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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02F—CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
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- the present invention relates to an engine which can be mounted on a working machine such as a lawn mower or a high pressure washer.
- an engine includes a crankcase including first and second bearing portions which support both ends of a crankshaft and a cylinder into which a piston is fitted.
- Patent Literature 1 discloses an engine in which a crankcase is formed of first and second case half bodies which are joined to each other at a dividing surface which diagonally intersects axes of first and second bearing portions and a cylinder and the first bearing portion are integrally formed on the first case half body, and further the second bearing portion is integrally formed on the second case half body.
- Patent Literature 1 JP2017-160833-A
- Patent Literature 1 when providing a plurality of types of engines with different displacements, it is necessary to prepare a plurality of types of engine bodies (at least engine blocks) according to the displacements, which may significantly increase the manufacturing cost.
- One aspect of the invention is to provide an engine capable of inexpensively manufacturing an engine body having different displacements.
- an engine includes: a crankcase portion including a first crankshaft insertion hole and a second crankshaft insertion hole along a first direction; a crankshaft inserted through the first crankshaft insertion hole and the second crankshaft insertion hole; and a cylinder unit extending from the crankcase portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
- the cylinder unit includes, a cylinder base portion located inside the crankcase portion, and a cylinder block located outside the crankcase portion, and the cylinder unit is detachably attached to the crankcase portion.
- the cylinder unit is detachably attached to the crankcase portion, it is possible to provide an engine having different displacements by simply replacing the cylinder unit.
- An engine E of the embodiment is a small general-purpose engine mounted on a walk-type lawnmower or the like and constitutes an OHV engine.
- an axial direction of a crankshaft 2 is defined as an up-down direction (first direction)
- a direction which is perpendicular to the up-down direction and in which a cylinder portion 1b extends is defined as a front-back direction (second direction)
- a direction perpendicular to the up-down direction and the front-back direction is defined as a left-right direction.
- the front of the engine E is shown as Fr, the rear as Rr, the left as L, the right as R, the upper as U, and the lower as D.
- the engine E of the embodiment includes an engine body 1 including a crankcase portion 1a and the cylinder portion 1b, the crankshaft 2 which is rotatably supported by the crankcase portion 1a in the up-down direction, a piston 4 slidably fitted in the cylinder portion 1b and connected to the crankshaft 2 via a connecting rod 3, an intake valve 5, an exhaust valve 6, and a spark plug 7 provided in a head portion 1c of the cylinder portion 1b, a head cover 8 for covering the head portion 1c of the cylinder portion 1b, a valve mechanism 9 which operates the intake valve 5 and the exhaust valve 6 according to the rotation of the crankshaft 2, a flywheel 10 connected to an upper end of the crankshaft 2, a recoil starter 11 which is placed above the flywheel 10 and starts the engine E, a top cover 12 which covers the top of engine E, a fuel tank 13 for storing fuel, an air cleaner 14 which purifies the air, a carburetor 15 which produces and supplies a mixture
- the engine body 1 includes a crankcase body 19, a crankcase cover 20, and a cylinder unit 21.
- the crankcase body 19 includes a bottom portion 19a, and a tubular portion 19c including the bottom portion 19a integrally formed at a lower end portion and a case opening portion 19b at an upper end portion.
- a first crankshaft insertion hole 19d into which a lower end side of the crankshaft 2 is inserted is formed in the center of the bottom portion 19a and a cylinder insertion hole 19e into which a cylinder base portion 21a of the cylinder unit 21 is inserted is formed in the front surface of the tubular portion 19c.
- reference numerals and letter 19i indicate a drain opening for discharging the oil accumulated inside the crankcase portion 1a.
- crankcase cover 20 covers the case opening portion 19b of the crankcase main body 19 and forms the crankcase portion 1a of the engine body 1 together with the crankcase main body 19.
- a second crankshaft insertion hole 20a into which the upper end of the crankshaft 2 is inserted is formed in the center of the crankcase cover 20.
