This invention describes an improved means for supplying the liquid fuel to the cylinders of an engine provided with a receiver connected with the fuel-pump, and the cylinder head in which the receiver is adapted to move, and is so controlled that when it is filled to a certain level it descends and interrupts the flow of fuel, whilst when it is emptied to a certain level it rises and enables the pump to feed to the receiver.
For the above purpose the fuel receiver is supported by one arm of a lever the other arm of which carries a counterbalancing weight and transmits its motion through jointed levers to the suction-valve, or equivalent member, of the fuel-pump, whereby when the receiver empties , the arm carrying the weight falls and frees the suction-valve of the pump through the agency of the jointed levers, thus enabling oil to be pumped into the receiver.
An advantage claimed for this arrangement is that on a sudden breakdown of the fuel-pump the supply of fuel will be continued for a certain time from the receiver, during which time it might be practicable to effect a repair of the fuel-pump.