Patent Grant
11300020
The present invention relates to a lubricant system and method for an engine.
Many patents relating to the lubricant system for an engine have been found in the foreign countries and domestic by far. Besides the essential engine parts structure of the 4-strokes engine, the information shows that the contents of these inventions mainly relate to the ideas of the lubricant system, which are designed for preventing the tubes from spraying oil and for ensuring sufficient lubrication during the overturn operation. Check valves, rotary valves, mixture needles, oil feeder channels, return oil channels, oil feeder pipes, oil return pipes etc. are designed for the former purpose, and all these designs follow the design ideas of “circulation lubricant system”.
Even though these designs are so complex, the former defects are still found in the tests to various types of foreign and domestic engines, that is, the lubricating oil will still spray from the tubes at a certain station during the overturning operation of the engine. Additionally, tubes from all types of engines are all connected into the air filters, therefore, even at normal stations, after the engines run for a period, the outgoing lubricating oil may immerse the filter cotton of the air filter, or even flow out of the housing. This proves that the design theory and the mechanical structure of “circulation lubricant system” should be improved.
Therefore, in the lubricant system of the 4-strokes engine, how to satisfy the normal operation during freely overturning operation, reduce the lubricating consumption rate, and prevent the filter cotton from being immersed by the lubricating oil when the tubes are connected into the air filters, and find a solution having reliable performance, simple structures and reduced cost is a significant problem in the field.
The technical problem to be solved is to provide a quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system and method for a 4-stroke engine, to reduce the consumption rate of lubricant, and to prevent the filter cotton from being immersed by the lubricating oil when the tubes are connected into the air filters.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the technical solution of the present invention is: a quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system for a 4-stroke engine, which comprises a preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice that is connected to a lubricant case on a wall of a crankcase of the 4-stroke engine, and a final stage quantitative airflow orifice disposed at a cylinder cover. A diameter of the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice D1 and a diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice satisfy an equation: D1/D3=0.8-1.5. A one-way connected oil gas lubricant channel is disposed between the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice and the final stage quantitative airflow orifice.
Preferably, the diameter D1 of said preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice and the diameter D3 of said final stage quantitative airflow orifice satisfy an equation: D1/D3=1-1.2.
Preferably, a relation between the diameter D1 of said preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice, a volume of the lubricant case and an engine displacement satisfies the following equation: D1=K (the volume of the lubricant− the engine displacement), in which, the unit of D1 is mm, the unit of the volume of the lubricant case and the engine displacement is cm3, and a value range of K is 0.011-0.02.
Preferably, a distance between each side of an inner wall of the crankcase and a corresponding side of a rotating space of a crank is smaller than 2 mm.
Preferably, a bulge part bulged to a center position of the crank along an axial direction, is disposed on the two inner sides of the crankcase, which are corresponding to two sides of the crank along the axial direction.
Preferably, an inter-stage quantitative oil orifice is disposed between the crankcase and a cam box of the 4-stroke engine, and a diameter of the inter-stage quantitative oil orifice D2 is less than or equal to 3D1.
Preferably, the lubricant case has a U-shaped section that is perpendicular to the crankshaft. The crankcase is surrounded by the lubricant case, and the left and right sides of the crankcase are each disposed with a preceding quantitative oil intake orifice. When the 4-stroke engine is under a condition of being disposed horizontally, the two preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifices are positioned at a cross point of two center lines, one of which is a forward-backward volume center line of the lubricant case, and the other of which is a forward-backward center line of the left and right side walls of the crankcase.
Preferably, when the engine is under the condition of being disposed horizontally, the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice is positioned on a cross line of the volume center surface of the lubricant oil case and a case wall of the crankcase.
Preferably, oil-shielding ribs are disposed on an outer case wall of the crankcase, at two sides of the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice or surrounding the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice.
Preferably, the final stage quantitative airflow orifice is connected with a cylinder of the 4-stroke engine through a connection pipe.
The present invention also provides a quantitative one-way oil gas lubricating method for the 4-stroke engine, by controlling the diameter of the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice D1 and the diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice D3 to satisfy the relation: D1/D3=0.8-1.5, so that a pressure of an output end of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice will always smaller than a pressure in the crankcase. The lubricant oil sucked by the crankcase from the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice flows along the oil gas lubricant channel and lubricates the engine parts that the channel passes through in turns. Finally, a minute quantity of waste oil gas that flows out from the final stage quantitative airflow orifice is introduced into the cylinder and is to be burned completely.
Furthermore, the oil gas lubricant channel, from the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice to the final stage quantitative airflow orifice, connects the crankcase, the cam box, the push rod channel and the upper rocker box in turns.
Furthermore, by controlling the diameter of the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice D1 and the volume of the lubricant oil case and the power capacity of the 4-stroke engine to satisfy an equation: D1=K (the volume of the lubricant oil case− the power capacity of the engine), a blow-and-suck pressure that a pulse air current applies to the lubricant oil in the lubricant oil case is controlled so as to control a flow quality of the lubricant oil that flows from the lubricant oil case to the crankcase in a range of 1.5-2 g/kw·h, wherein the unit of D1 is mm, the unit of the lubricant oil case and the power capacity of the 4-stroke engine is cm3, and K may take the value from a range of 0.011-0.02.
