Two stroke engine

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6662764
  • Patent Number
    6,662,764
  • Date Filed
    Monday, May 6, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, December 16, 2003
    21 years ago
Abstract
This invention relates to an improvement of two stroke engine in which a sleeve piston is employed to move up and down in the cylinder and to control alternatively the opening and closing of the intake guide and exhaust guide and to prevent the lubricant from exuding out of the crank case in an effort to ensure an environmental-friendly clean exhaust.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




This invention relates to the two stroke engine, mainly an improvement to reduce the high pollution contained in the exhaust, a dominant weakness the traditional two stroke engine has ever embraced. Particularly, it requires no mixing of engine oil to be added during the refilling with gasoline.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




Please refer to

FIGS. 1 and 2

. They are schematic diagrams showing the general two stroke engine where the cylinder


10


provides an intake way


11


and an exhaust way


12


at the opposed direction. A piston


13


has a piston ring


131


installed on the piston crown to choke the gasoline mixture with the cylinder


10


. A connecting rod


14


has a piston pin


15


at one end being locked in the piston


13


and the other end connected to the crankshaft


17


within the crank case


16


. When the piston


13


comes up and compresses the gasoline mixture in the combustion chamber of cylinder


10


, an explosion follows as the spark plug


18


ignites the compressed gasoline mixture, and the piston


13


is thus moved down. When the piston


13


moves down to the exhaust way


12


, the exhaust flows out right at this moment. The flowing of the exhaust through the exhaust way


12


will create a venturi effect and a negative pressure in the combustion chamber in the cylinder


10


as compared with the preset pressure in the crank case


16


, the gasoline mixture will be sucked into the cylinder


10


through the intake way


11


(with one way valve), and the piston


13


and the connecting rod


14


will continue to move up by the rotary force of the crankshaft


17


to proceed the second compress ion and explosion and so on. It is easy to learn that the two stroke engine is simple in construction, less loss in power, benefiting greater horsepower and long service time. In down movement of the piston


13


, because there exist an intake way


11


and an exhaust way


12


on both sides, there is no way to reserve the engine oil in the crank case


16


. Therefore, the engine oil has to be added to the gasoline while refilling where the engine oil will form a lubricating film along the piston after explosion, resulted in an incomplete combustion, a culprit for pollution.





FIG. 3

shows a schematic diagram of a four stroke engine, where the engine oil is stored in the crank case


16


, and intake way


20


and the exhaust way


21


are moved to the top of the cylinder


10


. When the piston


13


moves upward in the cylinder


10


, it is not necessary for the piston


13


to bring up the engine oil to the intake way


20


and exhaust way


21


, the four stroke engine entails no engine oil to be mixed with the gasoline, a complete combustion is therefore achieved and the exhaust is more environmental-friendly. However, in the four stroke engine, the intake valve


20


and the exhaust valve


21


need to be controlled by the camshaft (not shown), inefficiency caused by a complicated mechanism, heavy consumption of energy and less horsepower is unavoidable.




Comparing the merits and demerits between the two stroke engine and the four stroke engine, after many years' endeavor to the research and development, tests and experiments, the inventor has come up a practicable two stroke engine in which all merits are conserved and all demerits are removed in an attempt to upgrade the motorcycle industry and to solve the pollution the motorcycle yields.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The invention mainly employs a sleeve piston structure over the main piston which serves to block the engine oil from arousing to the intake way and exhaust way along the piston wall while the piston moves up. It therefore requires no adding engine oil to the gasoline to ensure a clean exhaust pursuant to the emission standard set forth by environmental protection requirements.











The invention is explained in great details with the aid of the preferable embodiments as presented in the drawings.




BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is the schematic diagram showing the prior art of the two-stroke engine (in compression and ignition stage).





FIG. 2

is the schematic diagram showing the prior art of the two-stroke engine (in intake and exhaust stage).





FIG. 3

is a schematic diagram of four-stroke engine.





FIG. 4

is the schematic diagram showing the two-stroke engine of the invention (in compression and ignition stage).





FIG. 5

show the sleeve piston assembly is moving downward.





FIG. 6

is the schematic diagram showing the two-stroke engine of the invention (in intake and exhaust stage).





FIG. 7

is another embodiment of two-stroke engine of the invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




As shown in

FIGS. 4

,


5


, and


6


, the structure and technique of the two stroke engine of the invention are similar to the prior art of the two stroke engine, except with better improvement. In the interior of the cylinder


10


, there is a sleeve piston over wrapped on the main piston. The sleeve piston moves up and down in the cylinder


10


, which controls the opening and closing of the intake way


11


and exhaust way


12


and blocks the engine oil from exuding from the crank case


16


, so that it is no longer required to mix engine oil


19


with the gasoline while refilling to gain a better clean exhaust in accordance with the environmental protection standards. The major characteristics of the invention are as follows.




