Abstract: In a handheld type four-cycle engine, the lubricating system includes an oil tank placed outside an engine main body, a through hole providing communication between the oil tank and a crank chamber, an oil feed pipe placed outside the engine main body and providing communication between the crank chamber and a valve operation chamber of a cylinder head, an oil return pipe placed outside the engine main body and providing communication between the valve operation chamber and the oil tank, and a one-way valve for transferring oil from the crank chamber to the valve operation chamber side via the oil feed pipe. The side walls of the engine main body can thus be made thinner and the weight of the engine main body can therefore be reduced regardless of the presence of the oil feed pipe and the oil return pipe.

Abstract: A drive mechanism can be utilized either as a pump or an engine. The device has a piston and cylinder. The piston has a rod that connects with a power gear via a link pin that joins the power gear at a point offset from the power gear shaft. The power gear orbits about a rim gear. A crankshaft gear mounted to a primary shaft is rotated by the orbital movement of the power gear. The rim gear and power gear can be placed in position to constrain the rod to move along the axis of the cylinder. Also, the rim gear can be rotated to a different position so as to cause the end of the rod to orbit with the power gear. This position can be selected to change the stroke length and thus the torque.

Abstract: A valve deactivator is provided that is capable of being activated and deactivated by a pulse energy input. The valve deactivator includes an input member and an output member which are movable relative to one another in the deactivated mode and which are engaged for simultaneous movement in an activated mode. A coil and armature, or other pulse energy input means, are provided to engage and disengage a locking system to activate and deactivate the valve actuator.

Abstract: A fuel supply or management system in which fuel is delivered in pulses for each power stroke of the engine with the quantity of fuel in each pulse being determined by the speed and load of the engine through a pump control modifying the effect of operation of a reciprocating variable volume, positive displacement fuel pump by controlling the effective stroke of the pump. Fuel is delivered in accordance with the speed of and the load on the engine so that only the amount of fuel required is delivered thereby minimizing the exhaust of unburned fuel and pollution of the environment and eliminating the need for a fuel return line for excess fuel supplied.

Abstract: A nozzle injection apparatus for use in internal combustion engines includes a fuel pump for intermittently pressurizing fuel and an injection conduit in fluid communication with the fuel pump, the injection conduit permitting the pressurized fuel to be communicated to a fuel injection nozzle. A high pressure manifold in fluid communication with the fuel pump and the nozzle is also provided to accumulate the pressurized fuel which is residually left in the injection conduit between intermittent pressurizations of the fuel. The apparatus has low opening and closing pressures when starting the engine while ensuing high opening and closing pressures during operation of the engine. Further, the apparatus maintains high residual pressure in the injection conduit which provides higher than normal pressure to the nozzle at the end of a fuel delivery cycle to subsequently reduce exhausted pollutants.

Abstract: In a pressure increasing type injector, a fuel pressure increasing chamber is communicated via a pressure relief passage, a recessed portion, a communication hole, a hollow portion and a bypass passage with a pressure release portion. A ball valve disposed within the recessed portion interrupts the communication between the recessed portion and the pressure relief passage at the start of fuel injection, and communicates the recessed portion with the pressure relief passage at the end of the fuel injection. Consequently, an injection ratio is increased gently at the start of the injection, and the fuel within the fuel pressure increasing chamber flows out therefrom to a pressure release portion when the valve is closed. Accordingly, an injection port can be closed rapidly and therefore the injection ratio is lowered abruptly.

Abstract: A fuel supply system is disclosed for a direct injected “V” type engine powering an outboard motor. The fuel supply system includes a pump for supplying fuel from a tank to a vapor separator. An electrical pump delivers fuel from the vapor separator to a mechanical high pressure pump, which delivers fuel under high pressure to a fuel manifold and further to a pair of fuel rails. The fuel rails supply fuel to fuel injectors for delivering fuel to the combustion chambers of the engine. Recesses are formed on a side of each cylinder head and one fuel rail is positioned within each recess. The mechanical high pressure pump is positioned vertically above the uppermost fuel injector so that any fuel vapor within the fuel rails will rise toward the fuel pump. Fuel vapor that accumulates within the high pressure fuel pump is returned to the vapor separator.

Abstract: An internal fuel filter for a pressure regulator having a body that encloses a fuel flow path. A first support includes a first surface adapted to be sealingly surrounded by the body. A second support is spaced from the first support along an axis. At least one rib is disposed between and contiguous with the first and second supports, wherein one of the rib and the second support includes a second surface adapted to sealingly surrounded the body. A filter element extends between the first support and the second support and surrounds the axis.

