Articulated piston apparatus including a cooling gallery
US5692430A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF05C2251/042
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An articulated piston apparatus including an improved skirt member wherein the skirt member includes a cooling gallery channel with means for providing a directed flow of lubricant from the cooling gallery channel to the elements of the piston apparatus disposed within the skirt bore, wherein during the upward stroke of the piston apparatus a downwardly directed flow of lubricant flows from the cooling gallery channel through a bore from the cooling gallery channel to the skirt bore and therein impinges those elements of the piston apparatus to assure complete lubrication thereof.
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