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Four-stroke internal combustion engine with contaminated oil elimination

US5456230A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 19, 1994
Grant dateOct 10, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 19, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02B2275/20
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a four-stroke internal combustion engine including a cylinder, a device for feeding fuel to the cylinder, a sealed crankcase chamber associated with the cylinder, a piston reciprocally movable in the cylinder and relative to the crankcase chamber to effect alternation of the pressure therein in response to piston reciprocation, an oil sump adapted to contain lubricating oil, a conduit system for recirculating oil from the sump to the crankcase chamber and from the crankcase chamber to the sump in response to alternation of the pressure in said crankcase chamber, an oil pump communicable with the oil sump and with the fuel feeding means, and a conduit operably connected to the oil pump and to the crankcase chamber so as to effect delivery of oil from the sump to the fuel feeding device in response to alternation of the pressure in the crankcase chamber.

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