Lubricating apparatus for engines of vertical crankshaft type
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasato Sato, Shinichi Tamba, Toru Ogino
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Abstract
A lubricating apparatus for an engine of vertical crankshaft type according to the present invention includes an oil pan arranged at a lower portion of a crank case for supporting a vertical crankshaft, and an oil tank having a volume larger than that of the oil pan arranged independently from the oil pan, and wherein an outlet of the oil tank is communicated with each of lubricating portions through the oil pan, an intake portion of the oil tank is communicated with the oil pan and the oil in the oil pan is fed into the oil tank by means of an appropriate oil feeding mechanism.
Claims12
A lubricating apparatus for an engine of vertical crankshaft type having a vertical crankshaft and a crank case for supporting said crankshaft, comprising:
- an oil pan arranged at a lower portion of said crank case;
- an oil tank provided independently from said oil pan and having an intake portion communicated with said oil pan and an outlet portion communicated with each of lubricating portions;
- oil pumps arranged between said oil tank and said each of the lubricating portions to supply the oil to said lubricating portions;
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- oil feeding means arranged between said oil tank and said oil pan to feed the oil from said oil pan to said oil tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.