Exhaust gas recirculation system

Claim 1

An exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine having an intake pipe connected with an intake manifold, a throttle flap in the intake pipe and exhaust pipe to discharge exhaust gas from the engine, said system comprising: and exhaust gas recirculation conduit feeding part of the exhaust gas to the intake manifold; a first variable-orifice valve disposed in the exhaust gas recirculation conduit and being spring-biased in a direction toward a valve closing position; a second variable-orifice valve disposed in the exhaust gas recirculation conduit downstream of said first valve with respect to exhaust gas flow therein and being spring-biased in a direction toward a valve opening position; means defining a vacuum port opening to the intake pipe in the neighbourhood of the preiphery of the throttle flap in its closed position; means defining an intake manifold vacuum sensing port opening to a portion of the recirculation conduit downstream of the second valve; a first vacuum servo means connected with said vacuum port to increase the open area of the first valve in dependence on the increase in vacuum at said vacuum port; a second vacuum servo means connected with said intake manifold vacuum sensing port to decrease the open area of the second valve in dependence on the increase in vacuum in said vacuum sensing port; a first conduit connecting said vacuum port to said first servo means; a second conduit connecting the intake manifold vacuum sensing port to said vacuum servo means and having two metering orifices formed at the respective end portions thereof; and a third conduit branching off from a portion of the second conduit between the two metering orifices and having a port opening to a portion of the recirculation conduit between the first valve and the second valve.