JP2017115748A - Engine with breather device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an engine including a breather device in which advantage attained by a simple structure is not damaged, excessive oil consumption is not attained, reduction of blowby gas can be carried out, reduction in engine oil deterioration as well as durability of an engine are improved.SOLUTION: This invention relates to an engine provided with a breather device in which an oil separation chamber 4 in respect to blowby gas is constituted at an outside part of an engine machine wall 3, a starting end side of the oil separation chamber 4 is provided with a gas inlet hole 5 opened into an engine machine [k], a terminal end side of the oil separation chamber is provided with a gas outlet 25 for reducing blowby gas at an intake system, a location near the gas inlet hole 5 and the terminal end side of the oil separation chamber 4 are provided with return holes 33, 34. The starting end side return hole 33 is formed to be adjacent to a metal mesh 35 installed in the engine machine [k] and the terminal end side return hole 34 is formed to be directly adjacent to the engine machine [k].SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a breather-equipped engine such as a general-purpose engine, and more specifically, an oil separation chamber for separating an oil component from blow-by gas generated in a crankcase and returning it to an intake system is provided outside the engine machine wall. The present invention relates to an engine with a breather device that is configured using an engine machine wall.

  In an internal combustion engine such as a 4-stroke engine, the pressure inside the crankcase becomes higher than that of the outside air due to blow-by gas, air expansion associated with temperature rise, and oil vapor. A breather device is provided to relieve and release this pressure, and the simplest is a system that directly releases to the outside air.

  However, since blow-by gas contains air pollutants such as unburned hydrocarbons in high concentration, a structure for reducing it to an intake pipe is adopted in tractors, automobiles, industrial engines, and the like. Also, because the engine oil is contaminated or diluted by the blow-by gas component, a system that positively discharges the blow-by gas to the outside of the crankcase using a check valve called a PCV valve such as a reed valve or one-way valve is adopted. It is often done.

  As an engine with a breather device for blow-by gas, an engine disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. In Patent Literature 1, two oil separation chambers (gas-liquid separation chambers: 43 and 45), which are the main parts of the breather device, are formed inside the cylinder head wall in a state extending to the upper end of the cylinder. The blow-by gas that has flowed in from the gas inlet (52), which is the lower end of the lower gas-liquid separation chamber (43), passes through the gas-liquid separation chambers (43) and (45) and the blow-by passage (46) made of pipes. After that, it is returned to the air cleaner (47).

  The oil separated in the gas-liquid separation chambers (43) and (45) flows out from the oil return hole to the chain chamber (51), but flows along the inclined surface of the gas inlet (52) to the chain chamber (50). It is also configured to flow down. That is, in Patent Document 1, the oil is separated by adhering to the wall surface in the passage of blow-by gas, and the separated oil has a simple configuration for returning to the crankcase through a simple hole or passage. It was.

  Such a breather apparatus having a simple structure has an advantage that the structure is simple and can be constructed at low cost, but it cannot perform control for separating oil from blow-by gas according to the engine state. For this reason, blow-by gas is reduced to the intake system without the oil being sufficiently separated, so that there is a tendency for the oil consumption to be large and the engine oil to be reduced at an early stage or to be easily contaminated.

JP 2002-242649 A

  The object of the present invention is to further reduce the structure of the oil separation chamber, thereby reducing the blow-by gas without losing excessive oil consumption without losing the advantages of the simple structure, reducing engine oil deterioration, As a result, an engine with a breather device that improves the durability of the engine is provided.

In the invention according to claim 1, an oil separation chamber 4 for separating an oil component from blow-by gas generated in the crankcase 1 and reducing it to the intake system is provided with the engine machine wall 3 outside the engine machine wall 3. An engine with a breather device configured to be used,
A gas inlet hole 5 opened to the engine machine wall k communicating with the inside of the crankcase 1 is provided in the engine machine wall 3 on the start end side of the oil separation chamber 4, and on the terminal side of the oil separation chamber 4, A gas outlet 25 for reducing blow-by gas in the intake system is provided,
The oil separation chamber 4 is provided on the engine machine wall 3 in the vicinity of the gas inlet hole 5 on the start side of the oil separation chamber 4 and in the vicinity of the gas outlet 25 on the end side of the oil separation chamber 4. Return holes 33 and 34 are provided for returning the oil components separated in step 1 to the engine interior k.
The return hole 33 on the start end side is formed so as to face an oil trapping promoting tool 35 provided in the engine interior k in order to trap the oil component in the blow-by gas before reaching the gas inlet hole 5, and The terminal-side return hole 34 is formed so as to directly face the engine cabin k.

