Lubricating device for overhead valve engine
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinichi Tamba, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Akihito Shimizu
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Abstract
A lubricating device for an overhead valve engine having a rocker arm chamber provided with a valve gear, a crank chamber provided with a valve driving gear, and valve drive push rods disposed between the valve gear and the valve driving gear. Provided are paths respectively communicating aforesaid crank chamber to aforesaid rocker arm chamber, aforesaid rocker arm chamber to aforesaid push rod chamber, and the bottom of aforesaid push rod chamber to aforesaid crank chamber through a bearing portion on a power takeoff side, or the bottom of aforesaid push rod chamber is communicated to aforesaid bearing portion of aforesaid power takeoff side with an outlet for breather gas in aforesaid push rod chamber.
Claims4
A lubricating device for an overhead valve engine having a rocker arm chamber provided with a valve gear, a crank chamber provided with a valve driving gear, and valve drive push rods disposed between the valve gear and the valve driving gear, comprising:
- paths respectively communicating said crank chamber to said rocker arm chamber, said rocker arm chamber to said push rod chamber, and the bottom of said push rod chamber to said crank chamber through a bearing portion on a power takeoff side.
A lubricating device for an overhead valve engine having a rocker arm chamber provided with a valve gear, a crank chamber provided with a valve driving gear, a valve drive push rods disposed between the valve gear and the valve driving gear, comprising:
- paths respectively communicating said crank chamber to said rocker arm chamber, said rocker arm chamber to said push rod chamber, and the bottom of said push rod chamber to a bearing portion on a power takeoff side, and
- an outlet for breather gas in said push rod chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.