Furthermore, the diameter of the inter-stage quantitative oil orifice D2 is controlled to be less than or equal to 3D1 so as to make sure that a pressure of the crankcase during operation is in a range of minus 0.003-0.008 Mpa.
In addition, the present invention further provides:
a gasoline saw, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system;
a pruning shear, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system;
a grass trimmer, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system;
a brush cutter, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system;
an electric blower, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system;
a lawn mower, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system;
an electric generator, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system;
a water pump, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system;
a high pressure washer, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system; and
a universal small engine, which is disposed with the abovementioned quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system.
The technical solution of the present invention, by controlling the diameter of the preceding stage quantitative oil orifice D1 and the diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice D3, ensures that the pressure of the output end of the final stage quantitative gas orifice always be smaller than the pressure in the crankcase and ensures that the negative pressure be kept in a certain range. Since the diameter of the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice D1 is used to control the pulse air current pressure and the oil droplet quantity, and the diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice D3 is designed to make sure that the lubricant oil in the machine flows out as little as possible, the diameter of the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice D1 and the diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice D3 may cooperate to control the supply quantity of the lubricant oil accurately, and no extra lubricant oil gas may flow out from the final stage quantitative airflow orifice, therefore, the quantitative and one-way lubricating is realized.
Furthermore, since the lubricant oil channel between the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice and the final stage quantitative airflow orifice has a one-way connection structure, and the cavities to be lubricated in each stage are connected with a single oil gas quantitative orifice, so no extras lubricant oil will flow out from the final stage quantitative airflow orifice and back to the lubricant oil case, and oil return channel, check valve or oil collector exists in the whole lubricant oil system. And the system is without any mechanism that is used to stir the lubricant oil to produce smog. For the above reasons, the principle of the lubricant system in the present invention is different from the lubricant systems in the prior art.
Furthermore, the quantitative oil gas lubricates the next parts in turns; finally, a minute quantity of waste oil gas being remained is introduced to the cylinder directly and will be burned completely to reduce the consumption of the lubricant oil and the pollution, thus prevents the filter cotton from being immersed by the lubricating oil when the tubes are connected into the air filters, so as to reduce the pollution of the machine and the environment. The lubricant system of the present invention has a stable function, a simple structure and a low price.
Additionally, the crankcase is designed to ensure that the distance between the inner wall sides and the corresponding surface of the rotate space less than or equal to 2 mm. Therefore, no extra lubricant oil may remain in the crankcase, and the engine may be overturned in any certain angle.
Further description of the present invention may be described below combining with the figures and the specific embodiments.
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According to the present invention, the pulsing oil gas lubricant system for a 4-stroke engine comprises preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifices on left and right walls of the crankcase 1, that is, the first preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice 111 located at the left side wall of the crankcase 1 and the second preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice 112 located at the right side wall of the crankcase. When the engine is under the condition of being disposed horizontally, the two preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifices are positioned near the cross point of two center lines, one of which is forward-backward volume center line of the lubricant case, and the other of which is the forward-backward center line of the left and right side walls of the crankcase 1, and offset is allowed for the position of the orifices, for example, the distance with the cross point may be selected from the range of 0-20 mm. When the engine is under the condition of being disposed horizontally, the two preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifices are located at the positions that are no more than 50 mm above the liquid level of the lubricant oil. Even if the shape of the lubricant case 2 changes, when the engine is under the condition of being disposed horizontally, for the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifices, the preferred design is to dispose it on the intersecting lines of the volume center surface of the lubricant case and the wall of the crankcase, and the more specific position on the line may be decided according to the shape of the lubricant case.
The lubricant case 2 and the crankcase 1 are connected through the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifices, and the cam box 4 is connected with the upper rocker box 6 with the push rod channel, and the cylinder cover 3 is disposed with a final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31 thereon, and the final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31 is connected with the upper rocker box 6. Thereby, a one-way connected oil gas lubricant channel is formed between the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice and the final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31.
The pulsing oil gas lubricant system for a 4-stroke engine of the present invention blows and sucks the lubricant oil in the lubricant case 2 with the pulse airflow produced by the up-and-down movement of the piston. The diameter of the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice D1 and the diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice D3 are controlled to satisfy the equation: D1/D3=0.8-1.5, more preferably, to satisfy the equation: D1/D3=1-1.2. The blow-and-suck pressure that the pulse gas applies to the lubricant oil in the lubricant case 2 may be controlled by changing the diameter of the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice D1, thereby the flow rate of the lubricant oil that flows from the lubricant case 2 to the crankcase 1 is controlled correspondingly. The diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice D3 is designed to make sure that the lubricant in the machine flows out as little as possible, while the power capacity is not affected. Thereby, due to the single one-way connected oil gas lubricant channel between the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice and the final stage quantitative airflow orifice, the output end pressure of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31 may be accurately controlled in the range of 0.01-0.03 Mpa through the cooperative control to the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice D1 and the diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice D3, and as a result, the lubricant oil gas supply may be controlled accurately. In this way, the parts at where the oil gas lubricant channel goes through are lubricated sufficiently, and no extra lubricant oil will flow out from the final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31, additionally, during the process that the lubricant oil gas goes from the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice on the crankcase wall to the final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31 on the cylinder cover, lubricated component stages are connected by a single gas oil orifice, thus forms a one-way connected oil gas lubricant channel, this ensures that no extra lubricant oil may flow back into the lubricant case 2 from the crankcase 1 or other cavities, realizing the one-way quantitative lubricating.
