Flathead adaption system for engine
OwnerJack Boehninginventor
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Abstract
A flathead adaption system for an engine adapts the engine to look like a 1950's flathead engine. First the existing valve cover is removed from the engine. Thereafter, an adapter member is mounted at a valve cover opening from which the valve cover was removed. A rectangular plate-shaped flathead member is mounted to the top surface of the adapter member covering over the valve cover opening. The flathead member is provided with a plurality of non-energized spark plugs. When one or more of these non-energized spark plugs is removed, the resulting aperture is then used for pouring oil into the engine in place of the oil filling aperture in the valve cover which was removed.
Claims19
A flathead adaption system for an engine having at least one valve cover and at least one spark plug extending from the engine at a location separated from the valve cover, comprising:
- a rectangular plate-shaped flathead member having at least one non-energized spark plug therein;
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- an adapter member having a first mounting surface at which the flathead member is attached and an opposite second mounting surface which is attached at a valve opening in an engine block of the engine in place of a valve cover which is removed prior to mounting of the flathead member and adapted member.
A method for adapting an engine having at least one pocket-shaped valve cover to look like a 1950's flathead engine, comprising the steps of:
- removing the at least one valve cover from a valve cover opening;
- mounting an adapter member at the valve cover opening;
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- mounting a rectangular plate-shaped flathead member to a top surface of the adapter member covering over the valve cover opening.
An automobile engine having a 1950's flathead engine appearance, comprising:
- an engine block having first and second rows of energized spark plugs extending from respective opposite outer side walls thereof;
- first and second valve cover openings extending at opposite sides of a central top surface of the engine block;
- first and second adapter members having sloped inwardly facing side walls having respective bottom surfaces bolted at the respective valve cover openings;
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- first and second plate-shaped flathead members each having a row of non-energized spark plugs therein mounted at a top surface of each of the respective first and second adapter members.
A flathead adaption system for an engine having at least one valve cover and at least one energized spark plug extending from the engine at a location separated from the valve cover, comprising:
- a rectangular plate-shaped flathead portion having at least one non-energized spark plug therein;
- an adapter portion having at one end the flathead member portion thereat and at an opposite end being attachable at a valve opening in an engine block of the engine in place of a valve cover which is removed prior to mounting of the flathead member and adapter member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.