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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1978
Filed:
May. 07, 1976
Karl Willmann, Buchenbach, DT;
Helmut Saufferer, Esslingen, DT;
Abstract
An atomization system for internal combustion engines for atomizing fuel in an air stream, which includes an atomization space separate from the combustion or working space of the internal combustion engine and traversed at least in part by the combustion air; the electrically conductive fuel supply includes a large number of small capillary tubes projecting into the atomization space from the mounting support thereof while a counter-electrode is provided with a large surface facing the discharge openings of the capillary tubes; additionally, means are provided for guiding the air in such a direction and at such a velocity that the forces exerted on the atomized and electrically charged fuel droplets by the flowing air predominate the electrostatic attracting forces exerted on the droplets by the counter-electrode and thus keep the droplets from the counter-electrode.