Abstract: A common rail housing for a common rail injection system is composed of a pressure accumulation pipe whose outer circumference is formed in complete round shape in cross section and which is provided inside with a pressure accumulation chamber having oval cross section and a plurality of blanch pipes each of which is provided inside with a fuel conduit bore. Outer circumference of the oval cross section has a specified portion whose curvature is smaller than that of complete round shape having an area equal to that of the oval cross section. Each of the blanch pipe is connected to the pressure accumulation pipe so that the fuel conduit bore and the pressure accumulation chamber intersect nearly perpendicularly to each other at the specified portion. Accordingly, when fuel is supplied to the pressure accumulation chamber, not only the stresses concentrated on the specified portion are limited but also wall strength of the pressure accumulation pipe at the specified portion is reinforced.

Abstract: The solenoid valve has a fuel supply conduit, and a ball shutter controlled by an electromagnet and cooperating with a conical seat in the conduit. The conduit has fuel filtration means having a cylindrical wall with a number of openings for preventing particles of dirt from infiltrating between the seat and the shutter, without producing an excessive fall in fuel pressure. The thickness of the cylindrical wall is less than 1 mm, and the width of the openings is less than 0.25 mm.

Abstract: A zero emissions fuel system includes a fuel tank fluidly interconnected with a fuel vapor containment and absorption canister. The canister is further interconnected with an engine intake manifold via a purge solenoid valve that controls the extent to which a vacuum in the intake manifold affects the canister. The canister is also interconnected with the ambient environment via at least one selectively operable valve. During normal operation of the engine, the purge solenoid valve allows the intake manifold to draw fuel vapor from the canister for consumption by the engine. At a predetermined vacuum pressure, the at least one valve opens, thereby allowing outside air to flow into the system through the vacuum relief valve to facilitate purging of the canister.

Abstract: An evaporative emission control apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a fuel tank having a tank shell to store fuel therein, a canister disposed completely within the fuel tank to adsorb and temporarily store evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank, and a bracket that is secured to the fuel tank to support the canister apart from the tank shell. The outer surface of the canister is set apart from the inner surface of the tank shell, so that the canister is less influenced by the environment temperature around the fuel tank, and so that the adsorption of the evaporative fuel is kept stable.

Abstract: A method of leak detection in a closed vapor handling system of an automotive vehicle while an engine is running, implemented by a system, the method including providing a pressure sensing element that obtains at least one pressure signal, closing a control valve and a shut off valve to seal the system from the engine and an atmosphere, generating a vacuum by opening the control valve, analyzing the at least one pressure signal at threshold times, comparing the at least one pressure signal to at least one pressure control value, and determining a leak condition if the at least one pressure signal is not less than the at least one pressure control value. The system including a pressure sensing element, a control valve, a shut off valve, a processor operatively coupled to the pressure sensing element and the shut off valve and receiving pressure signals from the pressure sensing element and sending signals to the control valve and the shut off valve.

Abstract: A control unit (50) makes a single control signal available for driving the through-flow control valves (TEV1, TEV2) (51, 52). Through-flow valve (TEV2) has a larger maximum through flow than through-flow control valve (TEV1). A delay circuit is indicated by the phantom outline (52′) and is mounted at the valve stage TEV2 (52). The delay circuit includes an electric delay element (53) with the aid of which the original control signal is delayed in time by an amount &Dgr;t1 relative to the control signal of control valve (TEV1). The resulting delayed signal is supplied to an AND-gate (54) together with the original control signal. Accordingly, a control signal is present at the output of the AND-gate for the control valve (TEV2). The time delay makes possible the exclusive activation of the through-flow control valve (TEV1) (51) at a low pulse duty factors. In this way, a high small quantity meterability is achieved.

Abstract: Apparatus for and method of exhaust gas recirculation in an internal combustion engine that operates with charge air boost. An EGR valve has an inlet port communicated to the engine exhaust system upstream of a throttle valve in the tailpipe and an outlet port communicated to the engine intake system. The throttle valve is controlled to selectively restrict exhaust gas flow through the tailpipe so as to maintain the difference between pressure at the EGR valve inlet and pressure at the EGR valve outlet substantially unaffected by changes in pressure in the intake system and in the exhaust system. The invention is particularly suited for a turbocharged diesel engine.