The invention according to claim 2 is the engine with a breather device according to claim 1,
A guide wall 8 is provided in the oil separation chamber 4, and the oil separation chamber path 9 from the gas inlet hole 5 to the gas outlet 25 is meandered by the guide wall 8.

The invention according to claim 3 is the engine with a breather device according to claim 2,
A separation chamber peripheral wall 15 of the oil separation chamber 4 and the guide wall 8 are formed integrally with the engine machine wall 3, and a breather cover 20 that covers and closes a front end opening 16 of the separation chamber peripheral wall 15 is provided. The separation chamber 4 is configured, the breather cover 20 is provided with the gas outlet 25, and a breather pipe 26 that communicates the intake pipe 24 that is the intake system and the gas outlet 25 is provided. Features.

The invention according to claim 4 is the engine with a breather device according to claim 3,
The reed valve is used in a state in which a reed valve mounting plate 17 serving as a lid of the front end opening 16 and a reed hole 18 formed in the reed valve mounting plate 17 are used between the front end opening 16 and the breather cover 20. A reed valve 19 supported by the mounting plate 17 is provided to partition the oil separation chamber 4 into a separation main chamber 4A on the gas inlet hole 5 side and a post-separation chamber 4B on the gas outlet 25 side,
The reed valve 19 is configured as a one-way valve that opens when the pressure in the post-separation chamber 4B is lower than the pressure in the separation main chamber 4A.

The invention according to claim 5 is the engine with a breather device according to claim 4,
The lead hole 18 is formed at a position facing the vicinity of the end of the meandering oil separation chamber path 9 in the separation main chamber 4A.

The invention according to claim 6 is the engine with a breather device according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
A pulsation hole 6 facing the rear part or near the end of the oil separation chamber path 9 is formed in the separation chamber peripheral wall 15, and the pulsation pressure actuator 2 is communicated with the pulsation hole 6 through a communication pipe 7. The pulsation pressure actuator 2 is driven by the pulsation pressure within 1.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, blow-by gas (blow-by gas containing a large amount of oil mist) flowing into the oil separation chamber from the gas inlet hole is subjected to the separation action of the oil component in the oil separation chamber and is subjected to the separation action. The subsequent blow-by gas is reduced from the gas outlet to the intake system, and the separated oil component is returned to the engine machine from the two return holes.
The oil component separated in the oil separation chamber gently returns to the engine machine from the return hole on the start side where the oil catching promotion tool is located inside the engine machine, and quickly returns to the engine machine from the return hole on the end side. Become.
By adopting a configuration in which the oil component captured from the two return holes having a difference in return speed is returned to the engine machine, the return action of the separated oil is enhanced while promoting the reduction action of blow-by gas. It became possible.
As a result, by further reviewing the structure of the oil separation chamber, it is possible to reduce blow-by gas without losing the oil consumption without losing the advantages of the simple structure, reducing engine oil deterioration, and thus the engine An engine with a breather device with improved durability can be provided.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the oil separation chamber path 9 meanders due to the guide wall provided in the oil separation chamber, so that the oil mist flowing into the oil separation chamber 4 from the crankcase 1 It is easily agglomerated in the process of passing through the oil separation chamber. Accordingly, there is an advantage that the oil mist in the blow-by gas is excessively returned to the intake system from the gas outlet and consumed, and the early reduction of oil is more effectively limited or prevented.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the breather cover that covers and closes the tip opening in the oil separation chamber is disposed, and the gas outlet formed in the breather cover and the intake pipe are communicated with each other by the breather pipe. The breather pipe can be shortened by bringing the gas outlet and the intake pipe close to each other. Accordingly, the passage resistance of the breather pipe is reduced, and the breather function can be enhanced.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the reed valve mounting plate is provided in the oil separation chamber, and the oil separation chamber is divided into a separation main chamber having a meandering oil separation chamber path and a separation rear chamber. The oil mist contained in is separated into oil by the separation main chamber and the reed valve. Therefore, there is an advantage that the oil separation function in the breather device is enhanced.

