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US 4,755,289 AGranted
Lubricant filter for internal combustion engines
AssigneeTecnocar S.p.A.
InventorFranco Villani
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AssigneeTecnocar S.p.A.
InventorFranco Villani
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Lubricant filter for internal combustion engines, particularly for motor vehicles, of the screwed-on type, both for full flow and bypass filtering, the latter being obtained by superimposed filter cartridges with separation of the flow of filtered lubricant. The filter comprises an incorporated reservoir for reserve additives to be admitted to the lubricant at an appropriate time to reintegrate the original additives which are degraded or exhausted after a certain period of operation. The reservoir communicates with the rest of the filter through a discharge duct, normally closed by an on-off piston valve actuatable by means of an outer control knob, and through a feed hole normally closed by a check valve. When the on-off valve is opened, with the engine idling, the check valve is opened, too, and the reservoir of the additives is brought into communication with the rest of the filter, thus causing mixing of the additives with the lubricant which is fed directly to the oil sump.
A filter for internal combustion engines, comprising a bowl having a convex bottom wall and an upper open end and containing filter cartridge means for filtering a lubricant, a cover for closing said upper open end of said bowl, said cover having a plurality of eccentric inlet apertures for lubricant to be filtered and being formed with a pair of outlet apertures for filtered lubricant, one centrally formed in said cover and another radially outwardly of said one aperture, a sleeve extending axially from said cover toward said bottom wall of said bowl, sealing means between an outer surface of said sleeve and said filter cartridge means for insulating the flow of filtered lubricant and feeding it to said outlet apertures, a reservoir for lubricant additives within said bowl but externally of the confines of said sleeve and communicating with said filter cartridge means through a feed opening operably closed by a check valve, and through a discharge duct solely for additives, operably closed by an on-off valve actuable to mix said additives in said reservoir with filtered lubricant, and to this end said discharge duct for said additives being operatively connected between said resevoir and said filter cartridge means for supply by said discharge duct of additives in said reservoir to said filter cartridge means for mixture of said additives with filtered lubricant on opening said on-off valve.
In a lubricant filter for internal combustion engines, comprising a bowl having a convex bottom wall and an upper open end and containing at least one filter cartridge, a cover for closing said upper open end of said bowl, said cover having a plurality of eccentric inlet apertures for the lubricant to be filtered and a pair of outlet apertures for filter lubricant, one centrally formed in said cover and another radially outwardly of said aperture, a sleeve extending axially from said cover toward said bottom wall of said bowl, sealing means between an outer surface of said sleeve and said filter cartridge for insulating the flow of filtered lubricant and feeding it to said outlet apertures, the improvement comprising a reservoir for lubricant additives, incorporated in said bowl and communicating with said filter cartridge through a feed hole operably closed by a check valve, and through a discharge duct operably closed by an on-off valve actuable to mix closing off said discharge duct, said on-off valve being operably to mix said additives in said reservoir with filter lubricant, said reservoir being defined between said bottom wall of said bowl and a circular wall arranged transversely within said bowl below said filter cartridge, said circular wall being provided with a center hole for sealingly mounting it on said duct for discharging the additives, and with an intermediate feed hole normally closed by said check valve.
A lubricant filter for internal combustion engines, comprising a bowl defining a filter cartridge means containing section and a lubricant additive section defining a reservoir for lubricant additives, said lubricant additive section terminating in a convex bottom wall which defines the bottom of said bowl, said bowl having an open upper end and containing filter cartridge means for filtering lubricant, a cover for closing said upper open end of said bowl, said cover having a plurality of eccentric inlet apertures for a lubricant to be filtered and being formed with a pair of outlet apertures for filtered lubricant, one centrally formed in said cover and another radially outwardly of said one aperture, a sleeve extending axially from said cover through at least a central portion of said filter cartridge means toward said bottom wall short of said reservoir, sealing means between an outer surface of said sleeve and said filter cartridge means for insulating the flow filtered lubricant and feeding it to said outlet apertures, said reservoir communicating through a feed opening with said filter cartridge means, check valve means for normally closing said feed opening, a discharge duct operatively connected between said reservoir and said filter cartridge means for communication therebetween, and an off-off valve operatively related to said discharge duct for closing off or opening said duct to prevent or permit flow of additive into said duct for mixture with filtered lubricant in said filter cartridge means.
A lubricant filter for internal combustion engines, comprising a bowl having a convex bottom wall defining at least in part a reservoir for lubricant additives, said bowl having an upper open end and containing filter cartridge means for filtering a lubricant, a cover for closing said upper open end of said bowl, said cover having a plurality of eccentric inlet apertures for the lubricant to be filtered and a pair of outlet apertures for filtered lubricant, one centrally formed in said cover and another radially outwardly of said one aperture, a sleeve extending axially from said cover at least in part through said filter cartridge means toward said bottom wall short of said reservoir, sealing means between an outer surface of said sleeve and said filter cartridge for insulating the flow of filtered lubricant and feeding it to said outlet apertures, said reservoir communicating with said filter cartridge means through a feed opening, check valve means for normally closing said feed opening, a discharge duct operatively connected between said reservoir and said filter cartridge means for communication therebetween, and an actuable on-off valve operatively related to said discharge duct for closing off or opening said duct to prevent or permit flow of additives into said duct for admixture with filtered lubricant from said filter cartridge means.
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