The sleeve piston comprises a main piston


30


and a sleeve piston


40


, wherein the main piston


30


has provided a piston ring


31


and an oil ring


33


serving as a seal. The lower part of the piston


30


has a taper


32


.




The sleeve piston


40


has an internal chamber


41


, a large inner diameter groove race


42


and sealing rings


43


and


44


.




When the taper


32


of the main piston


30


is inserted into the chamber


41


of the sleeve piston


40


, it forms a complete sleeve piston assembly.




To fit the sleeve piston of the invention, the cylinder


10


is hereby designed into two sections where the inner diameter of the first section


22


of the cylinder


10


is tantamount to the outer diameter of the main piston


30


, and so the diameter of the second section


23


of the cylinder equals to the outer diameter of the sleeve piston


40


. The intake way


11


and the exhaust way


12


are located at the highest place within the second section


23


. The bottom of the cylinder


10


provides a retaining ring


24


employed for holding the compression spring


25


which touches the bottom of the sleeve piston


40


and also offers a uprising force to the sleeve piston


40


.




As shown in

FIG. 4

, the piston


30


is placed in the first section


23


of the cylinder


10


, and the compressed gasoline is sealed by the piston ring


31


. The sleeve piston


40


is located at the upper dead point of the second section


23


of the cylinder


10


, the sealing rings


43


,


44


are located below the intake way


11


and exhaust way


12


to stop the engine oil


19


leaking out of the crank case


16


and entering the intake way


11


and exhaust way


12


. As shown in

FIG. 5

, immediately after the spark plug


18


ignites an explosion of the compressed mixture of gasoline and air, the main piston


30


begins to move downward and move into the chamber


41


of the sleeve piston


40


and touches the groove race


42


, so as to bring down the sleeve piston


40


together, the intake way


11


and the exhaust way are respectively opened (similar to the prior art of the tow stroke engine), and the spring


25


is compressed. When the main piston


30


arrives at the position as shown in

FIG. 6

, the rotary force from the crankshaft


17


turns the main piston


30


and the connecting rod


14


upward, and in turn the main piston


30


releases the pushing force exerted on the sleeve piston


40


. The spring


25


helps lifting the sleeve piston


40


upward along with the main piston


30


till they arrive at the position as shown in FIG.


4


. Then, the sleeve piston


40


closes the intake way


11


and exhaust way


12


, and the main piston


30


starts another compression and explosion processing.




As shown in

FIG. 7

, it is really a practicable embodiment where the exterior diameter of the sleeve piston


40


equals to that of the main piston


30


, and the inner diameter of the chamber


41


which goes through the interior of the sleeve piston


40


equals to outer diameter of the taper


32


of the main piston


30


. When the taper


32


of the main piston


30


is inserted into the chamber


41


of the sleeve piston


40


, the structure of the sleeve piston can be formed with which the main piston


30


can cause synchronized movement with the sleeve piston


40


as the main pistons


30


moves down.




Many changes and modifications in the sectional design of the cylinder and architecture of sleeve piston of the above-disclosed embodiment of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.




The two-stroke engine of the invention has removed the weaknesses the prior art of two-stroke engine prevails. It is a novel improvement, which promotes the product value, and is justified for a grant of a new patent.



Claims
  • 1. An improvement of two stroke engine mainly comprises a sleeve piston over wrapped on the main piston, wherein the sleeve piston controls the opening and closing of the intake way and the exhaust way while the piston moves up and down in the cylinder and block the engine oil from leaking out of the crank case, it is unnecessary to mix engine oil into gasoline for the two-stroke engine of the invention, it produce the clean exhaust, which meets the emission standard, and the main characteristics are:the sleeve piston comprises a main piston and a sleeve piston; the main piston has the piston ring serving the sealing function and a taper at the lower part; the sleeve piston has a chamber with a large size groove race on the top and provides two sealing rings; the taper of the main piston is inserted into the chamber of the sleeve piston to form an integral sleeve piston assembly.
  • 2. The improvement of two-stroke engine of claim 1, wherein the cylinder is designed in two sections.
  • 3. The improvement of two stroke engine of claim 1, wherein the second section of the cylinder provides a retaining ring to hold a spring which supports at the internal bottom the sleeve piston so as to lift the sleeve piston by its expansion force.
  • 4. The improvement of two-stroke engine of claim 1, wherein the inner diameter of the sleeve piston is tantamount to the outer diameter of the main piston and the inner diameter of the chamber is equal to the outer diameter of the taper of the main piston, after the taper is inserted into the chamber of the sleeve piston, the main piston and the sleeve piston will move synchronically up and down.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Number Name Date Kind
2458111 Soltesz Jan 1949 A
4576126 Ancheta Mar 1986 A
4663938 Colgate May 1987 A
6145488 Plechner Nov 2000 A
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
Number Date Country
1300556 Apr 2003 EP