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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Koch, Como, AU;
Assignee:
Orbital Engine Company Proprietary Limited, Balcatta, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 1231 / ; 184-65 ;
Abstract
In combination with an internal combustion engine having a crankcase in which an air/oil mist mixture exists during normal operation of the engine, a pump having a crankshaft journalled in a crankcase, a cylinder, a piston coupled to said crankshaft to reciprocate in the cylinder, an intake and a return passage each communicating the pump crankcase with said engine compartment, and one-way valves in each of said passages arranged so that reciprocation of the pump piston will circulate the air/oil mist mixture from the engine compartment through the pump crankcase to provide lubrication to the compressor crankshaft and piston.