- the crankshaft 2 is rotatably supported between a second bearing 22 provided adjacent to the second crankshaft insertion hole 20a of the crankcase cover 20 and a first bearing 23 provided adjacent to the first crankshaft insertion hole 19d of the crankcase body 19.
- the crankcase cover 20 is detachably attached to the upper end of the crankcase body 19 via a plurality of bolts B1. Specifically, a plurality of bolt insertion holes 20b, through which the bolts B1 are inserted from above, are formed in the peripheral portion of the crankcase cover 20 and a plurality of bolt fastening holes 19f into which the bolts B1 are fastened from above are formed in the upper end of the crankcase body 19.
- the crankcase cover 20 is attached to the crankcase body 19 by fastening the bolts B1 to the bolt fastening holes 19f through the bolt insertion holes 20b. Conversely, the crankcase cover 20 can be removed from the crankcase body 19 by releasing the fastening of the bolts B1 from the bolt fastening holes 19f.
- crankcase body 19 and the crankcase cover 20 as described above, by removing the crankcase cover 20 at the time of maintenance of the engine E, the inside of the crankcase body 19 can be accessed from above.
- crankshaft 2 it is possible to easily replace the crankshaft 2 by removing the crankcase cover 20 and pulling out the crankshaft 2.
- the cylinder unit 21 includes the cylinder base portion 21a which is inserted into the cylinder insertion hole 19e of the crankcase body 19 from the front and is located inside the crankcase body 19 and a cylinder block 21b which extends forward from the cylinder base portion 21a and is located outside the crankcase body 19.
- the cylinder unit 21 alone forms the cylinder portion 1b of the engine body 1 and the front end of the cylinder block 21b forms the head portion 1c.
- the cylinder base portion 21a and an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical portion of the cylinder block 21b form a cylinder bore 21c which is a sliding surface with the piston 4 and a large number of cooling fins 21d are provided on the outer peripheral portion of the cylinder block 21b.
- cylinder unit 21 by preparing a plurality of types of cylinder unit 21 having different bore diameters, it becomes possible to provide an engine body 1 having different displacements simply by replacing the cylinder unit 21 while making the crankcase body 19 and the crankcase cover 20 common.
- the cylinder unit 21 is detachably attached to the crankcase body 19 via a plurality of bolts B2 and B3.
- a plurality of bolt insertion holes (not illustrated) through which the bolts B2 are inserted from the front are formed at the rear end of the cylinder block 21b and a plurality of bolt fastening holes 19g for fastening the bolts B2 from the front are formed at the front end of the crankcase body 19, by fastening the bolts B2 to the bolt fastening holes 19g through the bolt insertion holes of the cylinder block 21b, the cylinder unit 21 can be attached to the crankcase body 19. Conversely, by releasing the fastening of the bolts B2 to the bolt fastening holes 19g, the cylinder unit 21 can be removed from the crankcase body 19.
- a plurality of bolt insertion holes 19h through which the bolts B3 are inserted from the inside of the crankcase body 19 toward the front are formed in the front end of the crankcase body 19 and a plurality of bolt fastening holes (not illustrated) for fastening the bolts B3 from the rear are formed at the rear end of the cylinder block 21b, and further the bolts B3 are fastened to the bolt fastening holes of the cylinder block 21b through the bolt insertion holes 19h of the crankcase body 19.
- the cylinder unit 21 since it is not necessary to form a space for fastening the bolts B3 from the front side at least on the upper end side of the cylinder block 21b, the cylinder unit 21 can be attached to the crankcase body 19 without disturbing the external structure (for example, the cooling fin 21d) of the cylinder block 21b, and thus the cooling performance of the engine E can be improved.