Abstract: A non-linear term UNL is computed as UNL=gain GNL×(air-fuel ratio detection value−target air-fuel ratio)/(|air-fuel ratio detection value−target air-fuel ratio|)+previous value UNL (OLD), and a linear term UL is computed as UL=gain GL×(air-fuel ratio detection value−target air-fuel ratio)/air-fuel ratio detection value. An addition of UNL and UL is set as an air-fuel ratio feedback correction coefficient to correct a fuel injection quantity. The gain GL is set a greater value as |air-fuel ratio detection value−target air-fuel ratio| becomes greater.

Abstract: A positive fit feed adapter for use between a paintball loader and a paintball gun. The feed adapter includes a threaded connector formed on either the paintball gun or the paintball loader. The threaded connector includes a plurality of expansion slots that allow the outer diameter of the connector to expand or compress. The feed adapter further includes a collet having an internally threaded surface that is tapered from a first end to a second end. When the feed tube from the other of the paintball gun and the paintball loader is inserted into the threaded connector, the collet is tightened along the external threads to reduce the diameter of the connector to provide a positive fit between the paintball gun and the paintball loader.

Abstract: A cutting machine comprises a chucking means for holding the semiconductor wafer that is to be cut, a cutting means for cutting the semiconductor wafer held on the chucking means, a first moving means for moving the chucking means relative to the cutting means in a moving direction perpendicular to the center axis of the chucking means, and a second moving means for moving the cutting means relative to the chucking means in a direction of depth of cutting which is the direction of center axis of the chucking means. The cutting machine further comprises a thickness detecting means for detecting the thickness of the workpiece held on the chucking means, and a control means for controlling the motion of the second moving means depending upon the thickness of the workpiece detected by the thickness detecting means and for setting the position of the cutting means in the direction of depth of cutting relative to the chucking means thereby to set the depth of cutting the workpiece by the cutting means.

Abstract: The drive equipment which becomes from the drive pulley is attached to the prop supported by the base stand. The drive pulley consists of a stator which is a fixed axis and annular rotor prepared in the perimeter of stator and a pulley part of ring state prepared in the perimeter of rotor. The wire saw which has a ring part sintered diamond abrasive particle in the wire rod such as wire etc. is arranged and winded in a groove portion formed in the perimeter of pulley part. The wire saw winded to the pulley part is made to run by carrying out the rotating drive of rotor by turning on electricity to drive pulley and contact the wire saw and cut the cut material which made to winded.

Abstract: A self-contained, easily foldable and reconfigurable charcoal lighting and/or grill device. In some variations, the lighting and/or grill device is arrangeable into multiple configurations: 1) in which the device has a thin profile for easy carrying and storage; 2) in which the device facilitates fuel lighting by forming an enclosure; and 3) for the combination charcoal and grill device only, in which the device has a generally U-shaped profile, with extended legs and one or more side handles for grilling foods. Another variation of the device includes an ignition enhancer housing that is suspendably attached to an existing grill. A rack is positioned above the housing, and one or more doors are used in conjunction with the existing grill sides to form an enclosure to enhance lighting of fuel. Upon lighting, the one or more doors are rearrangeable such that the grill may be used normally.

Abstract: Modern cooktops typically have a cook surface which is formed by a glass or glass-ceramic plate (1). As an alternative to the electrically heated cooking locations, cooking locations heated by a gas burner, called burner locations (2), can be provided. The heating location is heated by a gas burner. To avoid the use of complex exhaust-gas channels when using gas radiation burners and to further utilize the heat of the exhaust gas for heating the cooking utensil as well as for avoiding the use of separate pot supports when using atmospheric gas burners, the invention provides that the burner location (2) is formed by a mesa-like protrusion (3) in the glass or glass-ceramic plate (1), below which the gas burner (4, 4a) is arranged, with the mesa-like surface (3a) formed as a pot support surface and with a surrounding flank (3b) in which the openings (5, 6) are formed.

Abstract: A combustion system for burning firewood including a combustion chamber defined by front, rear and side walls, a ceiling and a bottom. An access door is provided for addition of fuel into the combustion chamber. A substantial amount of combustion air enters the combustion chamber near the top of the fueling doors via apertures and is directed down the face of the fueling doors providing cooling. A geometry of the air metering orifice is either fixed or of limited adjustability such that the minimum flow of combustion air required for flaming combustion of a full load of fuel is maintained at all times. The combustion air flow cannot be reduced beyond a certain point and thus smoldering and very low air/fuel ratios are avoided.

