Abstract: A separate lubricating device for an internal combustion engine includes a lubricating oil injection nozzle for injecting a lubricating oil into a passage of an air intake system and an electric deliverer for delivering a lubricating oil from an oil tank to the lubricating oil injection nozzle. The electric deliverer is positioned remotely from the lubricating oil injection nozzle. The electric deliverer may, to special advantage, be housed inside the oil tank.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel pumping device for two-cycle engines with at least a one-piece housing, on which a pulse air connector (14), which is pneumatically connected with the crankcase of the two-cycle engine, a fuel aspiration connector and a fuel pressure connector are arranged, in which a diaphragm (41) on which pulse air acts, drives a pump piston (22) in connection with a diaphragm disk (42), in the course of which fuel being supplied from the tank (1) at the fuel aspiration connector during the pump aspiration stroke is aspirated via a flap valve (61) into the compression chamber (51) located upstream of the pump piston, and is pumped during the compression stroke via a further flap valve (71) into the fuel pressure connector and into a reservoir (73) and/or an injection valve (5). The pulse air connector (14) terminates in a housing chamber (13) located between the diaphragm (41) and the pump piston (22), and at least one spring element (15, 35, 94) acts on each side of the diaphragm (41).

Abstract: A four-cycle engine in which a mixed gas of a fuel and air containing a lubricating oil is transferred from a carburetor to a cylinder or a crank chamber, the gas is pushed out in the stage of descending the piston to the passage on the reverse side, transferred into a rocker arm chamber including an intake valve at the top of the cylinder via a passage including a valve gear mechanism, and it is directed to the cylinder in the intake stage, whereby the engine is lubricated by the lubricating oil. The engine has no oil pan and can be run at any inclination angle (360.degree.). Also disclosed is that it is also possible for the four-cycle engine to provide a diverged second passage extending to the crank room, to provide a lead valve on a portion of the second the passage, to provide a diverged third passage extending to the lower end of the crank chamber, to provide a lead valve or rotary valve, and to provide a fourth and/or fifth passage(s) to circulate the mixed gas.

Abstract: A method of controlling the oil flow rate for an internal combustion engine including: a) defining a break-in period of the engine; b) determining whether the engine is running within the break-in period; and c) varying the oil flow rate for the engine if the engine is running within said break-in period from the oil flow rate for the engine when running under normal conditions outside the break-in period such that the oil flow rate during the break-in period is generally higher than the oil flow rate under normal engine conditions.

Abstract: A lubrication system for an engine having a fuel system including a floatless carburetor is disclosed. The engine has an intake system through which air is supplied to the engine, the carburetor associated with the intake system and arranged to deliver fuel into air passing through an air flow passage therethrough. The carburetor has a main fuel supply line extending between a fuel supply chamber and a discharge to the air flow passage, a first one-way type valve arranged along the main fuel supply line, a diaphragm dividing the fuel supply chamber from an air chamber, the air chamber coupled to an air source whereby movement of the diaphragm causes fuel to be discharged through the main fuel supply line to the air passage. The lubrication system is arranged to deliver lubricant from a supply through a lubricant supply line communicating with the main fuel supply line between the first one-way type valve and the discharge.

Abstract: An improved method and system for automatically continuously replacing an engine's used lubricating oil with fresh lubricating oil throughout operation based on engine operating conditions is disclosed. The present system includes an injection control device for injecting small amounts of used lube oil into the engine's fuel system and an auxiliary flow control device for directing controlled quantities of fresh oil into the engine's lube oil system. An electronic controller is provided to vary the amount of used lube oil injected into the oil system based on the severity of engine operation. The process periodically determines an engine operating severity value, i.e. fuel consumption value, for an interval of engine operation and calculates a base line quantity of oil for injection based on the current fuel consumption of the engine during the current interval.

Abstract: An electronically controlled lube oil and fuel blending system is provided which controls the amount of lube oil delivered from an engine lube oil supply system to an engine fuel supply system based on the amount of fuel added to the fuel supply system thereby maintaining a constant lube oil/fuel ratio or lube oil concentration in the fuel supply system 16 regardless of variations in engine operation thereby minimizing emissions, such as particulate matter. The system includes a lube oil injection circuit connecting the engine lube oil supply system to the fuel supply system and an emission compliance lube oil concentration control system for controlling a lube oil concentration in the fuel supply system to maintain compliant engine emissions during engine operation.

Abstract: A method of lubricating and cleaning a fuel injector of a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine during running of the engine including delivering both a lubricant and a cleaning additive to the injector. The injector injects directly into the combustion chamber of the engine. The lubricant and cleaning additive are delivered to the fuel exit area of the injector.

Abstract: An automatic and initial adjustment of pertinent engine parameters to provide an engine with a gentle break-in period. The engine's electronic control unit adjusts the engine parameters most conducive to proper break-in during operating speeds greater than a predetermined speed and for a predetermined period of break-in time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for delivering and for metering additives to the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine consuming a known and controlled amount of lubricant, according to which the lubricant consumed comprises at least one additive designed to improve the quality of the combustion in the chamber. In particular, the additive is designed to promote the combustion of an engine working with controlled self-ignition and to obtain operation in a wider speed and/or load range of the engine.

Abstract: To provide a carburetor for a two-cycle engine, and prevent water from entering into the engine, using a lubricating system of the engine. Oil sealing members are attached to bearings of a throttle shaft of a carburetor. Oil holes are formed at positions near a barrel passage and inside the oil sealing members, thereby forcibly supplying lubricating oil to the bearings. Therefore, the bearing are continuously lubricated, so that water is prevented from entering into the carburetor. The forcibly supplied lubricating oil leaks from the bearings to the barrel passage, and is supplied to the interior of the engine together with air-fuel mixture produced by the carburetor. The two oil holes communicate with each other via a dovetail groove, so that the lubricating oil from a lubricating oil plug is simultaneously supplied to the bearings at the opposite ends of the throttle shaft.

Abstract: A fuel system for an internal combustion engine powering an outboard motor of a watercraft is disclosed. The fuel system includes a main fuel source and a pump for delivering fuel from the main fuel source through a fuel filter to a vapor separator. Fuel is supplied from the chamber by high pressure pump through a fuel rail to one or more fuel injectors. Undelivered fuel is returned to the vapor separator through a return line. Oil is mixed into the fuel between the fuel filter and the high pressure pump, so that the high pressure pump draws a mixture of fuel and oil and delivers it to the charge former(s) and fuel return.

Abstract: An improved method and system for automatically continuously replacing an engine's used lubricating oil with fresh lubricating oil throughout operation based on engine operating conditions is disclosed. The present system includes an lube oil replacement pump system operable in a replacement mode for injecting small amounts of used lube oil into the engine's fuel system and directing controlled quantities of fresh oil into the engine's lube oil system to replace the removed oil. The process periodically determines an engine operating severity value, i.e. fuel consumption value, for an interval of engine operation and calculates a base line quantity of oil for injection based on the current fuel consumption of the engine during the current interval. The lube oil replacement pump may also be operated in a makeup mode for adding quantities of fresh oil to the engine lube oil sump to compensate for oil consumed by the engine.

Abstract: A fuel and lubricant supply system for an engine of the type utilized to power an outboard motor of a watercraft is disclosed. The system includes a fuel supply and a delivery mechanism for delivering fuel from the supply through a fuel system including at least one charge former. The system also includes a lubricant supply and a delivery mechanism for delivering lubricant from the supply through a lubricant system to at least a portion of the fuel system. A fluid pressure operated check valve is provided along the lubricant system for preventing the flow of fuel into the lubricant system. Preferably, the check valve includes a fluid sensor providing data to a control unit which controls the lubricant delivery mechanism for controlling the volume of lubricant delivered to the fuel system.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of lubricant pump and control systems for internal combustion engines, such as two-cycle engines, wherein the condition of the pump is compared with a control signal to the pump and if the conditions are not the same, a warning and protective action is initiated.

Abstract: In a portable engine using a fuel gas within a cassette type gas bomb or canister, an engine body is provided with a lubricating oil supply for supplying a lubricating oil from an air intake port side. The supply means has a fixed quantity discharging type lubricating oil pump housed in a separation chamber between a side wall of a crankcase of the body. A recoil starter is disposed beside the side wall and a plunger is directly driven by a crank shaft. A discharge piping system has a throttle tube for controlling a flow amount and communicates between an air intake tube connected to the air intake port and a discharge port of the pump. Furthermore, there is a lubricating oil tank, a suction piping system communicating between the tank and the suction port of the pump, and a return piping system communicating the discharge side of the pump and the tank.