- the external structure for example, the cooling fin 21d
- the valve mechanism 9 includes a timing gear 24 fixed to the crankshaft 2, a camshaft 25 rotatably supported on the bottom portion 19a of the crankcase body 19, a pair of lifters 27 supported to be swingable on the bottom portion 19a of the crankcase body 19 via stepped bolts 26, a pair of rocker arms 29 which are supported to be swingable at the front end of the cylinder block 21b via rocker arm shafts 28 and one ends of which abut respective the front ends of the intake valve 5 and the exhaust valve 6, a pair of push rods 30 which are accommodated in a push rod accommodation portion 21e formed in the lower part of the cylinder unit 21 and which respectively connect the lifters 27 to the other end portions of the pair of rocker arms 29, and a pair of valve springs 31 for urging the intake valve 5 and the exhaust valve 6 in a closing direction.
- a camshaft 25 includes a gear portion 25a which meshes with the timing gear 24 and is rotationally driven by the timing gear 24 at a speed reduction ratio of 1/2 and a cam portion 25b which alternately pushes the pair of lifters 27 according to the rotational drive of the gear portion 25a.
- the cam portion 25b pushes the lifter 27, the other end of the corresponding rocker arm 29 is pushed through the push rod 30 and the intake valve 5 or the exhaust valve 6 connected to one end of the rocker arm 29 is opened.
- the intake valve 5 or the exhaust valve 6 is closed by the urging force of the valve spring 31.
- the camshaft 25 of the embodiment is arranged below the cylinder base portion 21a of the cylinder unit 21.
- the camshaft 25 is arranged as such, it is possible to access the inside of the crankcase body 19 from the top without removing the camshaft 25 by simply removing the crankcase cover 20 when maintaining the engine E.
- reference numerals and letter 21g indicates a communication hole provided in a rear wall 21f of the push rod accommodation portion 21e.
- the communication hole 21g is provided at the lowest position when the oil accumulated inside the crankcase portion 1a is discharged from the drain opening 19i of the crankcase body 19 to the outside.
- the communication hole 21g guides the oil accumulated in the head portion 1c and the push rod accommodation portion 21e to the crankcase portion 1a. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent the accumulation of oil in the push rod accommodation portion 21e when the oil is discharged.
- the up-down direction is described as the first direction, but the first direction may be a left-right direction or a front-back direction.
- crankcase cover 20 is attachable to and detachable from the crankcase body 19, but the crankcase cover 20 may be formed integrally with the crankcase body 19.
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Abstract
Description
- The present invention relates to an engine which can be mounted on a working machine such as a lawn mower or a high pressure washer.
- Generally, an engine includes a crankcase including first and second bearing portions which support both ends of a crankshaft and a cylinder into which a piston is fitted. For example,
Patent Literature 1 discloses an engine in which a crankcase is formed of first and second case half bodies which are joined to each other at a dividing surface which diagonally intersects axes of first and second bearing portions and a cylinder and the first bearing portion are integrally formed on the first case half body, and further the second bearing portion is integrally formed on the second case half body. - Patent Literature 1:
JP2017-160833-A - However, in the engine structure of
Patent Literature 1, when providing a plurality of types of engines with different displacements, it is necessary to prepare a plurality of types of engine bodies (at least engine blocks) according to the displacements, which may significantly increase the manufacturing cost. - One aspect of the invention is to provide an engine capable of inexpensively manufacturing an engine body having different displacements.
- According to an aspect of the invention, an engine includes: a crankcase portion including a first crankshaft insertion hole and a second crankshaft insertion hole along a first direction; a crankshaft inserted through the first crankshaft insertion hole and the second crankshaft insertion hole; and a cylinder unit extending from the crankcase portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The cylinder unit includes, a cylinder base portion located inside the crankcase portion, and a cylinder block located outside the crankcase portion, and the cylinder unit is detachably attached to the crankcase portion.
- According to the invention, since the cylinder unit is detachably attached to the crankcase portion, it is possible to provide an engine having different displacements by simply replacing the cylinder unit.
