Spray carburetor
Carburador de pulverización
- Date
- 1893 · confidence medium
- Place
- Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Germany
- Credited to
- Wilhelm Maybach (1893); Donát Bánki and János Csonka (Budapest, 1893); Karl Benz
- People
- 👤 Carl Benz1844–1929👤 Donát Bánki1859–1922👤 János Csonka1852–1939👤 Wilhelm Maybach1846–1929
- Field
- Movement
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
Device that mixes air with sprayed petrol in an adjustable proportion. It enabled fast, lightweight petrol engines suitable for vehicles.
Bánki and Csonka patented a jet carburettor in February 1893; Maybach presented his in August of the same year.
What it led to
- High-speed petrol engine
- Petrol-powered car and aviation
- Filling stations and petrol refining
Built on
- Four-stroke internal combustion engine1876
- Otto four-stroke engine
- Oil refining