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The design of two preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifices is used to make sure that the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice may work no matter how the engine is overturned so as to satisfy the normal operation of the quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system of a 4-stroke engine. As shown in
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Since the volume of the lubricant oil case and the power capacity of the engine may change, therefore, the diameter of the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice D1 and the volume of the lubricant oil case and the power capacity of the 4-stroke engine satisfy the following equation: D1=K(the volume of the lubricant oil case− the power capacity of the engine), wherein the unit of D1 is mm, and the unit of the lubricant oil case and the power capacity of the 4-stroke engine is cm3, and K may take the value from the range of 0.011-0.02, and the value of K depends on the capacity, generally, K may be larger when the power capacity is large, and K may be smaller when the power capacity is small.
Finally, the final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31 is connected to the cylinder through the communicating pipe 32, thus, even some part of lubricant oil flows out from the final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31, the remaining little waste oil gas may be introduced to the cylinder through the communicating pipe 32 so as to burn the remaining little waste oil gas fully to reduce the consumption of the lubricant oil and to reduce waste emissions. Finally, the requirement of quantitative one-way oil gas lubricating is achieved, no extra lubricant oil that has been lubricated parts will flow back to the lubricant oil case 2 from the crankcase 1 or other cavities.
In addition, in order to ensure the normal operation when the engine is overturned in any angles, another essential condition is required, that is, the crankcase 1 should be designed to make sure that the distance between each side of the inner wall of the crankcase and the corresponding side of the rotating space of the crank is smaller than 2 mm. As shown in
The above-mentioned pulse oil gas lubricant system of the 4-stroke engine controls the supply quantity of the lubricant oil gas and the flow velocity of the lubricant oil that flows in the oil gas lubricant channel accurately by controlling the diameter of the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice D1 and the diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice D3 to satisfy the equation: D1/D3=0.8-1.5 and controlling the diameter of the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice D1, the volume of the lubricant case and the engine displacement to satisfy the equation: D1=K (the volume of the lubricant− the engine displacement). Therefore, the supply quantity of the lubricant oil gas and the flow velocity of the lubricant oil that flows in the oil gas lubricant channel may be controlled accurately to ensure the quantitative one-way lubricating. The oil gas channel connects the crankcase 1, the cam box 4, the push rod channel, the upper rocker box 6 in turns from the preceding quantitative oil intake orifice to the final quantitative airflow orifice, and very few waste oil gas that flows out from the final stage quantitative airflow orifice is introduced to the cylinder to be burned completed.
When the volume of the lubricant oil case and the power capacity of the engine is determined with a certain value, the plunge moves up-and-down with a frequency of 0.01-0.002 s to form a pulse air current. The pressure and velocity of the pulse air current is basically stable. The blow pressure and suck pressure that the pulse air current applies to the lubricant oil in the lubricant oil case is determined by controlling the diameter of the preceding stage quantitative oil intake orifice, and then the flow quantity of the lubricant oil gas that flows from the lubricant oil case 2 to the crankcase 1 is controlled. Under the above condition, the flow quantity is controlled in the range of 1.5-2 g/kw·h.
After the crankcase 1 is lubricated, and then the cam box 4 is lubricated, and the inter-stage quantitative oil orifice 41 between the crankcase 1 and the cam box 4 is designed to satisfy the relation: the diameter of the inter-stage quantitative oil orifice D2 is less than or equal to 3D1. The pressure in the crankcase 1 is minus 0.003-0.008 Mpa during operation, and the lubricant oil that enters into the cam box 4 is controlled to satisfy the lubricating for the cam and the timing gear, and additionally, the remained lubricant oil may satisfy the lubricating for the next lubricated part, that is, the parts in the upper rocker box 6.
After the upper rocker box 6 is lubricated, the very few remaining waste oil gas is introduced into the cylinder through the final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31 that is positioned on the top of the cover of the cylinder. The size of the final stage quantitative airflow orifice 31 is designed to make sure that the lubricant oil in the machine flows out as little as possible, and meanwhile, the power capacity of the machine will not be affected. Specifically, by controlling the diameter of the final stage quantitative airflow gas orifice, the oil between the final stage quantitative airflow orifice and the cylinder flows with the velocity of 3-5 mm/s.
The quantitative one-way oil gas lubricant system provided by the present invention may be used to install various tools installed with a 4-stroke engine, such as gasoline saw, pruning shears, grass trimmer, brush cutter, electric blower, lawn mower, electric generator, water pump, high pressure washer, universal small engine and so on. However, it is should be understood that the scope of protection is not limited to the listing above.
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