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Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an engine according to an embodiment of the invention. -
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the engine with a top cover removed as viewed from diagonally above and front. -
Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the engine as viewed from obliquely above and front. -
Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of an engine body as viewed from diagonally above and front. -
Fig. 5 is a plan view of the engine with a crankcase cover removed. -
Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A ofFig. 5 . -
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a valve mechanism of the engine as viewed from obliquely above and front. -
Fig. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the valve mechanism of the engine as viewed from obliquely above and front. - Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to
Figs. 1 to 8 . An engine E of the embodiment is a small general-purpose engine mounted on a walk-type lawnmower or the like and constitutes an OHV engine. In the present specification and the like, in order to simplify and clarify the explanation, an axial direction of acrankshaft 2 is defined as an up-down direction (first direction), a direction which is perpendicular to the up-down direction and in which acylinder portion 1b extends is defined as a front-back direction (second direction), and a direction perpendicular to the up-down direction and the front-back direction is defined as a left-right direction. In the drawing, the front of the engine E is shown as Fr, the rear as Rr, the left as L, the right as R, the upper as U, and the lower as D. - As illustrated in
Figs. 1 to 3 , the engine E of the embodiment includes anengine body 1 including acrankcase portion 1a and thecylinder portion 1b, thecrankshaft 2 which is rotatably supported by thecrankcase portion 1a in the up-down direction, apiston 4 slidably fitted in thecylinder portion 1b and connected to thecrankshaft 2 via a connectingrod 3, anintake valve 5, anexhaust valve 6, and aspark plug 7 provided in ahead portion 1c of thecylinder portion 1b, ahead cover 8 for covering thehead portion 1c of thecylinder portion 1b, avalve mechanism 9 which operates theintake valve 5 and theexhaust valve 6 according to the rotation of thecrankshaft 2, aflywheel 10 connected to an upper end of thecrankshaft 2, arecoil starter 11 which is placed above theflywheel 10 and starts the engine E, atop cover 12 which covers the top of engine E, afuel tank 13 for storing fuel, anair cleaner 14 which purifies the air, acarburetor 15 which produces and supplies a mixture of fuel and air to thecylinder portion 1b, amuffler 16 which exhausts the exhaust gas from thecylinder portion 1b while muffling the gas, a governor mechanism 17 (seeFigs. 5 and6 ) which automatically opens and closes a throttle valve (not illustrated) of thecarburetor 15 according to the rotation speed of thecrankshaft 2, and anauto choke mechanism 18 which automatically opens and closes the throttle valve of thecarburetor 15 according to the temperature of theengine body 1. - As illustrated in
Fig. 4 , theengine body 1 includes acrankcase body 19, acrankcase cover 20, and acylinder unit 21. - As illustrated in
Figs. 4 to 6 , thecrankcase body 19 includes abottom portion 19a, and atubular portion 19c including thebottom portion 19a integrally formed at a lower end portion and acase opening portion 19b at an upper end portion. A firstcrankshaft insertion hole 19d into which a lower end side of thecrankshaft 2 is inserted is formed in the center of thebottom portion 19a and acylinder insertion hole 19e into which acylinder base portion 21a of thecylinder unit 21 is inserted is formed in the front surface of thetubular portion 19c. InFig. 4 , reference numerals andletter 19i indicate a drain opening for discharging the oil accumulated inside thecrankcase portion 1a. - As illustrated in
Fig. 4 , thecrankcase cover 20 covers thecase opening portion 19b of the crankcasemain body 19 and forms thecrankcase portion 1a of theengine body 1 together with the crankcasemain body 19. A secondcrankshaft insertion hole 20a into which the upper end of thecrankshaft 2 is inserted is formed in the center of thecrankcase cover 20. Returning toFig. 1 , thecrankshaft 2 is rotatably supported between a second bearing 22 provided adjacent to the secondcrankshaft insertion hole 20a of thecrankcase cover 20 and a first bearing 23 provided adjacent to the firstcrankshaft insertion hole 19d of thecrankcase body 19. - The