Abstract: A wood burning stove is provided. The combustion chamber in which the fire occurs has a baffle plate that is moveable to direct air flow through one of two different pathways from the combustion chamber to the chimney. When in a first position, the baffle plate forces the air and smoke to move through a first pathway; when in a second position, a by-pass pathway is opened, allowing air and smoke to move through a second pathway. The stove can have a door in the front wall, or the top wall, or both walls, to provide access to the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A burner assembly that overcomes problems experienced in the prior art. One embodiment provides a burner assembly for burning a fuel gas from a gas source. The assembly has a burner body with a contoured upper surface and a burner pan with a gas inlet aperture therein. The burner body is connected to the burner pan. The burner body and burner pan are spaced apart to form a gas distribution chamber therebetween. The burner body has a plurality of gas apertures extending between the distribution chamber to an upper surface of the burner body. The gas apertures are positioned to allow the fuel gas to flow to selected areas on the burner body's upper surface for combustion to create a desired flame at selected locations relative to the upper surface. In one embodiment is a contoured upper surface with a plurality of peaks and valleys forming simulated coal or ember members.

Abstract: A log burning device that includes a standing grate that supports at least one log and a cover that is attached by at least one hinge to the standing grate. A method for burning logs using a standing grate that has a hinged cover that is attached to the standing grate. The method includes the steps of rotating the cover to an open position, loading at least one log onto the standing grate, lighting the log, and then rotating the cover to a closed position.

Abstract: An anesthesia apparatus of the type with several ventilation modes comprises a main gas circuit (1) formed by an inhalation branch (1a) and by an exhalation branch (1b), a gas accumulation member (4) whose internal volume varies and communicates with the main circuit (1), and relief valve means (6) which have an adjustable pressure set-point level and are arranged on the main circuit (1). In addition, detection means (11, 12, 13, 14) make it possible to determine an information item relating to the gas entering and/or leaving the accumulation member (4), information-processing means (10) make it possible to process said information item in order to deduce from it information concerning ventilation mode, and control means (15) act on the relief valve means (6) in order to automatically adjust the pressure set-point level of said relief valve means (6) as a function of the information concerning ventilation mode delivered by the processing means (10).

Abstract: A receptacle for holding fine powders comprises a receptacle body that defines an enclosed cavity. The receptacle body has a top end and a bottom end. Further, the bottom end of the receptacle body includes a raised central region that extends upwardly into the cavity. In this way, the flow of air through the cavity will remain generally adjacent the walls of the cavity until exiting through an extraction tube.

Abstract: A method for aerosolizing a powder utilizes a receptacle having a cavity containing a powder. An access end of an extraction tube is inserted into the cavity, and an inlet opening is formed in the receptacle. A pressurized gas is flowed through the inlet opening, through the cavity and through the extraction tube to move the powder in the cavity into the extraction tube where the powder is entrained in the gas to form an aerosol.

Abstract: A filter for a respiratory circuit has a housing with an inlet port and an outlet port for connection to respective breathing tubes. A gases space lies between the inlet and outlet ports and gases pass across the gases space from the inlet port to the outlet port in use. A filter media spans the gases space, dividing the gases space into an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber. Gases passing from the inlet port to the outlet port pass through the filter media. A surrounding outer wall surrounds the housing apart from the inlet port and outlet port and is spaced from the wall of the housing. One or more air pockets are created between the outer wall and the housing. The air pockets insulate the housing from ambient conditions.

Abstract: A portable bag valve mask resuscitator including an air intake adapter for attachment of an air filter cartridge for filtering air administered during manual resuscitation procedures and a method for converting bag mask resuscitators.

Abstract: A supplied air snorkeling system includes an air tank, at least one regulator coupled to the air tank and including a mouthpiece through which air from the tank is provided and a supplied air snorkeling vest. The vest includes a back portion, a front portion, a head opening and a tank holder. The back portion is configured to extend along a snorkeler's back when the vest is worn and includes at least one layer of floatation material. The front portion is pivotally coupled to the back portion and includes a main body having at least one layer of floatation material and shoulder extensions extending from the main body to the back portion. The main body is configured to extend laterally across the snorkeler's chest proximate to the snorkeler's clavicle and the across the snorkeler's sternum body. The head opening is formed at a juncture of the back portion and the front portion.

