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Donát Bánki (born as Donát Lőwinger, 6 June 1859 – 1 August 1922) "The Contribution of Hungarians to Universal Culture" (with inventors), Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Damascus, Syria, 2006, webpage:
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was a Hungarian mechanical
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heritage. In 1893 he invented the
carburetor A carburetor (also spelled carburettor) is a device used by an internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. The primary method of adding fuel to the intake air is through the venturi tube in the main meteri ...
for the stationary engine, together with János Csonka (known as the Bánki-Csonka engine). The invention is often, incorrectly credited to the German
Wilhelm Maybach Wilhelm Maybach (; 9 February 1846 – 29 December 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist. During the 1890s he was hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of Designers". From the late 19th ce ...
, who submitted his patent half a year after Bánki and Csonka. Bánki also greatly contributed to the design of compressors for combustion engines. In 1898, Donát Bánki invented the high-compression engine with a dual carburetor, an evaporation method used ever since. The invention of the
carburetor A carburetor (also spelled carburettor) is a device used by an internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. The primary method of adding fuel to the intake air is through the venturi tube in the main meteri ...
helped the development of
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, as previously no method was known to correctly mix the fuel and air for engines. Some sources say that the idea of the
carburetor A carburetor (also spelled carburettor) is a device used by an internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. The primary method of adding fuel to the intake air is through the venturi tube in the main meteri ...
came from a flower girl. One evening, Bánki saw her while walking home from the Budapest Technical University. She was sprinkling water onto her flowers by blowing spray from her mouth. Bánki is also given partial credit for the invention of the crossflow turbine.''Acta technica'', Volume 45, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1964
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at www.thehungarypage.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Banki, Donat 1859 births 1922 deaths Hungarian inventors People from Komárom-Esztergom County Hungarian Jews Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungarian automotive pioneers Fluid dynamicists Burials at Farkasréti Cemetery