crankcase cover 20 is detachably attached to the upper end of thecrankcase body 19 via a plurality of bolts B1. Specifically, a plurality ofbolt insertion holes 20b, through which the bolts B1 are inserted from above, are formed in the peripheral portion of thecrankcase cover 20 and a plurality of bolt fasteningholes 19f into which the bolts B1 are fastened from above are formed in the upper end of thecrankcase body 19. Thecrankcase cover 20 is attached to thecrankcase body 19 by fastening the bolts B1 to the bolt fasteningholes 19f through thebolt insertion holes 20b. Conversely, thecrankcase cover 20 can be removed from thecrankcase body 19 by releasing the fastening of the bolts B1 from thebolt fastening holes 19f. - According to the
crankcase body 19 and thecrankcase cover 20 as described above, by removing thecrankcase cover 20 at the time of maintenance of the engine E, the inside of thecrankcase body 19 can be accessed from above. In particular, when replacing thecrankshaft 2, it is possible to easily replace thecrankshaft 2 by removing thecrankcase cover 20 and pulling out thecrankshaft 2. - As illustrated in
Figs. 4 to 6 , thecylinder unit 21 includes thecylinder base portion 21a which is inserted into thecylinder insertion hole 19e of thecrankcase body 19 from the front and is located inside thecrankcase body 19 and acylinder block 21b which extends forward from thecylinder base portion 21a and is located outside thecrankcase body 19. Thecylinder unit 21 alone forms thecylinder portion 1b of theengine body 1 and the front end of thecylinder block 21b forms thehead portion 1c. Thecylinder base portion 21a and an inner peripheral surface of a cylindrical portion of thecylinder block 21b form acylinder bore 21c which is a sliding surface with thepiston 4 and a large number ofcooling fins 21d are provided on the outer peripheral portion of thecylinder block 21b. - According to
such cylinder unit 21, by preparing a plurality of types ofcylinder unit 21 having different bore diameters, it becomes possible to provide anengine body 1 having different displacements simply by replacing thecylinder unit 21 while making thecrankcase body 19 and thecrankcase cover 20 common. - The
cylinder unit 21 is detachably attached to thecrankcase body 19 via a plurality of bolts B2 and B3. For example, when a plurality of bolt insertion holes (not illustrated) through which the bolts B2 are inserted from the front are formed at the rear end of thecylinder block 21b and a plurality of bolt fasteningholes 19g for fastening the bolts B2 from the front are formed at the front end of thecrankcase body 19, by fastening the bolts B2 to the bolt fasteningholes 19g through the bolt insertion holes of thecylinder block 21b, thecylinder unit 21 can be attached to thecrankcase body 19. Conversely, by releasing the fastening of the bolts B2 to thebolt fastening holes 19g, thecylinder unit 21 can be removed from thecrankcase body 19. - However, in the
engine body 1 of the embodiment, when thecylinder unit 21 is detachably attached to thecrankcase body 19 via the plurality of bolts B2 and B3, the bolts B3 on the upper end side are fastened to thecylinder unit 21 from the inside of thecrankcase body 19. Specifically, a plurality ofbolt insertion holes 19h through which the bolts B3 are inserted from the inside of thecrankcase body 19 toward the front are formed in the front end of thecrankcase body 19 and a plurality of bolt fastening holes (not illustrated) for fastening the bolts B3 from the rear are formed at the rear end of thecylinder block 21b, and further the bolts B3 are fastened to the bolt fastening holes of thecylinder block 21b through thebolt insertion holes 19h of thecrankcase body 19. - According to such a mounting structure of the
cylinder unit 21, since it is not necessary to form a space for fastening the bolts B3 from the front side at least on the upper end side of thecylinder block 21b, thecylinder unit 21 can be attached to thecrankcase body 19 without disturbing the external structure (for example, thecooling fin 21d) of thecylinder block 21b, and thus the cooling performance of the engine E can be improved. - As illustrated in
