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In combusting fuel in an internal combustion engine with a fuel combustion system having a fuel tank, a fuel injecting system for injecting fuel into a cylinder section and a fuel path for providing fluid communication between the fuel tank and the fuel injecting system, a magnetic field is applied,

In combusting fuel in an internal combustion engine with a fuel combustion system having a fuel tank, a fuel injecting system for injecting fuel into a cylinder section and a fuel path for providing fluid communication between the fuel tank and the fuel injecting system, a magnetic field is applied, by means of a magnetic field applying device, to the fuel flowing from the fuel tank to the fuel injecting system through the fuel path. The magnetic field applying device is provided either along the fuel path or in the fuel injecting system.

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1. In an internal combustion engine having a cylinder section, a fuel supply, means for injecting fuel from said fuel supply into said cylinder section for combustion therein, and means for directing fuel along a path from said fuel supply to said injecting means, the improvement comprising means fo

1. In an internal combustion engine having a cylinder section, a fuel supply, means for injecting fuel from said fuel supply into said cylinder section for combustion therein, and means for directing fuel along a path from said fuel supply to said injecting means, the improvement comprising means for applying a strong magnetic field to the fuel at a location in one of a segment of said path and said fuel injecting means, said magnetic field applying means including a tubular ferromagnetic yoke and a first plate-shaped permanent magnet disposed in said yoke so as to define fuel flow passages on respective opposite sides of said first magnet between the opposite side faces of said first magnet and the inner walls of said yoke, said first magnet having its north and south poles at said respective side faces, so that the fuel flows through said fuel flow passages to be subjected to a strong magnetic field therealong the fuel flow through one of said fuel flow passages being subjected only to a northern magnetic field and the other fuel flow through the other fuel flow passage being subjected only to a southern magnetic field. 2. The improvement as in claim 1, wherein the cross sections of said fuel flow passages are trapezoidal. 3. The improvement as in claim 1, further comprising a second plate-shaped permanent magnet in said yoke downstream of said first magnet, rotated 90° about the axis of said yoke relative to said first magnet. 4. The improvement as in claim 1, further comprising a fuel pump in said path between said fuel supply and said injecting means, said ferromagnetic yoke being located in said path between said injecting means and said pump, closer to said injecting means than to said pump. 5. The improvement as in claim 4, wherein said fuel directing means includes a first pipe connected at one end thereof to said fuel pump and a second pipe connected at one end thereof to said injecting means, said magnetic field applying means further comprising nonmagnetic connector members screwably connecting opposite ends of said yoke to the other ends of said first and second pipes. 6. The improvement as in claim 4, wherein said internal combustion engine includes a carburator having a float chamber, said yoke being directly screwably connected at one end thereof to said float chamber, said fuel directing means including a first pipe connected at one end thereof to said fuel pump, said magnetic field applying means further comprising a nonmagnetic connector member screwably connecting the other end of said first pipe to said yoke. 7. The improvement as in claim 1, in which said magnetic field applying means are respectively provided in fuel paths continuous to cylinders in said fuel injection system. 8. The improvement as in claim 1, in which said fuel injecting means is a carburator. 9. The improvement as in claim 8, in which said magnetic field applying means is provided in said fuel path upstream of said carburator. 10. The improvement as in claim 8, in which said magnetic field applying means is provided in a main fuel path between a float chamber and a main nozzle in said carburator. 11. The improvement as in claim 1, in which said permanent magnet is made of material mainly containing rare earth elements. 12. The improvement as in claim 2, in which said permanent magnet is made of material mainly containing rare earth elements. 13. The improvement as in claim 7, in which said fuel injecting means is a fuel injection system. 14. The improvement as in claim 13, in which said magnetic field applying means is provided in said fuel path upstream said fuel injection system.