  According to the invention of claim 5, since the lead hole is formed at a position facing the end of the meandering oil separation chamber path in the separation main chamber, it is returned to the intake system through the gas outlet and the separation rear chamber. The blow-by gas that has been sufficiently subjected to the oil separation action by the oil separation chamber is advantageous in that the function of the breather device can be enhanced.

  According to the invention of claim 6, the breather device for separating the oil component from the blow-by gas can be used as a drive source for a pulsation pressure actuator such as a fuel pump, and the rationalization by the combined use of the device is promoted. There is.

The breather device is shown, (a) is an oil separation chamber assembled to the outer wall of the cylinder head, and (b) is a schematic view of the entire device in a disassembled state. II-II line sectional view of FIG. Top view of an air-cooled V-type engine with the air cleaner and fan case omitted Front view of an air-cooled V-type engine with the fan case, engine cooling fan, and air cleaner omitted Right side view of FIG. Rear view of FIG. The front view of the state which omitted the fan case of the air-cooled V-type engine by another embodiment FIG. 7 is a top perspective view of the engine shown in FIG. 7 with the lower fan case attached.

  Hereinafter, a case where an embodiment of an engine with a breather device according to the present invention is applied to an air-cooled V-type engine which is a general-purpose engine will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the air-cooled V-type engine according to the present invention, the pulsation pressure actuator 2 is driven by the pulsation pressure in the crankcase 1 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the engine E is a right pump engine in which a pulsation pressure actuator 2 and an oil separation chamber 4 are arranged on the right side of the axis 21a of the crankshaft 21 when the engine is viewed from above. is there. Although not shown, there is also a left-pump engine in which the pulsation pressure actuator 2 and the oil separation chamber 4 are arranged to the left of the axis 21a of the crankshaft 21. An example of the pulsation pressure actuator 2 is a pulsation pressure pump for supplying fuel from a fuel tank to the float chamber of the carburetor 29. Hereinafter, the description will be made with the right pump specification.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the cylinder block 27 is an integrally molded product of the crankcase 1 and the pair of cylinders 22 and 22. A pair of cylinders 22 and 22 project from the crankcase 1 obliquely upward and leftward when viewed in a direction parallel to the direction in which the crankshaft 21 is erected. The left and right cylinder heads 11 are assembled to the protruding ends of the left and right cylinders 22, respectively, and the left and right head covers 12 are assembled to the left and right cylinder heads 11, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 3, an intake manifold 28 is installed in front of the left and right cylinder heads 11, 11, and a carburetor 29 is attached to the rear of the central portion of the intake manifold 28. An intake pipe 24 is attached to the rear part of the carburetor 29, and an air cleaner 30 is communicated with the intake pipe 24 as shown in FIG. Although not shown, a fan case that houses the engine cooling fan is disposed at the front of the cylinder block 27.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the right pump specification engine, the pulsation pressure actuator 2 and the oil separation chamber 4 are disposed on the right side of the axis 21 a of the crankshaft 21 when the engine is viewed from above. An oil separation chamber 4 is formed outside the cylinder head wall 10 of the right cylinder head 11 which is the right engine machine wall 3.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 (a), 1 (b) and 2, the oil separation chamber 4 has a gas inlet hole 5 which is an inlet to the separation chamber communicating with the inside of the crankcase 1 and the separation chamber. A gas outlet 25 is formed, and a pulsation hole 6 for taking out pulsation is formed on the terminal side of the oil separation chamber 4. The pulsation pressure actuator 2 is communicated with the pulsation hole 6 using a communication pipe 7, and as a result, the pulsation pressure actuator 2 is communicated with the crankcase 1 via the oil separation chamber 4.

