JPS6316812Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention is an oil separator that separates blow-by gas and oil in a positive crankcase ventilation system (hereinafter referred to as a PCV system) for an automobile engine. It is related to.

[Prior Art] In automobile engines, a PCV system is provided to return blowby gas containing flammable hydrocarbons in the crankcase to the intake system for re-combustion. Blowby gas is normally drawn into the intake system from within the crankcase through a cam chamber, and the cam chamber is usually provided with a buff-full plate for draining oil. However, since a large amount of oil is splashed into the cam chamber by the cam part of the valve train, it is difficult to drain the oil sufficiently, resulting in increased oil consumption, white smoke emitted from the exhaust system, and exhaust purification. Problems such as abnormal deterioration of the catalyst may occur.

In order to alleviate the above problems,
Publication No. 134352 discloses that the bottom plate of a shielding plate defining a separation chamber inside is cut downward in a triangular shape to form a blow-by gas introduction opening, and the opening is covered with a cut-and-raised piece. This disclosure discloses a shielding structure that prevents oil droplets splashed by the cam from directly entering the opening. Also, Mikiakiaki
No. 58-42312 discloses a shielding plate that curves along the rotation locus, although it is provided for the crankshaft. In addition, Utsukai Showa 53-
Publication No. 28341 discloses a technique of providing a flange portion standing vertically upward around a plate-shaped deflector.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, the conventional structure had the following problems.

(b) Although the cut-out piece disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 57-134352 can cover the opening of the shielding plate that forms the separation chamber, it does not cover the cam side, so oil splashed up by the cam can be removed. The droplets cannot be effectively captured and dropped into the oil pool below. That is, the cam freely splashes oil and only prevents the splashed oil droplets from flying directly into the opening. For this reason, a large amount of oil droplets floats in the cam chamber space and easily enters the opening along with the flow of blow-by gas. Furthermore, since the cut-and-raised piece is integrally connected to the shielding plate bottom plate at its base, that portion is straight, and therefore the cut-and-raised piece cannot be curved along the cam locus. For this reason, it is not possible to cover the cam in an arc along the trajectory of the cam, and it is not possible to suppress oil splashing caused by the cam.

(b) Also, since Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-42312 is for a crankshaft, it is difficult to apply it to a camshaft, but even if it were applied to a camshaft, the lower end of the curved shielding plate would be on the same horizontal plane. Because it extends inward, when the oil level in the cam chamber rises, such as when the engine rotates at high speeds, if it rises above the lower end of the shielding plate, blow-by gas will not flow, and instead the oil will be pushed up by the pressure of the blow-by gas. A problem arises in that oil blows out.

(c) Furthermore, although the flange section is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 53-28341, since it is a flange that rises vertically upward, it is difficult for the oil to fall along the flange, which will be described later. It does not have the effect of increasing the falling area when it flows.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a cam shielding structure that covers the cam side and effectively captures oil droplets splashed up by the cam and allows them to fall to the bottom of the cam chamber. To provide a shielding structure that does not cause oil to blow out, and to also provide a shielding structure that effectively causes oil flowing along the shielding structure to fall into an oil reservoir below.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, the above problems are solved by the following oil separator of a positive crankcase ventilation system. In other words, at the bottom of the buttful plate installed in the cam chamber,
A shielding plate is provided that covers at least the cam portion of the camshaft and is curved in an arc along the rotation locus of the cam nose, a notch is provided in the shielding plate at a position offset in the axial direction from the cam portion, and further, the shielding plate It is formed by bending the end of the shielding plate in the direction opposite to the camshaft at the periphery including the notch, and the part other than the part corresponding to the notch extends substantially horizontally, and the part corresponding to the notch is the part of the shielding plate. An oil separator for a positive crankcase ventilation system, characterized by forming a flange portion rising in a direction substantially perpendicular to the periphery of a notch portion.