Abstract: An improved system for automatically continuously replacing an engine's used lubricating oil with fresh lubricating oil throughout operation based on engine operating conditions is disclosed. The present system includes an intermittent injection control device for intermittently injecting small amounts of used lube oil into the engine's fuel system. An electronic controller is provided to vary the amount of used lube oil injected into the oil system based on the severity of engine operation. The system periodically determines an engine operating severity value, i.e. fuel consumption value, for an interval of engine operation and calculates a base line quantity of oil for injection based on the current fuel consumption of the engine during the current interval. The system may also include an auxiliary flow control device for directing controlled quantities of fresh oil into the engine's lube oil system for maintaining the engine's oil sump at a proper level.

Abstract: An oil-metering system for an internal combustion engine including an oil tank for supplying oil to the lubrication areas of the engine. The plurality of individual oil supply conduits are provided for supplying oil to lubrication areas. A pumping and control means individually meters oil supplied by the oil tank and supplies to the lubrication areas or returns oil to the oil tank. A single oil-return manifold connects the pumping and control means by a plurality of individual return conduits. The oil return manifold and pumping and control means are commonly mounted in close proximity to each other in order to reduce the length of the return conduits.

Abstract: A rail saw has a power head which includes a two cycle engine which does not require premixing of gasoline and lubricating oil. Instead, undiluted gasoline is stored in the engine's fuel tank, and lubricating oil is supplied to the engine's fuel supply system downstream of the fuel tank by a mechanical metering pump which delivers a designated, preferably adjustable, quantity of oil to the fuel supply system per engine revolution. In the case of a power head formed by converting a chain saw power head to a rail saw power head, the oil supply system may comprise the lubricating oil system originally designed to lubricate the chain saw's chain. Also disclosed is a preferred method of converting a chain saw power head requiring the storage of a premixed gasoline/lubricating oil mixture in its fuel tank to a rail saw power head whose fuel tank stores gasoline only.

Abstract: An electrically driven metering pump removes used oil in precise increments at a controllable rate of repetition from a safe operating level in the sump or reservoir of an engine, compressor, transmission or other power equipment; preferably in combination with means provided by a circulating oil supply system, in which withdrawal of oil from the sump is at a controlled running level and oil for removal is taken from a withdrawal path in the supply system, using a separator to exclude air from the oil removed. Oil removed by the metering pump is filtered and delivered to an electrically driven blending pump, which draws in engine fuel for combination with this oil by turbulence, repetitive transfer, heating and forced dispersion to produce a primary blend at a composition determined by the relative volumes of delivery per operating pulse and the relative rates of pulse repetition of the metering and blending pumps.

Abstract: An oil supply system for a watercraft which is powered by an internal combustion engine driving a water propulsion device is disclosed. The system delivers oil to the engine in accordance with a first rate of increase as engine speed increases in a first low engine speed range, and in accordance with a second higher rate of increase as engine speed increases in a second engine speed range higher than the first engine speed range. The lower rate of oil delivery in the first engine speed range is selected to prevent fouling of a catalyst of the engine.

Abstract: An improved method and system for automatically continuously replacing an engine's used lubricating oil with fresh lubricating oil throughout operation based on engine operating conditions is disclosed. The present system includes an injection control device for injecting small amounts of used lube oil into the engine's fuel system and an auxiliary flow control device for directing controlled quantities of fresh oil into the engine's lube oil system. An electronic controller is provided to vary the amount of used lube oil injected into the oil system based on the severity of engine operation. The process periodically determines an engine operating severity value, i.e. fuel consumption value, for an interval of engine operation and calculates a base line quantity of oil for injection based on the current fuel consumption of the engine during the current interval.

Abstract: A separate oiling type two cycle engine having a diaphragm type float-less carburetor including a metering chamber and a needle valve comprises a fuel reservoir for reserving fuel, a fuel supply port provided at the fuel reservoir for supplying fuel into the fuel reservoir, a fuel passage for connecting the fuel reservoir with the needle valve, a venturi provided immediately upstream of the needle valve, an oil discharge port provided adjacent to the inlet of the venturi for discharging lubricating oil therethrough so as to mix lubricating oil with fuel, and a fuel return port provided at the higher position than the fuel supply port for returning fuel to a fuel tank. Since lubricating oil is supplied to almost all major components of the carburetor, carburetor components such as a choke valve, a throttle valve, fuel passages, jets, metering needles, nozzles and the like can be prevented from being corroded, rusted or clogged by salt water contained in fuel.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine is provided with a cartridge containing a fuel/oil mixture where the fuel is liquid, normally gaseous fuel. The cartridges can be readily mounted or demounted from the engine, and provide flexibility of use coupled with easy starting. The use of the fuel/oil cartridges eliminates the need to separately mix oil and fuel, and eliminates substantial contact of the user with an oily fuel/oil mixture. The two cycle and four cycle cartridge-type engines are suitable for use in many hand-powered implements, including line trimmers, chain saws, leaf blowers, hedge trimmers, etc.

