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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Yasuhiro Kuji, Kako-gun, JP;
Akinobu Wakabayashi, Kobe, JP;
Yasuhiro Kuji, Kako-gun, JP;
Akinobu Wakabayashi, Kobe, JP;
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a breather apparatus in a combustion engine having a sufficient gas-liquid separation function without involving an additional parts such as a breather tank and an arrangement space thereof. A breather chamber is formed in an air cleaner case, and the breather chamber is communicated with a crank case through a breather pipe. Preferably another breather chamber is formed in the crank case in addition to the breather chamber in the air cleaner case, and the breather pipe is connected to a breather outlet of the breather chamber in the crank case. The breather chamber in the air cleaner case is provided in a clean side space on an intake-air downstream side of a filter element.