Figs. 6 to 8 , thevalve mechanism 9 includes atiming gear 24 fixed to thecrankshaft 2, acamshaft 25 rotatably supported on thebottom portion 19a of thecrankcase body 19, a pair oflifters 27 supported to be swingable on thebottom portion 19a of thecrankcase body 19 via steppedbolts 26, a pair ofrocker arms 29 which are supported to be swingable at the front end of thecylinder block 21b viarocker arm shafts 28 and one ends of which abut respective the front ends of theintake valve 5 and theexhaust valve 6, a pair ofpush rods 30 which are accommodated in a pushrod accommodation portion 21e formed in the lower part of thecylinder unit 21 and which respectively connect thelifters 27 to the other end portions of the pair ofrocker arms 29, and a pair ofvalve springs 31 for urging theintake valve 5 and theexhaust valve 6 in a closing direction. - A
camshaft 25 includes agear portion 25a which meshes with thetiming gear 24 and is rotationally driven by thetiming gear 24 at a speed reduction ratio of 1/2 and acam portion 25b which alternately pushes the pair oflifters 27 according to the rotational drive of thegear portion 25a. When thecam portion 25b pushes thelifter 27, the other end of thecorresponding rocker arm 29 is pushed through thepush rod 30 and theintake valve 5 or theexhaust valve 6 connected to one end of therocker arm 29 is opened. Conversely, when the pushing of thelifter 27 by thecam portion 25b is released, theintake valve 5 or theexhaust valve 6 is closed by the urging force of thevalve spring 31. - The
camshaft 25 of the embodiment is arranged below thecylinder base portion 21a of thecylinder unit 21. When thecamshaft 25 is arranged as such, it is possible to access the inside of thecrankcase body 19 from the top without removing thecamshaft 25 by simply removing thecrankcase cover 20 when maintaining the engine E. - In
Fig. 6 , reference numerals and letter 21g indicates a communication hole provided in arear wall 21f of the pushrod accommodation portion 21e. The communication hole 21g is provided at the lowest position when the oil accumulated inside thecrankcase portion 1a is discharged from the drain opening 19i of thecrankcase body 19 to the outside. The communication hole 21g guides the oil accumulated in thehead portion 1c and the pushrod accommodation portion 21e to thecrankcase portion 1a. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent the accumulation of oil in the pushrod accommodation portion 21e when the oil is discharged. - The embodiment described above can be appropriately modified, improved, and the like. For example, in the embodiment described above, the up-down direction is described as the first direction, but the first direction may be a left-right direction or a front-back direction.
- In the embodiment described above, the
crankcase cover 20 is attachable to and detachable from thecrankcase body 19, but thecrankcase cover 20 may be formed integrally with thecrankcase body 19. - At least the following matters are described in the specification. Although the constituent elements and the like corresponding to those of the embodiment described above are shown in parentheses, the invention is not limited thereto.
- (1) An engine which includes:
- a crankcase portion (
crankcase portion 1a) including a first crankshaft insertion hole (firstcrankshaft insertion hole 19d) and a second crankshaft insertion hole (secondcrankshaft insertion hole 20a) along a first direction (up-down direction); - a crankshaft (crankshaft 2) inserted through the first crankshaft insertion hole and the second crankshaft insertion hole; and
- a cylinder unit (cylinder unit 21) extending from the crankcase portion in a second direction (front-back direction) orthogonal to the first direction, where
- the cylinder unit includes,
- a cylinder base portion (
cylinder base portion 21a) located inside the crankcase portion, and - a cylinder block (
cylinder block 21b) located outside the crankcase portion, and - the cylinder unit is detachably attached to the crankcase portion.
According to (1), since the cylinder unit is detachably attached to the crankcase portion, it is possible to provide an engine body with different displacements simply by replacing the cylinder unit. - a crankcase portion (
- (2) The engine according to (1), where
the crankcase portion includes a crankcase body (crankcase body 19) and a crankcase cover (crankcase cover 20) detachably attached to the crankcase body,
the cylinder unit is fastened to the crankcase body with a plurality of bolts (bolts B2, B3), and
at least one (bolt B3) of the plurality of bolts is fastened from the inside of the crankcase portion.
