US3407794A - Glow plug arrangement for internal combustion engines, especially for starting of diesel engines - Google Patents

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US3407794A
US3407794A US586184A US58618466A US3407794A US 3407794 A US3407794 A US 3407794A US 586184 A US586184 A US 586184A US 58618466 A US58618466 A US 58618466A US 3407794 A US3407794 A US 3407794A
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Nagai Minoru
Yato Makoto
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02N—STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02N19/00—Starting aids for combustion engines, not otherwise provided for
    • F02N19/02—Aiding engine start by thermal means, e.g. using lighted wicks
    • F02N19/04—Aiding engine start by thermal means, e.g. using lighted wicks by heating of fluids used in engines
    • F02N19/06—Aiding engine start by thermal means, e.g. using lighted wicks by heating of fluids used in engines by heating of combustion-air by flame generating means, e.g. flame glow-plugs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23Q—IGNITION; EXTINGUISHING-DEVICES
    • F23Q7/00—Incandescent ignition; Igniters using electrically-produced heat, e.g. lighters for cigarettes; Electrically-heated glowing plugs
    • F23Q7/001—Glowing plugs for internal-combustion engines

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  • a glow plug arrangement for internal combustion engines in which a stream of fuel is guided through an annular gap about the rear portion of a heated glow plug having an outer metal shell and a wire helix embedded in insulating material in the shell so that when the glow plug is energized the fuel will be heated and completely evaporated in the annular gap without coming in contact with the wire helix and the fuel air mixture forming in the region of the front end of the glow plug be ignited by the latter.
  • the present invention relates to a glow plug arrangement for internal combustion engines, especially for starting of diesel engines in which a glow plug, having an outer shell and a wire helix insulated embedded therein with one end of the wire connected to the shell and the other end connected to a source of electrical current, projects into the suction conduit of the internal combustron engine.
  • Arrangements of this type are known which serve to facilitate starting of diesel engines, especially during the cold season, in which the fuel is heated and evaporated before it comes in contact with the glow plug and in which the fuel after being mixed with air in the suction conduit of the internal combustion engine is ignited by the heated glow plug.
  • Other arrangements are known in which the fuel is atomized by an injection nozzle, mixed with air in the suction conduit and ignited by an electrical spark.
  • Arrangements are also known in which the fuel is intermittently evaporated and ignited by means of a glow plug having an outer electrically heated wire helix.
  • the glow plug arrangement for internal combustion engines mainly comprises a glow plug, wall means forming an annular gap about part of said glow plug and supporting the latter with a front portion of the glow plug projecting beyond the wall means, passage means communicating 3,407,794 Patented Oct. 29, 1968 in the region of a rear end of the annular gap with the latter for feeding liquid fuel into the annular gap, and means for connecting the rear end of the glow plug to a source of electrical energy for heating the glow plug, whereby fuel fed into the gap will be heated and evaporated therein and the fuel-air mixture forming in the region of the front end of the glow plug be ignited by the latter.
  • the aforementioned annular gap is in part formed by a front portion of a stepped bore in a housing in which a rear portion of the glow plug is located and in part formed by a heat resistant metal tube surrounding the portion of the glow plug projecting from the housing and radially spaced from the outer surface of the glow plug.
  • the front end of the glow plug preferably projects beyond the front end of the aforementioned metal tube.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial cross sectional view of the glow plug arrangement according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a partial cross sectional view of the front portion of the glow plug and the metal tube surrounding the same.
  • the glow plug arrangement comprises a metal housing 1 formed with a stepped bore 1 extending in longitudinal direction therethrough in which a glow plug 3 is located, the enlarged rear end of which is pressed by means of a screw nipple 2 against the corresponding shoulder of the stepped bore 1.
  • a passage 12 communicates with the annular gap 11 in the region of the rear end of the latter, which passage serves to feed liquid fuel from a source of liquid fuel, not shown in the drawing, into the annular gap 11.
  • the annular gap 11 is extended beyond the housing 1 by a tube 4 of heat resistant metal which projects from the front face, that is the right face, as viewed in FIG. 1, of the housing 1 substantially coaxially with the glow plug 3.
  • the tube 4 has preferably at its left end, as viewed in FIG.
  • a flange 4 formed with a central cylindrical cavity into which a corresponding cylindrical projection of the housing projects so that the tube 4 is properly centered with regard to the bore 1 in the housing and properly held on the latter.
  • the inner diameter of the tube 4 is substantially equal to the diameter of the enlarged portion of the stepped bore 1', and the front portion of the glow plug 3 preferably projects beyond the free end of the metal tube 4.
  • the metal tube 4 and the front end of the glow plug 3 are surrounded by a shielding tube 10 which is formed in the wall thereof with a plurality of openings 10' permitting passage of air in the suction conduit of the diesel engine into the interior of the shielding tube.
  • the glow plug 3 includes an outer metal shell 7 and a wire helix 6 located in the outer shell 7 embedded in insulating material 5, for instance ceramic powder.
  • the front end of the wire helix 6 is welded to the front end, that is the right end as viewed in FIG. 2, of the outer shell 7, whereas the rear end of the helix 6, not shown in FIG. 2, is connected to a terminal electrode 8 extending through the screw nipple 2 insulateidtherefrom by-awing-943i.insulatingmaterial..
  • the electrode 8 is connected in a known manner, not shown in the drawing, to a-source of electrical energy so that current may flow from the electrodes throughthe wire helix 6 the. outer shell 7 of the, plug .3 which through the-housing l is connected to ground. Y.
  • Thethusformed flame is sucked together with the air heated thereby during actuation" of the starting motor into the cylinders of the diesel engine.
  • a glow plug arrangement for internal combustion engines comprising, in combination, a glow plug comprising an outer metal shell and a wire helix located in said shell and being embedded in insulating material,
  • said wire helix having a front end connected to saidshell and a rear end; wall means forming an annular gap about part of said outer shell of said glow plug and supporting the latter with a front portion of said glow plug projecting beyond .sai-d .wall means; passage. means communicating with "saidannular gap in thejregion of the rear end of the latter for v"feeding liquid fuel in said annular gap;,and means forconnecting said rear .end of said wire helix to a source of electric energyfor heating said glow plug, whereby fuel fed into said gap will flowin an.
  • said wall means include further a tube of heatresistant metal projecting from said housing substantially coaxial with said glow plug and surrounding at least part of the front portion thereof radially spaced therefrom.