  A plurality of guide walls 8 are provided in the oil separation chamber 4, and these guide walls 8 meander an oil separation chamber path 9 from the gas inlet hole 5 to the pulsation hole 6 and the lead hole 18 (described later). Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the pulsation pressure actuator 2 is disposed at a position adjacent to the head cover 12 that covers the right cylinder head 11. The inside of the cylinder block 27 and the gas inlet hole 5 are communicated with each other through a communication hole 32 provided in parallel with the push rod chamber 31. The communication holes 32 are formed in series in the cylinder head 11 and the cylinder block 27.

  As shown in FIGS. 1A, 1B, and 2, a gas inlet hole 5 communicating with the inside of the crankcase 1 is formed on the start end side in the separation chamber peripheral wall 15 on the right side. A pulsation hole 6 is formed on the end side, and a leading end opening 16 of the separation chamber peripheral wall 15 is covered with a reed valve mounting plate 17. Therefore, the inside of the separation chamber peripheral wall 15 becomes the substantial oil separation chamber 4, and the oil separation chamber path 9 from the gas inlet hole 5 to the pulsation hole 6 meanders by the guide wall 8. In the post-separation chamber 4B, it can be said that the reed valve mounting plate 17 meanders the path continuing from the end portion of the oil separation chamber path 9 to the lead hole 18 to the gas outlet 25. The pulsation pressure actuator 2 is communicated with the pulsation hole 6 of the oil separation chamber 4 via the communication pipe 7, and the right pulsation pressure actuator 2 is communicated with the inside of the cylinder block 27 via the right oil separation chamber 4. . The gas inlet hole 5 and the pulsation hole 6 are formed in the engine machine wall 3 and the separation chamber peripheral wall by drilling.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the mounting stay 13 and the head cover 12 of the pulsating pressure actuator 2 are attached to the cylinder head 11 with the mounting bolts 14 together. As shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), the oil separation chamber 4 is formed by covering the leading end opening 16 of the separation chamber peripheral wall 15 with the reed valve mounting plate 17, and the reed valve mounting plate 17 A lead hole 18 and a reed valve 19 are provided. The reed valve mounting plate 17 is covered with a breather cover 20, and the breather cover 20 is attached to the oil separation chamber 4 in an overlapping manner, and a gas outlet 25 is formed in the breather cover 20.

  As shown in FIGS. 1B and 3, the lead hole 18 is disposed so as to face the end of the oil separation chamber 4 near the pulsation hole 6, and the gas inlet hole 5, the lead hole 18, Are communicated by a meandering oil separation chamber path 9. The intake pipe 24 is disposed in the upper space 23 of the crankcase 1, and the oil separation chamber 4 and the breather cover 20 are disposed on the engine machine wall 3 so as to face the upper space 23, and the separation chamber peripheral wall 15 and the breather are disposed. An oil separation chamber 4 is formed by the cover 20. A gas outlet 25 of the breather cover 20 is a gas outlet 25 of the oil separation chamber 4, and the gas outlet 25 and the intake pipe 24 are communicated with each other by a breather pipe 26.

Next, from the viewpoint of blow-by gas, the breather apparatus A mainly using the oil separation chamber 4 will be described in detail.
In the engine E with the breather device, the oil separation chamber 4 for separating the oil component from the blow-by gas generated in the crankcase 1 and reducing it to the intake system uses the engine machine wall 3 outside the engine machine wall 3. Configured. A gas inlet hole 5 that opens to a communication hole 32 (an example of an engine interior k) that communicates with the inside of the crankcase 1 is provided in the engine machine wall 3 on the start end side of the oil separation chamber 4. On the end side of the oil separation chamber 4, a gas outlet 25 for reducing blow-by gas through a breather pipe 26 is provided in an intake pipe 24 (an example of an intake system).
That is, the breather device A is composed of an oil separation chamber 4 and a blowby gas supply / exhaust structure portion (a breather pipe 26, a push rod chamber 31, a communication hole 32, etc.) to the oil separation chamber 4.

Oil components separated in the oil separation chamber 4 on the engine wall 3 in the vicinity of the gas inlet hole 5 on the start end side of the oil separation chamber 4 and in the vicinity of the gas outlet 25 on the end side of the oil separation chamber 4. Return holes 33, 34 are provided for returning the engine to the engine cabin k.
The return hole 33 on the start end side is formed so as to face a metal mesh (an example of an oil capture promoting tool) 35 provided in the communication hole 32 in order to capture the oil component in the blow-by gas before reaching the gas inlet hole 5. Has been. The return hole 34 on the end side is formed so as to directly face the push rod chamber 31 (an example of an engine cabin k).

