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US 4,537,159 AGranted
Coolant reserve tank
AssigneesNissan Motor Co., Ltd., Nihon Radiator Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshitomi Matsuzaki, Toshihiko Hayashi, Keizou Kushibiki
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Abstract
A coolant reserve tank comprises a disk-shaped splash-guard member horizontally disposed adjacent an inner end of a coolant reserve chamber vent and having in the upper surface thereof a plurality of grooves only through which the vent opens into the coolant reserve chamber, whereby the waves of the coolant in the chamber are mostly dashed against the lower surface of the splash-guard member and prevented from dashing into the vent to leak out therethrough.
Claims13
A coolant reserve tank comprising:
- a tank main body having a coolant reserve chamber;
- means for defining a coolant conveying passage for conveying coolant to and from a radiator;
- means for defining a coolant reserve chamber vent having a first end disposed inside said chamber at a location adjacent the top of same and a second end disposed outside said chamber and opening to the atmosphere;
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- a splash-guard member disposed inside said chamber at a location adjacent said first end of said vent and having a sideway passage which extends in a plane normal to the top-to-bottom directions of said tank main body and only through which said first end of said vent opens to said chamber.
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A coolant reserve tank comprising:
- a tank main body having a coolant reserve chamber;
- means for defining a coolant conveying passage having a first end disposed inside said chamber at a location adjacent the bottom of same and a second end disposed outside said chamber and communicating a radiator;
- means for defining a coolant reserve chamber vent having a first end disposed inside said chamber at a location adjacent the top of said chamber and a second end disposed outside said chamber and opening to the atmosphere;
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- a splash-guard member having a horizontal passage only through which said first end of said vent opens to said chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.