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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2003
Yoshimoto Matsuda, Kobe, JP;
Yasuo Okada, Akashi, JP;
Yoshimoto Matsuda, Kobe, JP;
Yasuo Okada, Akashi, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A small watercraft including an engine mounted in a body such that an axial direction of a crankshaft corresponds with a longitudinal direction of the body, an oil tank provided such that a longitudinal direction thereof corresponds with the axial direction of the crankshaft, a first communicating port and a second communicating port formed in the oil tank at least two positions spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, a gas-release chamber having a third communicating port and a fourth communicating port provided at two positions spaced apart from each other, and at least one fifth communicating port located to communicate with an ambient side, the gas-release chamber having a bottom face located higher than a liquid level of oil inside the oil tank, wherein the first communicating port communicates with the third communicating port and the second communicating port communicates with the fourth communicating port.