Briggs & Stratton, LLC

Ronald Lee Bartelt

Mark Donald Schaefer

Michael Paul Braun

Peter Hotz

Nicholas Robert Hirsch

Brian Hubbard

Darrell Albert Wiatrowski

A four-stroke internal combustion engine is provided that is capable of use in many power tools, including those power tools subjected to tippable applications. There is provided within an engine housing an oil reservoir and a valve chamber which independently communicate with a crank chamber. A strategically placed divider and passageway, located within the engine housing, appropriately direct lubricant within the engine housing so that the internal cavity of the engine is lubricated during use in various operating attitudes, and so that the fluid flows to and is held in the proper chambers of the engine housing during storage. There is also provided a breather arrangement for an internal combustion engine which includes a cam shaft having a hollow passageway in communication with the crank chamber and the air intake system of the engine.

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Muskego, WI, United States of America

Ronald Lee Bartelt