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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 869,864, filed 6/26/86, now abandoned, which is a division of application Ser. No. 623,053, filed June 21, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,592,329.
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1. For use with an external ignition, internal combustion engine having at least one combustion chamber, the improvement of a hot vapor charge forming apparatus which comprises:
- (a) structure defining a fuel mixture flow path between an air inlet and an outlet adapted to be in fluid communication with a combustion chamber;
- (b) fuel mixture introducing means disposed proximate said inlet for introducing pre-determined portions of air and a vaporizable fuel into said flow path;
- (c) the structure comprising:
- (i) fuel mixture vaporizer means to transfer heat absorbed from the engine into said fuel mixture;
- (ii) a fuel mixture homogenizer disposed in said flow path intermediate said fuel mixture vaporizer and said combustion chamber, the homogenizer being drivable by a power source to compress and mix the fuel mixture and maintain a pressure differential across the homogenizer and comprising means for transferring further heat to said fuel mixture;
- (iii) a fuel mixture heater disposed intermediate said fuel mixture homogenizer and the outlet of said fuel mixture flow path, and adapted to still further heat said homogenized fuel mixture to a point wherein only fuel in a supervaporized state and air is present for fluid communication into a combustion chamber.
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