Swirl chamber used in association with a combustion chamber for diesel engines
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsKoichi Funaki, Seishiro Kubo
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Abstract
A swirl chamber used in association with a combustion chamber for diesel engines, includes a pair of sub-nozzle holes on the opposite sides of a main nozzle hole to supply a secondary air into the swirl chamber, the sub-nozzle holes being positioned such that the secondary air ejected therethrough is fully utilized for the combustion in the swirl chamber, thereby securing the complete combustion and the reduction of environmental contaminants such as NOx and fumes.
Claims28
A swirl chamber used in association with a combustion chamber for diesel engines, wherein the combustion chamber is defined by a piston, a cylinder, and a cylinder head, the swirl chamber comprising:
- a mouthpiece fitted in a hole of the cylinder head, the hole having a bottom-open recess, and the mouthpiece including a top-open recess, the bottom-open recess and the top-open recess constituting a space intended for the swirl chamber;
- a main nozzle hole produced through a base wall of the mouthpiece to effect communication between the combustion chamber and the swirl chamber;
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- a pair of sub-nozzle holes, which are separated from the main nozzle hole, produced through the base wall of the mouthpiece, the holes being positioned on opposite sides of the central axis of the main nozzle hole when the mouthpiece is seen from just above;
- wherein each of the sub-nozzle holes is arranged to pass inside a hypothetical sphere depicted around a center of an upper circle of the top-open recess having a radius of 70% of a diameter of the upper circle of the top-open recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.