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US 5,487,447 AGranted
System for facilitating an oil change and/or an oil filter change in internal combustion engines
OwnerManuel J. Martinez Velazquezinventor
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Abstract
System for facilitating the changing of the oil and the oil filter in internal combustion engines, the system being comprised of an external unit for extracting the spent oil and filling in the new oil, and oil filter support which provide for its operation at a remote position from the engine unit while facilitating the changing thereof and a system of hydraulic conduits for connecting the filter support to the engine unit and the crankcase to the external auxiliary unit.
Claims22
A system for expediting a change of motor oil in internal combustion engines which include a crankcase, said system comprising:
- extraction means for extracting oil frown the crankcase;
- filling means for filling oil into the crankcase;
- control means for controlling the operations of extraction and filling of oil;
- the extraction means and filling means including:
- first duct means which have a first end fixed in the proximity of the lowest point at a bottom portion of the crankcase, said first duct means having a second end which has a first connecting means;
- a second remote duct means releasably connectable by a second connecting means to said first connecting means of said first duct means;
- a remote unit for extraction and filling of oil, said remote unit being connected to said second duct means;
- wherein the control means includes means for carrying out a controlled suction of oil from the crankcase, through said first duct means and said second duct means to said remote unit, and means for carrying out a controlled filling of the crankcase supplying oil from the remote unit through said second duct means and said first duct means;
- the remote unit being connected to at least a first tank for storing oil extracted from the crankcase, the remote unit being connected to at least a second tank from which oil is supplied to the crankcase, the remote unit includes means for controlling the quantities of oil extracted from and supplied to the crankcase respectively, and
- the remote unit includes means for processing and storing data relating to the quantity of oil extracted from and supplied to the crankcase, respectively;
- and
- the first duct means comprises one single duct through which oil is pumped during extraction from the crankcase as well as during filling of the crankcase.
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