Cooling system for marine propulsion engine
AssigneeSanshin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSeiji Inoue, Masayoshi Nanami
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Abstract
A number of embodiments of cooling systems for marine propulsion units having water cooled internal combustion engines in which the cooling jacket of the engine is at least partially positioned below the level of the water in which the watercraft is operating. The described embodiments all permit draining of the engine cooling jacket when it is not being run. In some embodiments, the drain valve also controls the communication of the coolant from the body of water in which the watercraft is operating with the engine cooling jacket. Various types of pumping arrangements are disclosed for pumping the bilge and automatic valve operation is also disclosed.
Claims12
A watercraft having a hull, an internal combustion engine supported within said hull, said engine having a cooling jacket positioned at least in part below the level of water in which said hull is floating at least when said hull is stationary, conduit means for supplying water from the body of water in which said watercraft is operating to said engine cooling jacket for cooling said engine, and two position two way valve means for selectively communicating said cooling jacket to a drain for draining said cooling jacket and for selectively communicating said cooling jacket to said conduit means for delivering water to said cooling jacket.
A watercraft having a hull as set forth in claim wherein the pump means is driven by the engine for pumping water from the bilge when the engine is again operated.
A watercraft having a hull an internal combustion engine supported within said hull, said engine having a cooling jacket positioned at least in part below the level of water in which said hull is floating at least when said hull is stationary, conduit means for supplying water from the body of water in which said watercraft is operating to said engine cooling jacket for cooling said engine, valve means for selectively communicating said cooling jacket to a drain for draining said cooling jacket, and means for automatically moving said valve means to its drain position when said engine is not being operated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.