[Function] In the oil separator of the present invention, the oil scraped up by the cam nose and oil droplets generated at the cam portion are scattered around the cam portion, particularly in the tangential direction of the rotational trajectory of the cam nose. The oil is effectively captured by the shielding plate that curves around the cam nose and along the rotational trajectory of the cam nose, and falls into the oil pool below. Nor does it directly reach the provided blow-by gas inlet. As a result, the amount of oil sucked into the PCV system is significantly reduced, reducing oil consumption. At the same time, the amount of oil discharged into the exhaust system at the same time as blow-by gas is reduced, reducing the amount of white oil from the exhaust pipe. Smoke emission and abnormal deterioration of catalysts, etc. are prevented. In addition, since the shielding plate has a notch, even if the oil level in the cam chamber rises and reaches the level of the lower end of the shielding plate during high engine rotation,
Blow-by gas flows through the notch and no oil blow-out occurs. Furthermore, the shielding plate has a flange on its periphery, and the part of the flange other than the part corresponding to the notch extends almost horizontally, so that the oil flowing downward along the arcuate inner surface of the shielding plate is absorbed by the flange. The flange part extends to the bottom surface of the shielding plate from which the oil can escape, so the oil easily falls. This facilitates the return of captured oil to the oil reservoir. In addition, the flange on the periphery of the notch prevents oil droplets from entering from below to above, and the formation of the flange on the periphery of the notch increases the opening area of the notch accordingly, improving the flow of blow-by gas. .

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the oil separator of the PCV system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 7 show an oil separator for a PCV system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which the present invention is applied to a 4-valve type 4-cylinder engine. 1 and 2, 1 is a cylinder head, 2 and 3 are head covers, and cam chambers 4 and 5 are formed by the cylinder head 1 and the head covers 2 and 3. The cam chamber 4 and the cam chamber 5 communicate with each other via a blow-by gas passage 6.

A camshaft 7 is provided in the cam chamber 4, and an exhaust valve 9 is opened and closed by rotation of a cam nose 8 provided on the camshaft 7. A camshaft 10 is provided in the cam chamber 5, and an intake valve 12 is opened and closed by rotation of a cam nose 11 provided on the camshaft 10.

An oil separator 13 is provided above the camshaft 10 in the cam chamber 5, and the oil separator 13 is fixed to the head cover 3 from below. A blow-by gas introduction pipe 14 is provided above the oil separator 13 of the cam chamber 5, and the blow-by gas introduction pipe 14 is not shown.
Connected to the intake system via the PCV valve,
PCV system is configured.

The oil separator 13 provided above the cam chamber 5 is made up of a baffle plate 15 and a shielding plate 16. The full plate 15 includes a ventilation plate 17 made of a flat plate extending in the longitudinal direction of the engine, and a ventilation plate 1
7 and suction port covers 18 provided at the lower portions of both ends. Ventilation plate 17
As shown in FIG. 2, the camshaft 10 is provided along almost the entire length of the camshaft 10 in the longitudinal direction of the engine, and has suction ports 19 at both ends that communicate with the upper and lower sides of the ventilation plate 17. At both ends of the ventilation plate 17 corresponding to the lower part of the suction port 19, suction port covers 18 each consisting of a plate-like body having a U-shaped longitudinal section are provided.
A blow-by gas passage 20 for blow-by gas to reach the suction port 19 is formed by the lower surface of the ventilation plate 17 and the inner surface of the suction port cover 18.
is formed.

The shielding plate 16 is provided on the lower surface side of the intake port cover 18, and is provided across both intake ports 18 in the longitudinal direction of the engine. Shielding plate 16
is made of a plate-shaped body that curves downward in a concave arcuate cross section, and is formed to curve along the rotation locus 21 of the cam nose 11. The shielding plate 16 covers at least the cam portion of the valve train, that is, the cam nose 11 and the intake valve 1.
The cam portion is provided above the head portion of the cam portion 2 so as to cover the cam portion. Therefore, in this embodiment, since two intake valves 12 are provided in each cylinder, the shielding plate 16 covers at least the cam noses 11a, 11a, 11 corresponding to each intake valve.
b, 11b, 11c, 11c, 11d, and 11d are provided above each of them so as to cover these cam noses.

