Arrangement related to a motor-driven tool

• US 8,413,616 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2006
• Issued: 04/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Husqvarna AB (HUSQVARNA)
• Original Assignee: Husqvarna AB (HUSQVARNA)
• Inventors: Bergquist, Oskar
• Primary Examiner(s): Low, Lindsay
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC
• Application Number:
  US12/516,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20100059000A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,328 Days
• Field of Search: 123/41.65, 123/41.7, 123/195.C, 123/41.58, 123/41.66, 123/41.56, 123/41.63, 180/68.1, 180/219, 180/230, 180/227, 180/217, 180/229, 180/68.4, 180/312, 180/294, 180/68.3, 180/908, 474/144, 474/93, 474/146, 474/43, 746/06.A
• US Class Current: 123/41.65
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/022 acting by gravity, by centrifugal, or by other inertial forces, e.g. with moistened walls
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/06 combined or associated with engine's cooling blower or fan, or with flywheel
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/1017 Small engines, e.g. for handheld tools, or model engines; Single cylinder engines

Abstract

An arrangement for cleaning of intake air for an air-cooled internal combustion engine of a motor-driven tool, such as a chain saw. The arrangement includes an air conductor surrounding a fan wheel arranged to propel intake air around an axis of the fan wheel. An inner wall of the air conductor is arranged for guiding air propelled by the fan wheel. An air nozzle for cleaning of intake air is arranged on the inner wall of the air conductor radially close to said fan wheel. The air nozzle serves as a passage way for providing cleaned intake air from the fan wheel to the engine of the motor-driven tool, wherein the air nozzle and the air conductor are manufactured in one piece.

Claims

1. An arrangement for cleaning of intake air for an air-cooled internal combustion engine, the arrangement comprising:

an air conductor surrounding a fan wheel, an inner wall of the air conductor being arranged for guiding air propelled by the fan wheel;

an air nozzle for cleaning of the intake air, arranged on the inner wall of the air conductor radially close to said fan wheel, the air nozzle serving as a passage way for providing cleaned intake air from the fan wheel to the engine;

wherein the air nozzle and the air conductor are manufactured in one piece; and

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wherein the air nozzle has a first wall and a second wall extending substantially perpendicular to the inner wall of the air conductor, the first wall being arranged between the fan wheel and the second wall, the second wall having an end part proximate an inlet of the nozzle, wherein the end part is directed towards the fan wheel.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the air conductor including the air nozzle is arranged on a crankcase, wherein the air nozzle has an inlet arranged such that it receives intake air with a low concentration of particles, and an outlet through which cleaned air is lead to the engine, and wherein the air nozzle, the air conductor and a surface of the crankcase define the passage way from the inlet to the outlet.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the air conductor including the air nozzle is arranged on the crankcase, and wherein the crankcase further comprises a protrusion arranged immediately below an opening of the crankcase, wherein the opening leads to the engine, an outlet of the air nozzle leading to the opening of the crankcase, said protrusion defining a wall of the passage way of the air nozzle.

4. The arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the protrusion is manufactured as an integral part of the crankcase.

5. The arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the wall of the passage way of the air nozzle defined by the protrusion is rounded in a direction towards the opening of the crankcase.

6. The arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the protrusion has a substantially centrally arranged cavity.

7. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the air conductor including the air nozzle are manufactured by injection moulding.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the engine is a component of a motor-driven tool.

9. An air conductor configured to surround an air intake fan wheel of internal combustion engine, the air conductor comprising:

an inner wall; and

,

an air nozzle affixed to the inner wall, the air nozzle serving as a passage way for providing cleaned intake air from the fan wheel to the engine;

the air nozzle having a first wall and a second wall extending substantially perpendicular to the inner wall of the air conductor, the first wall being arranged between the fan wheel and the second wall, the second wall having an end part proximate an inlet, wherein the end part is directed towards the fan wheel.

10. The air conductor as recited in claim 9, wherein the first wall and the second wall are substantially parallel to each other.

11. The air conductor as recited in claim 9, wherein the first wall and the second wall are curvilinear in shape and are formed at different radiuses from a center point of the fan wheel and being formed such that there is a radial distance between the first wall and the second wall.

12. The air conductor as recited in claim 9, wherein air nozzle receives air from the fan wheel and redirects the air to an opening in a crankcase of an engine.

13. The air conductor as recited in claim 9, wherein the air nozzle is configured to rest on a protrusion of a crankcase of the engine.