Donát Bánki
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Donát Bánki (1859-1922) was a Hungarian mechanical engineer, inventor of (among many other things) the carburetor, together with János Csonka, in 1893. The credit for the invention is often, incorrectly, attributed to the German Wilhelm Maybach, who submitted his patent half a year after Bánki and Csonka.
The carburetor gave a jolt to the development of automobiles as previously the proper mixing of fuel and air in engines was not solved.
In 1898 he invented the high-compression engine with a dual carburetor, an evaporation method in use ever since.
Some sources say that the idea of the carburetor comes from a flower-girl, whom one evening, walking home from the Budapest Technical University, Bánki saw sprinkling water onto her flowers from a mouth-blown spray.
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