  A reed valve mounting plate is used in a state where a reed valve mounting plate 17 serving as a lid of the front end opening 16 and a circular reed hole 18 formed in the reed valve mounting plate 17 are used between the front end opening 16 and the breather cover 20. The oil separation chamber 4 is partitioned into a separation main chamber 4A on the gas inlet hole 5 side and a post-separation chamber 4B on the gas outlet 25 side. The reed valve 19 is configured as a one-way valve that opens when the pressure in the separation post chamber 4B becomes lower than the pressure in the separation main chamber 4A.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the guide wall 8 extends in a bent shape so as to block the path from the gas inlet hole 5, and is opposed to the first guide wall 8 a in the up and down direction and in the opposite direction. And a second guide wall 8b having a bent shape extending in a straight line, and an L-shaped third guide wall 8c provided so as to block the path to the pulsation hole 6 and the return hole 34 on the terminal end side. With this configuration, a meandering oil separation chamber path 9 is formed in the separation main chamber 4A surrounded by the engine machine wall 3, the separation chamber peripheral wall 15, and the reed valve mounting plate 17. In the oil separation chamber 4, the upstream side in the flow direction of blow-by gas is defined as the start side, and the downstream side is defined as the end side (the post-separation chamber 4B is located closer to the end side than the separation main chamber 4A). doing).

The gas inlet hole 5 is formed in a relatively large circular hole in the lower part of the starting end of the separation main chamber 4A, and the return hole 33 on the starting end side is formed in the lower part on the starting end side of the separation main chamber 4A, specifically, the first guide wall 8a. Is formed next to the gas inlet hole 5. The gas inlet hole 5 and the return hole 33 on the start end side are opened to the communication hole 32 that accommodates the metal mesh 35.
The return hole 34 on the end side is a hole that penetrates the engine machine wall 3 and opens to the push rod chamber 31 just before the pulsation hole 6 at the end of the separation main chamber 4A.
The return hole 33 on the start end side and the return hole 34 on the end end side are formed as circular holes having the same diameter, and the opening area is much smaller than that of the gas inlet hole 5.

  The blow-by gas in the crankcase 1 flows into the separation main chamber 4A from the gas inlet hole 5 through the communication hole 32 and the metal mesh 35, and meanders through the oil separation chamber path 9 by the first and second guide walls 8a and 8b. move on. Due to the presence of the metal mesh 35, oil components (oil mist, moisture, etc.) in the blow-by gas are trapped to some extent just before entering the gas inlet hole 5, and the aggregated oil components pass through the communication holes 32 and enter the crankcase 1. Returned.

  Then, the oil component is captured in the separation main chamber 4A and flows through the oil separation chamber path 9, and the blow-by gas is guided by the second part and the third guide walls 8b and 8c and led from the lead hole 18 to the reed valve 19, And through the gas outlet 25 to the intake pipe 24. Then, the pressure fluctuation in the crankcase 1 is transmitted to the pulsation pressure actuator 2 through the pulsation hole 6 of the separation main chamber 4A, and the pulsation pressure actuator 2 is driven.

  That is, in the breather apparatus A, the reed valve 19 is opened when the engine is rotating and the pressure in the intake pipe 24 is lower than the pressure in the cylinder block 27 (crankcase 1). The blow-by gas that flows from the hole 5 and passes through the separation main chamber 4A and the separation post-chamber 4B is returned to the intake system. Theoretically, it seems that blow-by gas flows also from the return holes 33 and 34 on the start end side and the end side, but as described above, the opening area is sufficiently small compared to the gas inlet hole 5, so Almost no inflow.

