Air cooled engine screen and method
OwnerEligio Santosinventor
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Abstract
An air-cooled-engine screen (1) is sized and shaped to cover airflow entrances (2) to engines of engine-powered equipment and tools such as chain saws (4). Strands of the screen are designedly strong, fine and spaced apart to allow passage of sufficient air between them to cool the engines while preventing passage of fine particles and/or fibers that are gooey, gummy, resinous or sappy wet and would solidify or gum onto cooling fins and nearby engine parts such as spark-plug connections and cooling-air outlets when being used. Cleaning is facilitated by minimizing screen-surface obstruction. Select attachment means (8, 9, 10, 11 12) are provided for original equipment, for after-market add-on and for various long-term or temporary use conditions.
Claims6
An air-cooled-engine screen for an air-cooled engine within an engine enclosure comprising:
- at least one screen that is sized and shaped to cover airflow entrances to the air-cooled engine in the engine enclosure for an engine-powered item;
- strands of the screen which have tensile strength, toughness, spaced-apart distances and strand-crossing distances to allow the required airflow through the screen while preventing passage of engine-gumming material through the screen;
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- a means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure in covering position on the airflow entrances wherein the means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure is high-strength adhesive that is applied to intermediate select attachment-side surfaces of the screen and select outside surfaces of the engine enclosure;
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- an outside surface of the screen is free of obstruction for ease of being wiped clean and brushed clean.
An air-cooled-engine screen for an air-cooled engine within an engine enclosure comprising:
- at least one screen that is sized and shaped to cover airflow entrances to the air-cooled engine in the engine enclosure for an engine-powered chain saw;
- strands of the screen which have tensile strength, toughness, spaced-apart distances and strand-crossing distances to allow the required airflow through the screen while preventing passage of engine-gumming material through the screen;
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- a means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure in covering position on the airflow entrances wherein the means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure is high-strength adhesive that is applied to intermediate select attachment-side surfaces of the screen and select outside surfaces of the engine enclosure;
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- an outside surface of the screen is free of obstruction for ease of being wiped clean and brushed clean.
An air-cooled-engine screen for an air-cooled engine within an engine enclosure comprising;
- at least one screen that is sized and shaped to cover airflow entrances to the air-cooled engine in the engine enclosure for an engine-powered item;
- strands of the screen which have tensile strength, toughness, spaced-apart distances and strand-crossing distances to allow the required airflow through the screen while preventing passage of engine-gumming material through the screen;
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- a means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure in covering position on the airflow entrances wherein the means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure is a plurality of hooks having hook members hooked onto inside surfaces of the engine enclosure and onto the screen proximate peripheral edges of the airflow entrances.
An air-cooled-engine screen for an air-cooled engine within an engine enclosure comprising:
- at least one screen that is sized and shaped to cover airflow entrances to the air-cooled engine in the engine enclosure for an engine-powered chain saw;
- strands of the screen which have tensile strength, toughness, spaced-apart distances and strand-crossing distances to allow the required airflow through the screen while preventing passage of engine-gumming material through the screen;
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- a means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure in covering position on the airflow entrances wherein the means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure is a plurality of hooks having hook members hooked onto inside surfaces of the engine enclosure and onto the screen proximate peripheral edges of the airflow entrances.
An air-cooled-engine screen for an air-cooled engine within an engine enclosure comprising:
- at least one screen that is sized and shaped to cover airflow entrances to the air-cooled engine in the engine enclosure for an engine-powered item;
- strands of the screen which have tensile strength, toughness, spaced-apart distances and strand-crossing distances to allow the required airflow through the screen while preventing passage of engine-gumming material through the screen;
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- a means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure in covering position on the airflow entrances wherein the screen has a peripheral border with fastener apertures that are sized, shaped and positioned to receive fastener members that are attachable to the engine enclosure.
An air-cooled-engine screen for an air-cooled engine within an engine enclosure comprising:
- at least one screen that is sized and shaped to cover airflow entrances to the air-cooled engine in the engine enclosure for an engine-powered item;
- strands of the screen which have tensile strength, toughness, spaced-apart distances and stand-crossing distances to allow the required airflow through the screen while preventing passage of engine-gumming material through the screen;
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- a means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure in covering position on the airflow entrances wherein the means for attaching the screen to the engine enclosure is a pliable hook system like VELCRO.RTM. having a first plurality of pliable hook members attached to the screen and a second plurality of pliable hook members attached to the engine enclosure proximate airflow entrances.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.