1. A carburetor for an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a carburetor body defining a plurality of cylinder bores for the passage of streams of air from the atmosphere to the engine, each cylinder bore having a venturi constriction for reducing the pressure of air as the air passes through the cylinder bore and for drawing fuel from a fuel bowl into the stream of air passed through the cylinder bore, and a valve in alignment with each cylinder bore configured for variably constricting the flow of air through the cylinder bore,
an idle passage extending through the carburetor body adjacent each cylinder bore that bypasses said valves and configured for the passing of fuel from the fuel bowl to the engine without regulation by said valves,
the improvement therein comprising:
a common fuel flow metering circuit in fluid communication with at least two of said idle passages joining the fuel flowing from the idle passages and re-distributing the metered fuel back to said idle passages and a metering valve in said common fuel flow metering circuit for metering the flow of fuel through said common fuel flow metering circuit,
such that fuel passing through the at least two of said idle passages is passed through the metering valve and redistributed back to the idle passages.
2. The carburetor of claim 1, wherein said metering valve is a needle valve.
3. The carburetor of claim 1, wherein said carburetor body defines four cylinder bores.
4. The carburetor of claim 1, wherein said idle passages each include a fuel inlet portion and a fuel delivery portion, and said common fuel flow metering circuit has an inlet branch in communication with the fuel inlet portion and a distribution branch in communication with the fuel delivery portion.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for tracking projects comprising:
providing a project summary screen;
receiving proposal parameters;
freezing the proposal parameters;
presenting the proposal parameters to at least one reviewer; and
receiving a decision regarding the proposal parameter from the at least one reviewer.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving revisions to the proposal parameters prior to freezing the proposal parameters.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a designation of reviewers.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
unfreezing the proposal parameters after receiving a decision so as to allow revisions to the proposal parameters.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving comments from the at least one reviewer regarding the proposal parameters;
storing the comments with the proposal parameters; and
presenting the comments along with the proposal parameter to a subsequent reviewer.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
converting the proposal to a project after receiving a decision; and
tracking the progress of the project.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:
indicating the status of the project based on automatic comparison to previously approved parameters.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein indicating the status of the project includes color coding project parameters.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving attached documents;
storing the attached documents; and
presenting the attached documents to the reviewer.
10. A method for submitting a project proposal comprising:
initiating a proposal idea;
formulating goals and objectives for the proposal;
entering proposal parameters in to a system for tracking proposals; and
receiving a decision regarding the proposal.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
selecting reviewers for the proposal.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
receiving an indication that the proposal will not move forward in a current form;
revising the proposal; and
resubmitting the revised proposal through the system for tracking proposals.
13. A system for tracking proposals comprising:
a server for presenting a project summary screen and receiving proposal parameters; and
a database for storing the project parameters and providing the proposal parameters when requested.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the server is configured to freeze the proposal parameters stored in the database.
15. The system of claim 13, wherein the server presents the proposal parameters to reviewers.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the server receives and stores comments from the reviewers.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the comments are presented along with the proposal parameters to subsequent reviewers.
18. The system of claim 15, wherein the server receives a decision regarding the proposal parameters from the reviewers.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the server unfreezes the proposal parameters and allows the proposal parameters to be revised.
20. A system for tracking proposals comprising:
means for receiving proposal parameters;
means for presenting the proposal parameters to reviewers; and
means for freezing the proposal parameters so that each reviewer reviews the same proposal parameters.
21. The system of claim 20, further comprising:
means for selecting the reviewers.
22. The system of claim 20, further comprising:
means for receiving a decision from the reviewers.
23. The system of claim 22, further comprising:
means for unfreezing the proposal parameters to allow for revision.
24. The system of claim 20, further comprising:
means for converting the proposal to a project; and
means for tracking the project.
25. The system of claim 24, further comprising:
means for visually indicating the status of project parameters based on automatic comparison to previously approved parameters.
26. The system of claim 20, further comprising:
means for receiving attached documents with the proposal parameters; and
means for presenting the attached documents to the reviewers.