Abstract: An injector system adaptable for outputting a predetermined volume of lubricating oil from a diesel engine into an engine fuel system includes a piston slidably disposed in a body and cooperates with the body to define a first and second chamber in the body at opposite ends of the piston. A controller controls the movement of a valve to alternately connect the first and second chambers to a pressurized source of oil so that fluid filling one chamber moves the piston which will expel fluid from the other chamber. The chamber remains filled until the valve is actuated to connect the unfilled chamber to the pressure source which causes the chamber to fill with oil and expel the oil from the previously filled chamber.

Abstract: A lubricating system and method of operating the system for an internal combustion engine wherein the amount of lubricant supplied to the engine from a positive displacement engine driven pump is varied by selectively delivering lubricant from the pump to the engine or bypassing the lubricant back to the return of the pump. The amount of lubricant supplied is varied by changing both the duty ratio of the lubricant supply and the duration of engine supply in response to a map of engine conditions. Various control routines are disclosed and in each the lubricant supplied to the engine is monitored so that once a finite amount of lubricant is supplied, lubricant is not supplied again to the engine until that amount previously supplied has been consumed.

Abstract: A lubricating system for a machine such as a two-cycle internal combustion engine including a reciprocating pump that pumps a finite amount of lubricant during a single pumping stroke and a stepper motor for operating the pump through incremental phases of movement each less than a stroke. The lubricant requirements of the machine are determined and the driving increments are adjusted so as to provide a pumping stroke when the lubricant consumption of the machine reaches the output of the pump. Various arrangements of stepper motors and control arrangements are disclosed for controlling the amount and timing of the lubricate delivery.

Abstract: A calibrated engine lubricant dispenser has a lubricant reservoir, which houses the engine lubricant where the lubricant is stored for dispensing. An existing engine fuel container is aligned with the dispenser. When the user activates the dispensing, a calibrated amount of engine lubricant is dispensed from the reservoir into the engine fuel container. The engine lubricant mixes with the engine fuel in the engine fuel container so that the proper proportion of engine lubricant versus engine fuel is obtained in the engine fuel container.

Abstract: An induction system for a marine propulsion engine wherein the induction system has a flow-controlling valve. A lubricant supply system is provided for delivering lubricant to the induction system upstream of the valve and toward the sliding support surfaces of the valve so as to reduce the likelihood of corrosion, particularly if the fuel supply washes the flow-controlling valve of lubricant during engine running.

Abstract: A number of embodiments of drain-control systems for two-cycle crankcase compression internal combustion engines wherein collected lubricant and condensed fuel may be pumped out of a low spot in the engine when certain engine conditions exist. The pumped liquid is delivered back either to the engine through its induction system or exhaust system for further burning or is mixed with the fuel that is delivered to the engine. Adjustments are made in the fuel-air ratio supplied by the charge-forming system when the drains are being pumped so as to avoid uneven running.

Abstract: A system for providing an indicator light operated by a fluid level sensor, including a power source providing the voltage to a first node, a first LED and a first circuit branch connecting the first node to ground, a voltage dropping component in the first circuit branch, a second circuit branch including a second LED connected to the first node in parallel with the first LED, and a normally open first fluid level switch that can close to connect the second circuit branch to ground. The sum of the turn on voltage of the first LED and the voltage drop across the voltage dropping component when the first LED is on is greater than the voltage drop from the first node to ground through the second LED when the first switch is closed, so that the first LED is normally on when the first switch is open, and the second LED is on and the first LED is off when the first switch is closed.

Abstract: A motor vehicle containing a two-cycle, crankcase compression, internal combustion engine having direct lubricating systems for supplying lubricant to the sliding surfaces of the piston and cylinder bore for each cylinder of the engine, separate pumps for delivering lubricant to the crankshaft bearings associated with each cylinder of the engine and a system for delivering lubricant to the engine for the remaining components through the induction system. Various arrangements are disclosed for delivering the lubricant to the induction system including systems having a separate pump for each cylinder and combined arrangements.

Abstract: Embodiments of lubricating systems and methods for two cycle, crankcase compression, diesel engines wherein certain running components of the engine such as the crankshaft and pistons are each supplied with their own lubricating systems including independently operating lubricating pumps, each system is controlled so as to supply a finite amount of lubricant to the engine and then sense the engine running conditions to determine when the lubricant will have been consumed before additional lubricant is supplied. In addition, a control routine and structure is disclosed wherein lubrication is supplied to the engine before starting is initiated and wherein the amount of lubrication supplied is varied during break-in.