Abstract: A component is attached to filtration material by providing the component with a deformable extension member that is preferably integral with the component and that extends from a base portion of the component. The extension member is inserted through an opening provided through the filtration material and is then deformed to provide a mechanical clamp that is utilized in attaching the component in position. In certain embodiments, the component is an attachment such as an exhalation valve of a respiratory mask.

Abstract: This invention is a secretion, a suction device, and kit for intubated or tracheostomized patients including a suction valve (1) having a body (2) with a chamber (3) where a selective obstruction device (4) is assembled. The device further includes a spherical valve (45) which selectively opens or closes a passage for a probe (25) through a patient/ventilator connection (56). The kit allows for the correct positioning of the suction device, including a plastic sheathing (65), and a tube for disposal of the suction device.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for stabilizing at least one medical device such as a tracheal or gastric tube entering or covering at least one facial cavity such as the mouth and/or nose, taking advantage of a stabilization stent to secure to a patient's face the tracheal or gastric tube without the need to apply tape to the face, while maintaining visibility of tube markings, preventing kinking of the tube, and keeping the infant's face visible to parents and caregivers. In one form, the invention comprises a transverse stent comprising a superior border opposed to an inferior border, an inner surface and an outer surface. A first facial interface is attached to a first terminal end of the transverse stent, and positioned to adhesively adhere and mechanically clasp to a first side of a patient's face. A second facial interface is attached to a second terminal end of the transverse stent and positioned to adhesively adhere and mechanically clasp to a second side of a patient's face.

Abstract: A convertible isolation pod for an individual patient formed from sealable flexible plastic sheeting including an air intake grommet at the head end and an air exhaust grommet at the foot end of the pod each of the grommets being equipped with a Heimlich valve to provide unidirectional air flow within the pod where the air is filtered to remove contaminants.

Abstract: A method of treating tissue damage comprises applying a negative pressure to a wound sufficient in time and magnitude to promote tissue migration and thus facilitate closure of the wound. The method is applicable to wounds, burns, infected wounds, and live tissue attachments. A wound treatment apparatus is provided in which a fluid impermeable wound cover is sealed over a wound site. A screen in the form of an open-cell foam screen or a rigid porous screen is placed beneath the wound cover over the wound. A vacuum pump supplies suction within the wound cover over the treatment site.

Abstract: Methods for sampling an analyte present in a biological system are provided. The methods entail use of particle delivery methods to obtain a sample of an analyte of interest from the system.

Abstract: A humidifying cylinder includes a first rotatable cylinder having an inlet end and an outlet end and a plurality of first blades extending substantially radially outwardly from an exterior surface of the first cylinder. The humidifying cylinder further includes a second rotatable cylinder having an inlet end and an outlet end and a plurality of second blades extending substantially radially inwardly from an interior surface of the second cylinder, the second cylinder being substantially coaxial with the first cylinder and the first cylinder being disposed inside of the second cylinder such that the exterior surface of the first cylinder and the interior surface of the second cylinder define an annular space. At least one drive is provided for rotating the first cylinder and the second cylinder. At least one conduit is disposed in the annular space for introducing moisture into the annular space. A method of humidifing material is also disclosed.

Abstract: Salts formed from nicotine and anion-forming sweeteners, for example acesulfame or acesulfame-K, in a molar ratio of 1:1 or 1:2, in which case the sweetener molecules can be identical or different, are distinguished by a pleasant sweet taste which masks the nicotine taste even after a long residence time in the mouth, and are therefore suitable for producing preparations, in particular chewing gum, chewing tablets or compressed compositions, which can be used for oral administration of nicotine, for example in withdrawal from smoking.

Abstract: A hair cosmetic applicator includes a container for accommodating a hair cosmetic, and a comb section for discharging the hair cosmetic that is inside the container. The comb section is configured by aligning a plurality of plate-form comb teeth having liquid passageways for the hair cosmetic formed in the interiors thereof in the thickness direction of those plate-form comb teeth, discharge holes for the hair cosmetic are provided in at least one side of opposing surfaces of the adjacent plate-form comb teeth, and an inclined surface is formed in the base part of the plate-form comb teeth between adjacent plate-form comb teeth so as to face toward the hair cosmetic application surface when the hair cosmetic is being applied.

