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US 4,864,980 AGranted
Exhaust valve throttling mechanism for two-stroke engine
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorStephen B. Riese
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AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorStephen B. Riese
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An improved exhaust port throttling mechanism for a two-stroke engine. The engine includes a plurality of in-line cylinders each having an exhaust passage disposed to be closed during reciprocating movement of the piston. The exhaust passages communicate with a common exhaust chamber and a tubular valve member is mounted for rotation within the exhaust chamber. The valve member includes a plurality of apertures, each adapted to register with one of the exhaust passages. When used with a V-6 engine having two banks of in-line cylinders, a shaft is connected to each valve member and the corresponding ends of the shafts are interconnected by meshing gear segments. One of the gear segments is connected through a linkage to the throttle lever for the engine so that the valve members will be rotated by actuation of the throttle lever between a substantially closed position at low speeds, where the valve members substantially close off the exhaust passages, to an open position at high speeds where the apertures in the valve members are in full registry with the exhaust passages, so that the exhaust gas is discharged via the interior of the valve members without restriction.
In a two-stroke engine an engine block having a plurality of in-line cylinders, exhaust passage means communicating with each cylinder, a tubular valve member mounted for rotation relative to said block and having a plurality of apertures constructed and arranged to be moved into and out of registry with the respective exhaust passage means, and operating means for moving said valve member from a closed position at low engine speeds where said apertures are substantially out of registry with the respective exhaust passage means to an open position at high speeds wherein said apertures are in full registry with said exhaust passage means, the interior of said tubular valve member constituting a conduit to conduct exhaust gas.
In a two-stroke engine, an engine block having a plurality of in-line cylinders, each cylinder having exhaust passage means, exhaust chamber means disposed in said block and communicating with said exhaust passage means, tubular valve means mounted for rotation in said exhaust chamber means and having a plurality of apertures constructed and arranged to be moved into and out of registry with the respective exhaust passage means, and means responsive to an increase in engine speed for rotating said tubular valve means from a first position where said apertures are substantially out of registry with the corresponding exhaust passage means to a second position where said apertures are in full registry with the respective exhaust passage means, the interior of said tubular valve means constituting a conduit to conduct exhaust gas.
In a two-stroke six cylinder engine, an engine block including two banks of three in-line cylinders each disposed to receive a piston for reciprocating movement, exhaust passage means communicating with each cylinder, a pair of generally parallel exhaust chambers each communicating with the exhaust passage means of one of said banks of cylinders, a tubular valve member mounted for rotation in each exhaust chamber and each tubular member having a plurality of apertures constructed and arranged to be moved into and out of registry with the respective exhaust passage means, operating means for rotating each tubular valve member from a substantially closed position at low engine speed where said apertures are substantially out of registry with the respective exhaust passage means to an open position at high speed where said apertures are in full registry with the respective exhaust passage means, the interiors of said tubular valve members constituting conduits for the discharge of exhaust gas from said exhaust passage means.
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