Abstract: A feedback control system for a multi-cylinder two-cycle crankcase compression internal combustion engine. The feedback control system includes a combustion condition sensor that senses the combustion conditions in only one cylinder. Upon starting, the supply of lubricant and fuel to this one cylinder are discontinued to avoid contamination of the combustion condition sensor.

Abstract: A lubricating system and method of operating the system for an internal combustion engine wherein the amount of lubricant supplied to the engine from a positive displacement engine driven pump is varied by selectively delivering lubricant from the pump to the engine or bypassing the lubricant back to the return of the pump. The amount of lubricant supplied is varied by changing both the duty ratio of the lubricant supply and the duration of engine supply in response to a map of engine conditions. Various control routines are disclosed and in each the lubricant supplied to the engine is monitored so that once a finite amount of lubricant is supplied, lubricant is not supplied again to the engine until that amount previously supplied has been consumed.

Abstract: A generator powered by an internal combustion engine is fueled from a source of biogas. A pump boosts the pressure of the biogas, and a regulator controls the biogas pressure supplied to the fuel intake of the engine carburetor. Acid-neutralizing oil is injected into the biogas stream at the intake of the pump to protect the engine from corrosion due to acidic constituents in the biogas.

Abstract: During servicing, used lubricating oil is pumped (7) from the sump of a compression ignition engine (4) crankcase to a reservoir means (8), then filtered (10) and mixed (2) with fuel oil returning (12) to a supply tank (14). The filtered (10) used lubricating oil is effectively mixed (2) with the fuel (12) for burning in the engine (4).

Abstract: A lubrication system for the internal combustion engine of a motorcycle that includes a pump that outputs a constant amount of fluid per cycle of operation and a delivery valve which selectively passes lubricant to the engine or returns lubricant back to the system to vary the amount of lubricant supplied by the lubricant pump. The system is designed so as to self purge air from the system by mounting the lubricant pump and the delivery valve in close proximity to each other and at a lower level than the lubricant storage tank. In addition, the engine is supplied with lubricant from the supply outlet through a conduit that terminates at a point higher than the supply outlet so as to preclude lubricant from draining into the engine when the engine is not running.

Abstract: A lubricating system and method of operating the system for an internal combustion engine wherein the amount of lubricant supplied to the engine from a positive displacement engine driven pump is varied by selectively delivering lubricant from the pump to the engine or bypassing the lubricant back to the return of the pump. The amount of lubricant supplied is varied by changing both the duty ratio of the lubricant supply and the duration of engine supply in response to a map of engine conditions. Various control routines are disclosed and in each the lubricant supplied to the engine is monitored so that once a finite amount of lubricant is supplied, lubricant is not supplied again to the engine until that amount previously supplied has been consumed.

Abstract: A method of control of the supply of lubricating oil to a two stroke cycle internal combustion engine comprising supplying fuel to a fuel injector from a fuel reservoir having a fuel capacity greater than the maximum fuel requirement of the engine per cycle. The fuel in the reservoir being maintained at a substantially steady pressure. Delivering oil to the engine by a positive displacement pump having a delivery capacity per pump cycle greater than the maximum oil requirement of the engine per cycle. The oil pump being activated in response to the consumption of fuel from the fuel reservoir to maintain a substantially uniform predetermined ratio between the fuel consumption rate and the oil delivery rate.

Abstract: In a two-stroke engine having a pressurized air rail for producing an atomized fuel spray for injection into the individual combustion chambers, oil for lubrication is atomized by metering it into a stream of compressed air taken from the rail or a reservoir connected thereto and the resulting oil/air mist is injected into the crankcase and/or the lower part of the cylinder selectively and directly on to points requiring lubrication.

Abstract: A direct lubricating system for a machine such as a cycle internal combustion engine wherein the lubricant is delivered directly to the sliding surfaces of the engine to be lubricated. A less viscous fluid such as fuel is mixed with the lubricant so as to ensure good distribution and the desired viscosity.

