Transfer port duct for two-stroke engines

In a two-stroke internal combustion engine, a cylinder cast from a pair of separable dies to have a cylinder bore in which a piston is to reciprocate, at least one transfer port extending through the wall of the cylinder, and a parting line along which the dies separate, an upper portion of the cylinder forming a combustion chamber and a lower portion of the cylinder forming part of the crankcase of the engine, an improved transfer duct construction comprising, in combination:

• (1) each transfer port formed in the wall of the cylinder having
• (a) a first side wall that is inclined relative to the parting line and faces away from the cylinder bore,
• (b) a second side wall that is spaced from the first side wall and arranged perpendicular to the parting line, and
• (c) spaced upper and lower walls interconnecting the upper ends and lower ends, respectively, of the first and second side walls;
• (2) a transfer port cover attached to the exterior wall of the cylinder over each transfer port and including
• (a) a wall member covering the transfer port, and
• (b) an inner end wall disposed adjacent the second side wall of the transfer port, said inner end wall having an inclined surface facing the bore of the cylinder along the upper portion thereof and arranged at an acute included angle relative to the parting line;
• (3) each transfer port cover and transfer port defining a transfer duct communicating with the crankcase at its lower end and with the combustion chamber at its upper end for the transfer of a fresh change of fuel-air mixture from the crankcase to the combustion chamber.