Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
105 words
A camshaft for use in an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders, comprising a tubular steel shaft and a plurality of cams mounted on the shaft, the shaft having a plurality of grooves or projections for co-operation with at least one groove or projection provided in the inner periphery of each cam, the groove or projection in the inner periphery of the cam being spaced by a preselected angle from a symmetrical line of the cam passing through a cam nose, said preselected angle being one-half of an angle defined between the respective cam noses of a pair of inlet and exhaust cams.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
105 words
A camshaft for use in an internal combustion engine with a plurality of cylinders, comprising a tubular steel shaft and a plurality of cams mounted on the shaft, the shaft having a plurality of grooves or projections for co-operation with at least one groove or projection provided in the inner periphery of each cam, the groove or projection in the inner periphery of the cam being spaced by a preselected angle from a symmetrical line of the cam passing through a cam nose, said preselected angle being one-half of an angle defined between the respective cam noses of a pair of inlet and exhaust cams.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A camshaft as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of said grooves or projections in said shaft is at most equal to the number of cylinders of the engine in which the camshaft is designed to operate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A camshaft as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein each cam is of sintered alloy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A camshaft as claimed in any one of claims 1-3, wherein the groove or projection in the inner periphery of said cam is spaced from the nose of the cam by an acute angie.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A camshaft as claimed in any one of claims 1-4, wherein the shaft is provided with grooves and each is provided with at least one projection.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A camshaft as claimed in any one of claims 4, wherein the shaft is provided with projections and each cam is provided with at least one groove.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
A camshaft for use in an internal combustion engine, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any one of the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A camshaft for use in an internal combustion engine, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any one of the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.