Chainsaw having ventholes for ventilation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9494120-B2
Application number	US-201313735837-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2013
Priority date	Jan 13, 2012
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

A chainsaw includes: an engine unit; a fuel supplying device configured to supply fuel to the engine unit; and an engine chamber defining portion defining an engine chamber therein. The engine unit includes: a cylinder unit housing a piston therein; a crankshaft configured to be driven by the piston; and a crank case configured to support the cylinder unit and house the crankshaft therein. The cylinder unit is accommodated in the engine chamber. The engine chamber defining portion has a partitioning portion interposed between the cylinder unit and the fuel supplying device and is formed with a first engine chamber venthole and a second engine chamber venthole adjacent to the cylinder unit for achieving ventilation between the engine chamber and atmosphere.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A chainsaw comprising:
an engine unit configured to generate a driving force, the engine unit comprising:
a cylinder unit housing a piston therein;
a crankshaft configured to be driven by the piston and extending in an axial direction; and
a crank case configured to support the cylinder unit and house the crankshaft therein;

a fuel supplying device configured to supply fuel to the engine unit;
an intake pipe connecting the engine unit and the fuel supplying device; and
an engine chamber defining portion defining an engine chamber therein for accommodating the cylinder unit, the engine chamber defining portion having a partitioning portion interposed between the cylinder unit and the fuel supplying device, the intake pipe penetrating the partitioning portion and being positioned within the engine chamber, the engine chamber defining portion being formed with a first engine chamber venthole and a second engine chamber venthole adjacent to the cylinder unit for achieving ventilation between the engine chamber and atmosphere, the engine chamber defining portion further including:
an upper portion positioned above the cylinder unit in a vertical direction crossing the axial direction, the upper portion having an upper wall positioned above the intake pipe and opposing the intake pipe in the vertical direction, the first engine chamber venthole being formed in the upper wall and penetrating the upper wall in the vertical direction; and
a lower portion having an opposing wall positioned below the intake pipe and opposing the intake pipe in the vertical direction, the opposing wall being integral with the crank case, the second engine chamber venthole being formed in the opposing wall to penetrate the opposing wall in the vertical direction and opposing the intake pipe in the vertical direction, the first engine chamber venthole and the second engine chamber venthole being in communication with the engine chamber to permit air to flow in the vertical direction within the engine chamber to cool the intake pipe.

2. The chainsaw according to claim 1 , wherein the cylinder unit and the crank case are arranged in the vertical direction, the first engine chamber venthole and the second engine chamber venthole being aligned in a direction substantially parallel to the vertical direction.

3. The chainsaw according to claim 1 , wherein the cylinder unit and the crank case are arranged in a prescribed direction crossing the vertical direction, the first engine chamber venthole and the second engine chamber venthole being aligned the vertical direction.

4. The chainsaw according to claim 1 , wherein the first engine chamber venthole comprises a plurality of ribs that are arranged in a staggered manner.

5. The chainsaw according to claim 1 , wherein the engine chamber defining portion further defines a fuel supplying device chamber therein for accommodating the fuel supplying device, the partitioning portion serving to partition between the engine chamber and the fuel supplying device chamber, and
wherein the engine chamber defining portion is further formed with a first fuel supplying device chamber venthole and a second fuel supplying device chamber venthole adjacent to the fuel supplying device for achieving ventilation between the fuel supplying device chamber and the atmosphere, the first fuel supplying device chamber venthole extending in the vertical direction.

6. The chainsaw according to claim 5 , wherein the first fuel supplying device chamber venthole is covered by a wall section to prevent the first fuel supplying device chamber venthole from being visible from outside of the fuel supplying device chamber.

7. The chainsaw according to claim 1 , wherein the engine unit further includes a fan fixed to one end of the crankshaft in the axial direction,
wherein the first engine chamber venthole is formed in the upper portion of the engine chamber defining portion at a position opposite to the fan with respect to the cylinder unit in the axial direction.

Assignees

• Hitachi Koki Kk

Inventors

• Naganuma Kenji

Classifications

• A01G3/086 Primary

  Chain saws · CPC title

• F02M35/1017

  Small engines, e.g. for handheld tools, or model engines; Single cylinder engines · CPC title

• B27B17/00

  Chain saws; Equipment therefor {(slotting or mortising machines equipped with chain cutters B27F5/06)} · CPC title

• F02M69/00 Primary

  Low-pressure fuel-injection apparatus {; Apparatus with both continuous and intermittent injection; Apparatus injecting different types of fuel} · CPC title