  Oil components adhering and aggregating to the engine machine wall 3, the separation chamber peripheral wall 15, and the guide wall 8 flow down along the wall surface and accumulate in the lower portion of the separation main chamber 4 </ b> A. The accumulated oil component is returned to the crankcase 1 from the engine machine k through the return holes 33 and 34 on the start end side and the end end side by gravity. At this time, most of the oil component accumulated from the end-side return hole 34 that directly opens into the push rod chamber 31 without any intervening, rather than the start-side return hole 33 in which the metal mesh 35 exists in the opening. Leaks. Even when the flow of blow-by gas stops when the engine is stopped, the oil component stored in the separation main chamber 4A returns into the crankcase 1 from the return holes 33 and 34 on the start end side and the end end side.

  In the breather device A, when comparing the consumption of engine oil per unit time between the engine of the comparative example without the return hole 34 on the end side and the engine of the present invention, 78.3 g in the fully open operation (3200 rpm). /3h→1.8 g / 3h, and at the time of rated operation (rated speed), it was clearly reduced to 8.6 g / 3h → 0.1 g / 3h. In terms of booth and pressure, the engine of the present invention is sufficiently lower than the comparative engine in the crankcase 1 and the separation main chamber 4A, and the separation rear chamber 4B and the intake pipe 24 (air cleaner flange). There was no significant difference between the engine of the present invention and the comparative example engine.

Thus, the oil return from the terminal return hole 34 arranged immediately before the pulsation hole 6, that is, the terminal part of the meandering oil separation chamber path 9, is effective. Further, in the engine E of the present invention having the return hole 34 at the end as compared with the engine of the comparative example having only the return hole 33 at the start end with the metal mesh 35, the boost pressure is kept low and the oil consumption is reduced. It has been greatly improved.

  In the breather apparatus A (oil separation chamber 4) according to the present invention, the metal mesh 35 is provided on the engine start k side (communication hole 32) side at a location near the gas inlet hole 5 in the oil separation chamber route 9 showing the meandering route. A return hole 33 on the start end side provided with an end of the engine is connected to the end of the path close to the lead hole 18 (or the pulsation hole 6). A return hole 34 is formed.

Therefore, the gentle oil component is captured by the start end portion of the separation main chamber 4A, and the oil component is reduced by the return hole 33 on the start end side, and the active oil component is generated by the end portion of the separation main chamber 4A. In the trapping, the oil component on the terminal side is quickly reduced.
By arranging the right material in the right place, excessive reduction of the oil component can be suppressed while promoting the reduction of blow-by gas, and a preferable engine with a breather device that requires less oil consumption can be provided.

[Another embodiment]
The present invention may be applied to an air-cooled V-type engine E equipped with a fuel injection device such as an injector shown in FIGS. In the engine E of another embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the same reference numerals are given to portions having the same functions as those of the engine E of the present embodiment, and the description thereof is basically omitted. In FIG. 8, the fan case 43 shows only the lower fan case, and the upper fan case is omitted.

  The air-cooled V-type engine E shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 includes a crankcase 41, a crankshaft 42, a fan case 43, and an engine cooling fan 44. The fan case 43 is provided at the front part of the crankcase 41 with the installation direction of the crankshaft 42 being the front-rear direction, one of the front-rear directions is the front, and the other is the rear. The fan case 43 is accommodated.

  A pair of cylinders 45, 45 projecting in a V shape from the crankcase 41 upward and to the left and right as viewed in the direction of the axis P of the crankshaft 42, and a cylinder head 46 attached to the upper end side (tip side) of each cylinder 45, 45. , 46 and cylinder head covers 47, 47 attached to the tip side of the cylinder heads 46, 46. The fan case 43 has a size and shape that covers the cylinders 45 and 45 and the cylinder heads 46 and 46, and the engine cooling fan 44 can forcibly cool the engine.

  A throttle body 52 is disposed in a depression place 50 which is a place (space part) between the left and right cylinders 45, 45 and the cylinder heads 46, 46. From the throttle body 52, intake ports 46a, Left and right intake manifolds 48, 48 extending to 46a are provided in a state where the tip is inclined downward. The intake manifolds 48, 48 are on the front side where the engine cooling fan 44 is disposed, and the exhaust outlets (not shown) of the cylinder heads 46, 46 are provided on the rear side.

