Self-contained type lash adjuster

Details Self-contained type lash adjuster Self-contained type lash adjuster

1980-12-24

1983-01-18

Feinberg, Craig R.

Internal-combustion engines

Poppet valve operating mechanism

Tappet

123 9067, 123 9046, F01L 124

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043686990

ABSTRACT:
A self-contained type lash adjuster is used in the valve train mechanism for internal combustion engines. The lash adjuster comprises an adjuster body having an axial hollow, a plunger body reciprocating within the axial hollow of the adjuster body, a reservoir chamber formed in the plunger body, a pressure chamber formed between the adjuster and plunger bodies, a check valve permitting an oil flow only in the direction from the reservoir chamber to the pressure chamber, a diaphragm positioned in the upper portion of the reservoir chamber, and a plunger return spring biasing the plunger body. The lash adjuster is supported in a recess in a valve spring retainer which is fixedly secured to the end of a valve stem.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1857005 (1932-05-01), Schotthoefer
patent: 2165239 (1939-07-01), Douglas et al.
patent: 3670707 (1972-06-01), Guido
patent: 3941102 (1976-03-01), Bareham

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