Ignition System for Automotive Engines (Patent No: 522550)

Inventor: Tsukishima, Sumio

Location: Coaldale

Comments: see Coaldale: gem of the west; family biographies

Description: Sumio Tsukishima, Coaldale, Alberta, Canada Application December 6, 1951, Serial No. 623,932 3 Claims

1. A device for facilitating the ignition of the air/gasoline mixture in internal combustion engines in combination with the conventional ignition system, including a source of electrical energy, a primary and secondary coil circuit, a distributor assembly and cam operated contacts for making and breaking said primary circuit; a vibrating coil assembly selectively connected in circuit with said ignition system, said assembly including a primary coil winding and a secondary coil winding, a vibrating make and break contact in said primary coil winding, a lead extending from one end of said primary coil winding to said primary coil circuit, a high tension lead extending from said secondary coil winding to said distributor assembly, means to selectively connect and disconnect said vibrating coil assembly to and from said ignition system, and further means whereby said vibrating coil assembly is only operative when said cam-operated contacts are in the open position.

2. The device according to Claim 1, in which said means includes a relay connected between said primary coil circuit and ground, said relay operating to close a circuit from said source of electrical energy to said primary coil winding.

3. The device according to Claim 1 or 2, in which said means to selectively connect and disconnect said vibrating coil assembly to said ignition system includes a double-acting switch in said leads.