Internal-combustion engines – Miscellaneous – Fuels – lubricants and additives
Patent
1992-01-23
1993-10-05
Cross, E. Rollins
Internal-combustion engines
Miscellaneous
Fuels, lubricants and additives
431 4, 123538, 44354, F02B 7512, F02M 2700
Patent
active
052495523
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates generally to improving fuel combustion efficiency and is more particularly concerned with apparatus which is capable of providing such an improvement.
It has been found that the efficiency of fuel combustion can be improved to a small extent, typically 3%, by the use of a fuel additive made from a formulation of metals including tin and lead. It has also been found that the efficiency of fuel combustion can be improved to a small extent, typically 1%, by the use of a magnet installed outside a fuel line near to the point of combustion. Neither of these effects by itself is particularly marked. Indeed, automobile manufacturers do not supply their automobiles with fuel additives or magnets for improving fuel combustion efficiency, even though automobile manufacturers would be expected to be keen for their automobiles to use less fuel and thus have lower running costs. It has therefore proved to be all the more surprising, and unexpected, that the use of a fuel additive and a magnet in close combination gives greatly improved fuel combustion efficiency, typically 10%, as a result of an unexplained but apparently synergistic reaction.
Apparatus according to the present invention, for improving the efficiency of fuel combustion, comprises a fuel additive made from a formulation of metals, and is characterised in that said fuel additive is located within the magnetic field of a magnet.
The fuel may be, for example, any grade of oil, petrol or diesel.
The introduction of the fuel additive may occur, for example, in a fuel storage tank or in a fuel line or both. The fuel storage tank may be formed of steel, in which case the chemical reaction may include the tank. Alternatively, the fuel storage tank may be formed of a plastics material, in which case the additive may be enveloped or otherwise housed in a steel container so that the chemical reaction may include the container. The fuel line may lead to, for example, an internal combustion engine, a boiler or a furnace.
Preferably, the fuel additive and the magnet are located in a container and in use are immersed in fuel flowing through the container. The container may be formed as a cylinder whose ends are closed apart from an inlet and an outlet for attachment to a fuel line. The fuel additive and the magnet may be further provided in combination with a steel member.
The fuel additive may be formed by, for example, casting, extruding, cutting or shaping to have the shape of, for example, a mesh, rod, plate, ball or tube. The fuel additive may be formed separately from other components. Alternatively, the fuel additive may be formed integrally with a component such as a fuel filter. It is presently preferred that the fuel additive is cast into the shape of a cone. It is also presently preferred that the fuel additive consists of, apart from impurities,
In one embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention comprises a container formed as a steel cylinder whose ends are closed apart from an inlet and an outlet for attachment to a fuel line, the container housing a fuel additive located within the magnetic field of a magnet, with the fuel additive being provided by a line of a plurality of single identical solid members made from a formulation of metals, and the magnet being provided by a permanent ferrite magnetic member located nearer to the outlet than the inlet, the fuel additive being located nearer to the inlet than the outlet.
In another embodiment, the apparatus of the present invention comprises a container formed of plastics material as a cylinder whose ends are closed apart from an inlet and an outlet for attachment to a fuel line, the container housing a fuel additive located within the magnetic field of a magnet, with the fuel additive being provided by a plurality of layers each including a plurality of identical solid members made from a formulation of metals, and the magnet being provided by a plurality of permanent ferrite magnetic members held apart from one another by non-magnetic spacer members, the layers being
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Cross E. Rollins
Solis Erick
Wribro Ltd.
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