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The first carburetor for a stationary engine was patented in 1893 by Hungarian engineers János Csonka and Donát Bánki. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The first four-barrel carburetors were the Carter Carburetor WCFB and the identical Rochester 4GC, introduced in various General Motors models for 1952.
Carter adapted carburetors for Willys Jeep four-cylinder engines, waterproofing them for water crossings and making it possible to keep the engine going even on a steep incline (the YS carburetor). Carter also produced the first American four-barrel carburetor, used for Buick’s 1952 straight-eight, and followed by the WCFB on the 1955 ...
1913 gate to the Société du Carburateur Zénith factory in Lyon. Zénith carburettors being in high demand, with 2,740 items manufactured in 1907–1908, and production licenses sold to Cottin & Desgouttes, De Dion-Bouton and Peugeot, Rochet-Schneider decided it was time to create a new company, and thus Société du carburateur Zénith was created in July 1909 as a société anonyme.
[1] The company today marks its official starting date as 1903 when they started mass-producing carburetors for Henry Ford. [2] "Their first original carburetor, called the iron pot, appeared on the curved-dash Oldsmobile in 1904." [3] In April 1905 Holley Brothers Company was established with an address at 661-75 Beaubien St., Detroit ...
János Csonka (22 January 1852 in Szeged – 27 October 1939 in Budapest) was a Hungarian engineer, the co-inventor of the carburetor for the stationary engine with Donát Bánki, [1] patented on 13 February 1893.
Kingston was born in Michigan. He married Alina Vincent in Ovid, Michigan, and had one son, Ralph, born December 25, 1905. The Kingstons bought the Seiberling Mansion in Kokomo in 1914, which was later the location of Indiana University Kokomo, and is now the home of the Howard County Museum and Howard County Historical Society.
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The Quadrajet is a four barrel carburetor, made by the Rochester Products Division of General Motors.Its first application was the new-for-1965 Chevy 396ci engine.Its last application was on the 1990 Oldsmobile 307 V8 engine, which was last used in the Cadillac Brougham and full size station wagons made by Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick.