Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Tetsuhiro Yamakawa

Shinichi Tamba

Yoshiro Yamane

Yoshiteru Ueda

Atsuhiro Yoshimatsu

Shinichi Tanba

Keisuke Tomonaga

Ichirou Uemura

Ichiro Uemura

A valve structure is disclosed which is mechanically simple and is suited for use in an overhead-valve engine having a hemi-spherical combustion chamber. In the valve structure, inlet valve 3 and exhaust valve 2 are positioned in such a manner that they incline substantially like a 'V' in front view to form an acute angle therebetween. Positioned on a first inclined plane U1 are the longitudinal center lines 2a, 4a and 1a of the inlet valve 2, the associated push rod 4 and the associated rocker arm 1, which connects these, respectively. Positioned on a second inclined plane U2 are the longitudinal center lines 3a, 4a and 1a of the exhaust valve 3, the associated push rod 4 and the associated rocker arm 1, which connects these, respectively.

Overhead-valve engine having non-parallel inlet and outlet valves

Internal combustion engine

A lubrication device for a vertical crank shaft engine. A portion of a crank case, which houses the crankshaft with a small clearance at a given range of the lower side of the crankshaft extending vertically and expands upwards of the housing portion, forms an oil reservoir between the crankshaft, and a pumping member fixed to the crankshaft for rotation is provided in the lower portion of the oil reservoir.

Lubrication device for vertical crank shaft engine

An engine having a vertically disposed crankshaft includes an engine cover for closing a whole upper area of an engine body and having a skirt portion protruding downwardly from a periphery of the engine cover, and a cooling fan with a flywheel fixed to an output shaft of the engine below the engine body. The engine further includes a protruded shroud formed integrally on a wall portion of the engine body to completely close an annular clearance between the wall portion and the skirt portion, and a plurality of apertures formed in the protruded shroud to constitute a cooling air intake inlet.

Engine having vertical crankshaft

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Kakogawa, Japan

Tetsuhiro Yamakawa