According to (2), the cylinder unit can be attached to the crankcase without interfering with the external structure (for example, the cooling fin) of the cylinder block. - (3) The engine according to (1) or (2), where
the engine includes a valve mechanism (valve mechanism 9),
the valve mechanism includes,
a timing gear (timing gear 24) fixed to the crankshaft,
a camshaft (camshaft 25) rotatably supported by the crankcase portion,
a pair of lifters (lifters 27) supported to be swingable on the crankcase portion,
a pair of rocker arms (rocker arms 29) which are supported to be swingable via rocker arm shafts (rocker arm shafts 28) and one ends of which abut against respective an intake valve (intake valve 5) and an exhaust valve (exhaust valve 6),
a pair of push rods (push rod 30) connecting the pair of lifters to another ends of the pair of rocker arms, and
a pair of valve springs (valve springs 31) urging the intake valve and the exhaust valve in a closing direction, and
the pair of push rods are accommodated in a push rod accommodation portion (pushrod accommodation portion 21e) provided in the cylinder block.
According to (3), since the push rod accommodation portion is integrally formed in the lower portion of the cylinder block, the number of parts can be reduced, and thus the manufacturing cost can be reduced. - (4) The engine according to (3), where
the push rod accommodation portion is provided with a communication hole (communication hole 21g) which communicates with the inside of the crankcase portion.
According to (4), since the oil accumulated in the push rod accommodation portion flows into the crankcase portion through the communication hole, the oil can be prevented from accumulating in the push rod accommodation portion. - (5) The engine according to (4), where
the communication hole is provided at a lowest position when oil accumulated inside the crankcase portion is discharged to the outside from a drain opening (drain opening 19i) of the crankcase portion. - According to (5), since the communication hole is provided at the lowest position when the oil accumulated inside the crankcase portion is discharged to the outside from the drain opening of the crankcase body, it is possible to more reliably prevent the oil from accumulating in the push rod accommodation portion during oil discharge.
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- 1a: crankcase portion
- 2: crankshaft
- 5: intake valve
- 6: exhaust valve
- 9: valve mechanism
- 19: crankcase body
- 19d: first crankshaft insertion hole
- 19i: drain opening
- 20: crankcase cover
- 20a: second crankshaft insertion hole
- 21: cylinder unit
- 21a: cylinder base portion
- 21b: cylinder block
- 21g: communication hole
- 21e: push rod accommodation portion
- 24: timing gear
- 25: camshaft
- 27: lifter
- 28: rocker arm shaft
- 29: rocker arm
- 30: push rod
- 31: valve spring
- B2: bolt
- B3: bolt
Claims (5)
- An engine comprising:a crankcase portion including a first crankshaft insertion hole and a second crankshaft insertion hole along a first direction;a crankshaft inserted through the first crankshaft insertion hole and the second crankshaft insertion hole; anda cylinder unit extending from the crankcase portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, whereinthe cylinder unit includes,a cylinder base portion located inside the crankcase portion, anda cylinder block located outside the crankcase portion, andthe cylinder unit is detachably attached to the crankcase portion.
- The engine according to claim 1, wherein
the crankcase portion includes a crankcase body and a crankcase cover detachably attached to the crankcase body,
the cylinder unit is fastened to the crankcase body with a plurality of bolts, and
at least one of the plurality of bolts is fastened from the inside of the crankcase portion. - The engine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein
the engine includes a valve mechanism,
the valve mechanism includes,a timing gear fixed to the crankshaft,a camshaft rotatably supported by the crankcase portion,a pair of lifters supported to be swingable on the crankcase portion,a pair of rocker arms which are supported to be swingable via rocker arm shafts and one ends of which abut against respective an intake valve and an exhaust valve,a pair of push rods connecting the pair of lifters to another ends of the pair of rocker arms, anda pair of valve springs urging the intake valve and the exhaust valve in a closing direction, andthe pair of push rods are accommodated in a push rod accommodation portion provided in the cylinder block. - The engine according to claim 3, wherein
the push rod accommodation portion is provided with a communication hole which communicates with the inside of the crankcase portion. - The engine according to claim 4, wherein
the communication hole is provided at a lowest position when oil accumulated inside the crankcase portion is discharged to the outside from a drain opening of the crankcase portion.
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