Crank case oil pan
OwnerJoseph F. Hnojskyinventor
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Abstract
An oil pan designed for installation underneath a crank case of an internal combustion engine, the oil pan of the present invention consisting of two separate sections each of which is secured independently to the engine as well as to each other so that either one can be selectively removed while the other is left on so to eliminate the labor of removing the entire oil pan.
Claims1
An improved crank case oil pan, comprising in combination, a plurality of six interfitting sections, and including an end section at each end and a pair of wedge-shaped sections therebetween, each said section including a flange having openings therethrough for receiving mounting bolts to fasten said sections to an underside of an engine block, said bolts extending through a gasket fitted between said engine block and said oil pan, one end of said oil pan being downwardly relatively deep while an opposite end thereof is downwardly shallow, a vertical wall forming a shoulder between said deep and said shallow ends, said vertical wall extending across said wedge-shaped sections, each said section additionally including an outwardly turned flange along all edges that abut with mating-like flanges of an adjacent said section, bolt openings through said flanges receiving mounting bolts for securing said sections together, and said sections each being independently removable from said engine block without need of removal of adjacent said sections.
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