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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1988
Kevin G Nelson, Tulsa, OK (US);
Facet Enterprises, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A manifold flame arrestor system for use with an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, each cylinder having an intake port and means of ignition of combustible mixtures drawn into the cylinder through the intake port, and an intake manifold connecting the intake ports of a plurality of cylinders, the system serving to reduce the possibility of transmission of combustion producing flame from a cylinder into the intake manifold comprising a flame arrestor positioned between the intake manifold and each cylinder intake port, each flame arrestor permitting passage of combustible mixtures therethrough but prohibiting the passage of flame therethrough.