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EP3779165B1
EP3779165B1 EP18912666.7A EP18912666A EP3779165B1 EP 3779165 B1 EP3779165 B1 EP 3779165B1 EP 18912666 A EP18912666 A EP 18912666A EP 3779165 B1 EP3779165 B1 EP 3779165B1
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Soji Kashima
Toshiro Kiura
Kota Tokubi
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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
    • F02F1/00—Cylinders; Cylinder heads 
    • F02F1/002—Integrally formed cylinders and cylinder heads
    • 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
    • F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/02—Valve drive
    • F01L1/04—Valve drive by means of cams, camshafts, cam discs, eccentrics or the like
    • F01L1/047—Camshafts
    • 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
    • F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/12—Transmitting gear between valve drive and valve
    • F01L1/14—Tappets; Push rods
    • 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
    • F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
    • F01L1/12—Transmitting gear between valve drive and valve
    • F01L1/18—Rocking arms or levers
    • 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
    • F02F7/00—Casings, e.g. crankcases or frames
    • F02F7/0002—Cylinder arrangements
    • F02F7/0004—Crankcases of one-cylinder 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.
  • JP 2017 - 160 833 A 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.
  • CN 201 963 396 U shows an engine similar to the engine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • One aspect of the invention is to provide an engine capable of inexpensively manufacturing an engine body having different displacements.
  • the invention is directed to an engine which includes: .
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • the cylinder unit can be attached to the crankcase without interfering with the external structure (for example, the cooling fin) of the cylinder block.
  • 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.

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Claims (2)

  1. Moteur (E) comprenant :
    une partie carter de vilebrequin (1a) comportant un premier trou d'insertion de vilebrequin (19d) et un deuxième trou d'insertion de vilebrequin (20a) le long d'une première direction ;
    un vilebrequin (2) inséré à travers le premier trou d'insertion de vilebrequin (19d) et le deuxième trou d'insertion de vilebrequin (20a) ; et
    une unité de cylindre (21) s'étendant à partir de la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a) dans une deuxième direction orthogonale à la première direction, dans lequel
    l'unité de cylindre (21) comporte,
    une partie base de cylindre (21a) située à l'intérieur de la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a), et
    un bloc cylindre (21b) situé à l'extérieur de la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a), et
    l'unité de cylindre (21) est fixée de manière détachable à la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a),
    le moteur (E) étant caractérisé en ce que :
    le moteur (E) comporte un mécanisme de soupapes (9),
    le mécanisme de soupapes (9) comporte,
    un pignon de commande de distribution (24) fixé au vilebrequin (2),
    un arbre à cames (25) supporté de manière rotative par la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a),
    une paire de poussoirs (27) supportés pour pouvoir osciller sur la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a),
    une paire de culbuteurs (29) qui sont supportés pour pouvoir osciller via des axes de culbuteurs (28) et dont une extrémité vient en butée contre respectivement une soupape d'admission (5) et une soupape d'échappement (6),
    une paire de bielles (30) reliant la paire de poussoirs (27) à d'autres extrémités de la paire de culbuteurs (29), et
    une paire de ressorts de soupapes (31) poussant la soupape d'admission (5) et la soupape d'échappement (6) dans une direction de fermeture, et
    la paire de bielles (30) sont reçues dans une partie de réception de bielles (21e) prévue dans le bloc cylindre (21b), dans lequel
    la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a) comporte un corps de carter de vilebrequin (19) ayant une partie ouverture de carter (19b) et un couvercle de carter de vilebrequin (20) fixé de manière détachable au corps de carter de vilebrequin (19) pour couvrir la partie ouverture de carter (19b), le corps de carter de vilebrequin (19) comportant une partie fond (19a) et une partie tubulaire (19c) comportant la partie fond (19a) formée d'un seul tenant au niveau d'une partie extrémité inférieure et la partie ouverture de carter (19b) au niveau d'une partie extrémité supérieure,
    le corps de carter de vilebrequin (19) est doté du premier trou d'insertion de vilebrequin (19d), et le couvercle de carter de vilebrequin (20) est doté du deuxième trou d'insertion de vilebrequin (20a), dans lequel l'arbre à cames (25) est agencé en dessous de la partie base de cylindre (21a), dans lequel
    la partie de réception de bielles (21e) est dotée d'un trou de communication (21g) qui communique avec l'intérieur de la partie carter de vilebrequin (la), et dans lequel le trou de communication (21g) est prévu à une position la plus basse lorsque de l'huile accumulée à l'intérieur de la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a) est déversée vers l'extérieur à partir d'une ouverture de vidange (19i) de la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a).
  2. Moteur (E) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel
    la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a) comporte le corps de carter de vilebrequin et le couvercle de carter de vilebrequin (20) fixé de manière détachable au corps de carter de vilebrequin (19),
    l'unité de cylindre (21) est fixée au corps de carter de vilebrequin (19) avec une pluralité de boulons, et
    au moins un de la pluralité de boulons est fixé à partir de l'intérieur de la partie carter de vilebrequin (1a).
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