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US4211204A (en) * 1977-10-15 1980-07-08 Robert Bosch Gmbh Glow plug arrangement
FR2497924A1 (fr) * 1980-10-30 1982-07-16 Beru Werk Ruprecht Gmbh Co A Bougie a incandescence pour inflammation de carburant
US4346679A (en) * 1979-02-01 1982-08-31 Lucas Industries Limited Starting aids for internal combustion engines
US4587941A (en) * 1982-09-30 1986-05-13 Isuzu Motors Limited Intake burner
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US3529914A (en) * 1967-09-07 1970-09-22 Bosch Gmbh Robert Glow plug
US3566850A (en) * 1967-10-18 1971-03-02 Bosch Gmbh Robert Glow plug construction
US4211204A (en) * 1977-10-15 1980-07-08 Robert Bosch Gmbh Glow plug arrangement
US4346679A (en) * 1979-02-01 1982-08-31 Lucas Industries Limited Starting aids for internal combustion engines
FR2497924A1 (fr) * 1980-10-30 1982-07-16 Beru Werk Ruprecht Gmbh Co A Bougie a incandescence pour inflammation de carburant
US4459948A (en) * 1980-10-30 1984-07-17 Beru-Werk Albert Ruprecht Gmbh & Co., K.G. Glow plug for internal combustion engines
US4587941A (en) * 1982-09-30 1986-05-13 Isuzu Motors Limited Intake burner
US20110129393A1 (en) * 2009-12-02 2011-06-02 Lecea Oscar A Electrically-Heated Contact Fuel Vaporizer for a Hydrocarbon Reformer
US11255271B2 (en) 2018-09-12 2022-02-22 Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Igniter for gas turbine engine
US11391212B2 (en) 2018-09-12 2022-07-19 Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Igniter for gas turbine engine
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US11268447B2 (en) 2018-09-12 2022-03-08 Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. Igniter for gas turbine engine
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