to their greater specific weight in relation to the (diesel) fuel tend to be precipitated toward the bottom surface of cylinder 10. Meanwhile, due to its specific weight which is less than 1, the diesel tends to be maintained in the upper part in relation to the other components, whose specific weights are greater than 1, and in the case of the water, the same as the unit.
The apparatus 100 also consists of a lower blowoff valve 70 and an upper blowoff valve 80. The valve 70 is activated manually in order to withdraw from the bottom surface of the cylinder the impurities or components of the diesel that do not carry out favorable functions in the combustion of this fuel, while the valve 80, which can also be activated manually, allows withdrawal of the air that might be stored in the upper part of the cylinder to make drainage of the apparatus more efficient. Each drainage valve (70, 80) is composed of a valve body 71 which is traversed longitudinally by a stem or pin 72 which has a conduit 73 almost along its entire length and an end packing 74 to ensure the air tightness of the valve. The valve is complemented by a spring 75 placed over the valve body 71 and which surrounds the stem 72; furthermore a bolt 76 traverses the stem transversely, keeping the spring under a predetermined pressure.
Finally, the fuel already refined by the apparatus leaves through the fuel exit orifice 90 toward the primary filter from where it later passes to the engine's injection system. Consequently the diesel fuel, preheated and refined, further favors combustion, increasing the yield and use life of the engine.
Based on results of experimentation or tests on the apparatus, we can assure that the retention of the water contained in the fuel, of the sulfuric acid and of oxides generated in the storage tank, as well as impurities such as earth, dirt, etc. is on the order of 95% to 98% for each case.
Even though the invention has been described in detail, it must be clarified that it has been described with respect to certain ways of being used, but this must not be understood as a restriction on the scope of the invention, as these manners of utilization must only be considered restricted by the scopes of the following:
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|U.S. Classification||210/179, 219/205, 210/512.1, 210/187, 210/540, 210/533, 210/519, 123/514, 123/557, 123/516|
|International Classification||B01D21/00, F02M31/125, B01D17/028, F02B3/06, F02M37/22|
|Cooperative Classification||B01D21/267, F02M31/125, B01D21/02, Y02T10/126, F02B3/06, B01D21/009, F02M37/223|
|European Classification||B01D21/00T, B01D21/26, B01D21/02, F02M37/22B, F02M31/125|
|Oct 28, 1991||AS||Assignment|
Owner name: RCI DIESEL PURIFIER INC.
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:MONTEMAYOR UZETA, LUIS A. M.;REEL/FRAME:005889/0227
Effective date: 19910812
|Jun 13, 1994||FPAY||Fee payment|
Year of fee payment: 4
|Aug 18, 1998||REMI||Maintenance fee reminder mailed|
|Jan 24, 1999||LAPS||Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees|
|Apr 6, 1999||FP||Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee|
Effective date: 19990122