A more specific structure of the oil separator 13 is shown in FIGS. 3 to 7. The ventilation plate 17 made of a flat plate is provided with bolt holes 22 for attaching the ventilation plate 17 to the head cover 3 and notches 24 for inserting bolts 23 for attaching the head cover 3. . The suction ports 19 provided at both ends of the ventilation plate 17 are formed by cutting out the ventilation plate 17 in a U-shape and bending the cut out portion of the substantially rectangular plate 25 diagonally upward. This intake port 19 is
Two locations are provided at each end of the ventilation plate 17. An appropriate number of holes 26 are bored in the portion 25 that is bent diagonally upward.

The inlet cover 18, which is provided at the bottom of both ends of the ventilation plate 17 to correspond to the inlet 19, is made of a plate-shaped body formed by pressing or bending. A blow-by gas passage 20 is formed by the plate 17. The blow-by gas passage 20 has a blow-by gas inlet 27 on the central side of the ventilation plate 17, and the outlet of the blow-by gas passage 20 has a blow-by gas inlet 27 provided at the end of the ventilation plate 17.
It is formed by two suction ports 19. The blow-by gas passage 20 leading to the suction port 19 is provided with a throttle 28 whose cross-sectional area is narrowed by narrowing the suction port cover 18 in the width direction.

Shielding plate 1 provided at the bottom of the inlet cover 18
6, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, cutouts 30 are provided in the engine longitudinal direction of the shielding plate 16 at positions offset from the positions of the respective cam portions, that is, the positions of the respective cam noses 11. There is.
The cutout 30 extends from both edges of the shielding plate 16 to the shielding plate 16.
The shielding plate 1 extends in a direction across the
It is cut towards the top of 6. Further, the notch 30 is cut out to a position corresponding to the notch 24 of the ventilation plate 17 in the vertical direction, so that the shielding plate 16 does not interfere with the bolt 23. Therefore, the cam noses 11a, 11a, 11b, 11 in FIG.
An arcuate section of the shielding plate 16 is located above the cam noses 11a, 11d, and 11d, and a cutout 30 is located at a position where each of the cam noses 11a...11d is offset.

Flange portions 29a are formed at both ends of the arcuate cross-sectional portion of the shielding plate 16 by bending the both ends outward (in the opposite direction to the camshaft). Also, along the periphery of the notch 30, a flange portion 29b formed by bending the periphery outward is provided. The flange portion 29a and the flange portion 29b are connected. The flange portion 29a and the flange portion 29b are connected to the notch 30 of the shielding plate 16.
It is provided all around the periphery including the part. However, if the flange in that part interferes with the suction port cover 18 by providing a flange, the flange in that part is kept appropriately small.

In addition, 31 in FIG. 1 is an intake port, and 32
33 represents an exhaust port, 33 represents a combustion chamber, and 34 represents a distributor.

In the oil separator of the PCV system of the present invention configured as described above, the blow-by gas led from inside the crankcase to the cam chamber 4 is
The blow-by gas is guided to the cam chamber 5 through the blow-by gas passage 6. The blow-by gas then flows into the space 35 within the cam chamber 5, as shown by the arrows in FIGS. 1 and 5.
It passes through the blow-by gas passage 20 of the oil separator 13 through the space 36, the suction port 19, and the space 3.
7 into the blow-by gas introduction pipe 14,
It is inhaled into the intake system through the PCV valve of the PCV system.

On the other hand, in the cam chamber 5, since the camshaft 10 is rotated at high speed, a large amount of oil droplets are scattered around the cam nose 11, and a large amount of this oil droplets floats in the cam chamber space and tends to enter the blow-by gas suction system. shall be. A large amount of oil droplets generated at this cam portion are scattered particularly in the tangential direction of the rotation locus of the cam nose 11. However, since a shielding plate 16 is provided above the cam nose 11 so as to cover the cam portions such as the cam nose 11 and is curved along the rotation locus of the cam nose 11, the scattered oil droplets are removed from the shielding plate 16. The particles are effectively captured and their scattering is suppressed. The captured oil droplets do not reach the space 36, but fall down the inner surface of the shielding plate 16 and are returned to the cam chamber 5 below.
Oil is prevented from being inhaled along with blow-by gas.