Abstract: A fuel injection type multiple cylinder engine unit includes an oil lubricating device including an oil tank and the oil in the oil tank is pumped up by a pump having an oil drain side to which pipes are connected for supplying the oil near the injectors. Each of the pipe has a front nozzle portion disposed at a portion near the front fuel jetting end of the injector and the fuel and the oil independently injected in an intake device of the engine unit are atomized and mixed with suitable mixture ratio. The intake device of the engine unit is provided with a surge tank which comprises a main surge tank formed integrally with an inlet manifold and sub-surge tanks formed by forming recesses between the respective adjacent intake pipes in association with the inlet manifold. The main surge tank and the sub-surge tanks are communicated with each other to thereby increase the total inner volume of the surge tank.

Abstract: A lubricating system for an engine and particularly for a two cycle crankcase compression internal combustion engine wherein the amount of lubricant supplied by a reciprocating pump to the engine is varied by selectively delivering lubricant to the engine and bypassing lubricant from the pump back to the inlet side of the pump. The total amount of lubricant supplied is controlled by setting a duty ratio at the beginning of a control cycle and varying the time of the control in response to engine condition sensed during the control cycle so as to provide good transient control.

Abstract: Adjustment to the lubrication rate for a period of time after startup of a two-stroke internal combustion engine, wherein the magnitude of the adjustment over the period of time is determined from an estimate of the degree the lubricant has receded from the moving parts of the engine exposing the moving parts to an elevated potential for wear, and from an estimate of the rate at which lubricant in the engine may be recirculated to the moving parts to reduce the elevated potential.

Abstract: Embodiments of lubricant pumps for machines wherein the pump comprises a pumping plunger slidably supported within a bore. The quantity of lubricant delivered during a stroke of the pumping plunger is adjusted by means of a stop plunger which is mounted within the bore and which is contacted by the pumping plunger for limiting its degree of movement. In this way it is possible to maintain a minimum clearance volume under all conditions of stroke of the pumping plunger. Both mechanical and electrical drives for the pumping plunger are disclosed. In two embodiments of the invention, the stop plunger is controlled in response to the operation of the throttle valve of the engine. In two other embodiments the amount of lubricant pump is dependent upon speed of the engine but a connection to the throttle control is not employed and the operation is such that non-linear relationships between engine speed and amount of lubricant pump may be employed.

Abstract: A lubrication system for the internal combustion engine of a motorcycle that includes a pump that outputs a constant amount of fluid per cycle of operation and a delivery valve which selectively passes lubricant to the engine or returns lubricant back to the system to vary the amount of lubricant supplied by the lubricant pump. The system is designed so as to self purge air from the system by mounting the lubricant pump and the delivery valve in close proximity to each other and at a lower level than the lubricant storage tank. In addition, the engine is supplied with lubricant from the supply outlet through a conduit that terminates at a point higher than the supply outlet so as to preclude lubricant from draining into the engine when the engine is not running.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for a two cycle crankcase compression internal combustion engine embodying direct cylinder injection and carburetors for supplying a fuel air mixture to the crankcase chambers of the engine for high speed cooling. The direct fuel injectors supply the fuel at the low speed operation and a fixed amount of fuel at mid range and high speed, while the carburetor supplies only the mid range and high speed requirements of the engine in combination with the fuel injectors. Fuel is supplied first to the fuel bowls of the carburetors which have a vapor vent and then from the fuel bowls to the fuel injectors so as to avoid the necessity of a separate vapor separator for the fuel injectors.

Abstract: A fuel injection type multiple cylinder engine unit includes an oil lubricating device including an oil tank and the oil in the oil tank is pumped up by a pump having an oil drain side to which pipes are connected for supplying the oil near the injectors. Each of the pipes has a front nozzle portion disposed at a portion near the front fuel jetting end of the injector and the fuel and the oil independently injected in an intake device of the engine unit are atomized and mixed with suitable mixture ratio. The intake device of the engine unit is provided with a surge tank which comprises a main surge tank formed integrally with an inlet manifold and sub-surge tanks formed by forming recesses between the respective adjacent intake pipes in association with the inlet manifold. The main surge tank and the sub-surge tanks are communicated with each other to thereby increase the total inner volume of the surge tank.

Abstract: A system for operating a two-cycle spark ignition engine, comprising an ultrasonic atomizer that is disposed in an intake pipe of the spark ignition engine. When the engine is to be started, a fuel for starting is supplied to the ultrasonic atomizer, and after the engine has been started, a gas oil is supplied to the ultrasonic atomizer to atomize and spray it into the intake pipe, thereby enabling an increase in the flow rate of fuel atomized and sprayed by the ultrasonic atomizer and realizing combustion of gas oil, and thus achieving a lowering in the fuel cost, ensuring safety and making it possible to provide a lightweight emergency pump unit which is suitable for use in vessels, for example.