  A distribution supplier 49 for distributing and supplying fuel supplied from a fuel supply device 51 such as a fuel pump to the intake manifolds 48 and 48 of the cylinders 45 and 45 (cylinder heads 46 and 46) has a V shape. It is arranged in a state that straddles the depression place 50 that is a place between the cylinders. A pair of left and right leg portions 49B, 49B in the distribution supply device 49 are connected to a portion in the vicinity of the cylinder head of each intake manifold 48 in a communication connection state via a fuel injection device 53 such as an injector.

  The fuel supplied from the fuel supply device 51 is injected into the intake manifolds 48, 48 from the fuel injection devices 53 via the distribution supply devices 49, and merges with the air flowing in the intake manifold 48 to form air-fuel mixtures. It is configured to be sent to the cylinder head 46. In addition, each ignition coil 54 is placed and supported on the distribution supply device 49, and the high tension cord 55 extends to each cylinder head 46.

  In the engine according to this alternative embodiment, the breather device A and the breather cover 20 including the oil separation chamber 4 are installed at the same location as the engine E according to this embodiment. That is, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the oil separation chamber 4 and the breather cover 20 are present on the depression place 50 side of the cylinder head 46.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Crankcase 2 Pulsation pressure actuator 3 Engine machine wall 4 Oil separation chamber 4A Separation main chamber 4B Separation rear chamber 5 Gas inlet hole 6 Communication hole 7 Communication pipe 8 Guide wall 9 Oil separation chamber path 15 Separation chamber peripheral wall 16 Tip opening 17 Reed valve mounting plate 18 Lead hole 19 Reed valve 20 Breather cover 24 Intake system (intake pipe)
25 Gas outlet 26 Breather pipe 33 Return hole on start side 34 Return hole on end side 35 Oil catching promotion tool k Inside the engine

Claims (6)

The oil separation chamber for separating the oil component from the blow-by gas generated in the crankcase and reducing it to the intake system is an engine with a breather device in which the engine machine wall is used outside the engine machine wall. And
A gas inlet hole that opens into the engine machine communicating with the inside of the crankcase is provided on the start side of the oil separation chamber in the engine machine wall, and blow-by gas is provided to the intake system on the terminal side of the oil separation chamber. A gas outlet is provided for reducing
The oil component separated in the oil separation chamber on the engine machine wall in each of the vicinity of the gas inlet hole on the start end side of the oil separation chamber and the vicinity of the gas outlet on the end side of the oil separation chamber Is provided with a return hole for returning to the engine machine,
The return hole on the start end side is formed in a state facing an oil capture promoting tool installed in the engine machine in order to capture the oil component in the blow-by gas before reaching the gas inlet hole, and the end side The engine with a breather device is formed so that the return hole directly faces the engine machine.   The engine with a breather device according to claim 1, wherein a guide wall is provided in the oil separation chamber, and the oil separation chamber path from the gas inlet hole to the gas outlet is meandered by the guide wall.   A separation chamber peripheral wall of the oil separation chamber and the guide wall are integrally formed on the engine machine wall, and a breather cover that covers and closes a front end opening of the separation chamber peripheral wall is provided to constitute the oil separation chamber. The breather device-equipped engine according to claim 2, wherein the breather cover is provided with the gas outlet, and further provided with a breather pipe communicating the intake pipe as the intake system and the gas outlet. Between the tip opening and the breather cover, a reed valve mounting plate that serves as a lid for the tip opening and a lead hole formed in the reed valve mounting plate are used to support the lead valve mounting plate. A reed valve is provided to partition the oil separation chamber into a separation main chamber on the gas inlet hole side and a post-separation chamber on the gas outlet side,
4. The engine with a breather device according to claim 3, wherein the reed valve is configured as a one-way valve that is opened when a pressure in the post-separation chamber becomes lower than a pressure in the separation main chamber.   5. The engine with a breather device according to claim 4, wherein the lead hole is formed at a position facing a terminal end vicinity of the meandering oil separation chamber path in the separation main chamber.   A communication hole facing the rear part or the vicinity of the terminal end of the oil separation chamber path is formed in the peripheral wall of the separation chamber, and a pulsation pressure actuator is connected to the communication hole via a communication pipe, and the pulsation pressure in the crankcase The engine with a breather device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the pulsation pressure actuator is configured to be driven.

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