Additionally, flange portions 29 are provided at both ends of the shielding plate 16.
a is formed, the oil splashed up from below is blocked by the flange portion 29a,
It becomes difficult for the oil to jump directly from the space 35 to the space 36, and oil is more reliably prevented from being sucked together with the blow-by gas. Furthermore, by forming the flange portion 29a, the area of both lower ends of the curved cross section of the shielding plate 16 is increased accordingly.
The oil that has flowed down along the curved portion of the shielding plate 16 tends to fall downward.

Further, by providing the flange portion 29a also in the notch 30, oil is prevented from entering through the notch 30, and the area of the notch 30 can be increased, so blow-by gas can flow easily.

Since the shielding plate 16 having a curved cross section is provided with the flange portions 29a and 29b, oil splashes are blocked more reliably, and oil is prevented from being sucked together with blow-by gas.

Further, as the engine speed increases and the camshaft 10 rotates at a high speed, the oil level in the cam chamber 5 tends to rise, but when the liquid level reaches the lower end of the shielding plate 16 or higher, the oil flows into the space 35 and the space 35. 36 and try to push the oil up into the space 36 with the pressure of the blow-by gas. However, shielding plate 1
6 is provided with a notch 30, and the notch 30
Since the blow-by gas flows into the space 36 through the blow-by gas and the communication between the cam chamber 5 and the space 36 is not blocked by the blow-by gas, there is no pressure difference between the cam chamber 5 and the space 36, and oil is prevented from being pushed up into the space 36. Ru. Therefore, even if the engine speeds up to high speed and the oil level rises, the cam chamber 5
The notch 30 prevents oil from blowing out into the PCV system.

[Effect of the invention] As explained above, when using the oil separator of the PCV system of the present invention, a shielding plate that covers the cam part and curves along the rotation trajectory of the cam nose is provided at the bottom of the buttful plate of the PCV system. A flange part is provided on the periphery of the shielding plate, and the oil splashed from the cam part is captured by the shielding plate including the flange part and returned to the cam chamber below, so that the oil does not enter the blow-by gas of the PCV system. It is possible to prevent the product from entering the body. In this case, the flange portion 29a provided at a portion other than the portion corresponding to the notch improves oil separation from the shielding plate, and the flange portion 29b provided at a portion corresponding to the notch prevents oil from splashing upward from below. In addition to suppressing intrusion, the notch area is increased to improve the flow of blow-by gas.

Furthermore, since the notch is provided at a position where the cam portion of the shielding plate is offset, the blow-by gas passage is not blocked even when the engine rotates at high speeds, and oil can be prevented from blowing out.

By significantly suppressing the amount of oil entering the PCV system, it is possible to significantly reduce oil consumption, and the amount of oil discharged into the exhaust system is also significantly reduced, reducing the amount of white smoke from the exhaust pipe. Emissions, abnormal deterioration of catalysts, etc. can also be prevented.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an engine incorporating an oil separator of a PCV system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an oil separator of the device shown in Fig. 1. 4 is a plan view of the device shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the device shown in FIG. 4 taken along line -, and FIG. 6 is a view taken along line - of the device shown in FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the apparatus of FIG. 5 taken along the - line. 1... Cylinder head, 2, 3... Head cover, 4, 5... Cam chamber, 6... Blow-by gas passage, 10... Camshaft, 11, 11a, 11
b, 11c, 11d...cam nose, 13...oil separator, 14...blow-by gas introduction pipe, 15...bumpy plate, 16...shielding plate, 17...ventilation plate, 18...
...Intake port cover, 19...Intake port, 20...Blow-by gas passage, 21...Rotation locus of cam nose, 29a, 29b...Flange portion, 30...Notch, 35, 36, 37...Space.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A shielding plate that covers at least the cam portion of the camshaft and curves in an arc along the rotation locus of the cam nose is provided at the lower part of the buff-full plate provided in the cam chamber, and the shielding plate is offset from the cam portion in the axial direction. A notch is provided at the position, and the end of the shielding plate is bent in the opposite direction to the camshaft on the peripheral edge of the shielding plate including the notch, so that the portion other than the portion corresponding to the notch is approximately horizontal. 1. An oil separator for a positive crankcase ventilation system, characterized in that a portion of the shielding plate that corresponds to the notch has a flange that extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the periphery of the notch of the shielding plate.