摘要 |
<p>A air flow rate meter apparatus includes an air bypass line, which branches off from a filter housing on the air intake fitting of an internal combustion engine and discharges at a restriction of the air intake tube upstream of a throttle valve. An injection valve is disposed in the restricted section, ejecting fuel in the direction toward a throttle valve. The air bypass line extends vertically and has a first U-shaped section, the connecting portion of which is located at a lower level than its legs. A temperature-dependent resistor in the form of a hot wire or hot strip is disposed in the downstream leg of the first U-shaped section, so that during a burnoff procedure of the temperature-dependent resistor a flow is effected in the direction toward the mouth of the air bypass line, thus preventing the aspiration of a fuel-air mixture into the air bypass line and thus avoiding the danger of ignition with the possible destruction of the temperature-dependent resistor.</p> |