Metal gasket

A metal gasket disposed between a cylinder head and a cylinder block of a multicylinder internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders arranged in series comprising:

• a first base plate made of metal having a plurality of combustion openings corresponding to said cylinders formed therein and first beads protruding from a planar surface of said first base plate formed around said combustion openings;
• a second base plate made of metal having a plurality of combustion openings, corresponding to said cylinders formed therein and second beads protruding from a planar surface of said second base plate formed around said combustion openings, said second base plate being disposed in parallel with said first base plate with respective tip ends of said first and second beads facing each other;
• annular metallic shims secured to said first base plate on said planar surface of said first base plate from which said first beads protrude, wherein said annular metallic shim is secured between the inner periphery of said first beads and said combustion openings, respectively;
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• a resilient sealing member deposited on said second base plate on said planar surface of said second base plate from which said second beads protrude, wherein said resilient member is deposited around each outer periphery of said second beads, and at a junction where two of said second beads meet, said sealing member having a first portion of different dimension with respect to remaining portions thereof.