Abstract: In a system for coating human skin, a chemical composition, such as a cosmetic or medical formulation, is uniformly coated over the entire body or selected parts of the body of the person being coated. The system includes atomization of the coating composition, containment of the atomized spray, and residual recovery which together yield a novel method for applying chemical compositions.

Abstract: An improved dental floss is provided that has a high strength inner core and an outer tape of a relatively soft material that is wrapped around substantially the entire usable length of the core. The wraps of the outer tape may be spaced apart, or may fully cover the core, such as where the wraps of the outer tape overlap one another. The improved dental floss may also be formed by wrapping the core with a first outer tape in one direction and then with a second outer tape in a second direction. To help hold the outer tape from slipping off of, or twisting on, the core, a coating material comprising a food grade wax or other suitable material is used. Food grade mineral oil, or another suitable substance, may be added to the coating material to improve its flowability, i.e., to reduce its viscosity, in order to facilitate the coating process.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a hair accessary is described for a women's hair located at the apex of the head. The hair accessory includes a central angulated elastic hair band having an outer circumferential surface and a series of angulated elastic hair loops each integrally attached to the central hair band at the outer circumferential surface thereof. The respective axes of symmetry of the central hair band and the series of hair loops are coextensive and parallel. Result: different diametered hair stands can be captured by the combination of the central hair band and the series of loops to create novel hairstyles. The shape of the central band and loops can vary from circular say to ellipsoidal. A method of use is also described.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for removing particles from a surface of an article, such as a semiconductor wafer in a clean room, are disclosed. The particles are supplied with an electric charge. Subsequently, an ultrasonic wave or a gas stream is applied onto the surface of the article while an electric field is applied for driving away the electrically charged particles from the surface, thereby removing particles having a dimension smaller than 1 micrometer from the surface. The presence of a collecting member allows the removal of resulting, floating particles.

Abstract: The invention encompasses methods for cleaning surfaces of wafers or other semiconductor articles. Oxidizing is performed using an oxidation solution which is wetted onto the surface. The oxidation solution can include one or more of: water, ozone, hydrogen chloride, sulfuric acid, or hydrogen peroxide. A rinsing step removes the oxidation solution and inhibits further activity. The rinsed surface is thereafter preferably subjected to a drying step. The surface is exposed to an oxide removal vapor to remove semiconductor oxide therefrom. The oxide removal vapor can include one or more of: acids, such as a hydrogen halide, for example hydrogen fluoride or hydrogen chloride; water; isopropyl alcohol; or ozone. The processes can use centrifugal processing and spraying actions.

Abstract: Disclosed are woven or hydroentangled non-apertured cleaning sheets having non-random recessed and raised regions. Optionally, the sheets can comprise a scrim material or additives to improve adhesion. Also disclosed are cleaning implements comprising a handle and the described non-apertured cleaning sheets. Methods of using the sheets, articles of manufacture having instructions to the product benefits of the non-apertured cleaning sheets, and process of making the sheets are also disclosed.

Abstract: A cleaning system for cleaning glass ceramic surfaces includes a combined scrubber/applicator pad. The combined scrubber/applicator pad has opposing surfaces having differential surface properties. The system further optionally includes a polishing/buffer pad.

Abstract: An adapter having a central tubular connecting portion to enable the adapter to be fitted to a drain clearing tool, and a flexible skirt portion of frusto-conical shape extending from the central connecting portion partway along its length. The connecting portion has a first part on one side of the skirt portion and a second part with a different diameter from the first part on the other side of the skirt portion, and the skirt portion having a first configuration in which it surrounds one of the connecting parts and a reversely bent second configuration in which it surrounds the other connecting part.

Abstract: Since a static cleaning process is practiced when an engine is at rest, no rotation is imparted to a camshaft 15, a connecting rod 16, a crankshaft 17, a valve lifter 18, and the like. This means that no cleaning oil is splashed over the entire peripheral surfaces of the above components, resulting in incomplete cleaning.

Abstract: A washing and rinsing station intended for treatment of work pieces fastened onto a pallet. The station comprises a pallet table which is arranged to receive and deliver the pallet and to lock it at its place, wherein the pallet table is connected to a rotation axle for turning the work piece by inclining it away from the change position and to the treatment position. At least one pallet table is further connected on said rotation axle in a manner that said pallet tables swivel around the rotation axle at the same time and in the same direction along a circular route, when one pallet table is turned from the change position to the treatment position for washing, cleaning and drainage, wherein another pallet table is arranged at the same time to turn from the treatment position to the change position for a pallet change.