Push rod

Claim 1

AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING A CYLINDER HEAD HAVING AN OPENING ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE LUBRICANT SUMP, A PLURALITY OF ROCKER ARM SUPPORTS MOUNTED UPON SAID CYLINDER HEAD, A PLURALITY OF PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ROCKER ARMS, EACH OF SAID ROCKER ARMS BEING SUPPORTED UPON A ROCKER ARM SUPPORT, EACH OF SAID ROCKER ARMS HAVING A PUSH ROD ENGAGING END AND A POPPET VALVE ENGAGING END, AND A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY STABLE POPPET VALVES MOUNTED IN SAID CYLINDER HEAD, EACH POPPET VALVE HAVING AN END PORTION ENGAGING THE POPPET VALVE ENGAGING END OF THE ROCKER ARM, A PLURALITY OF PUSH RODS, EACH OF SAID PUSH RODS HAVING AN END PORTION ENGAGING THE PUSH ROD ENGAGING END OF A ROCKER ARM AND PUSH ROD STABILIZING MEANS, SAID PUSH ROD STABILIZING MEANS COMPRISING A PUSH ROD GUIDE MOUNTED UPON SAID CYLINDER HEAD, AND AN UPSTANDING BAFFLE INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO THE PUSH ROD GUIDE, SAID BAFFLE SHIELDING THE POPPET VALVE FROM WETTING BY THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE LUBRICANT, SAID PUSH ROD GUIDE HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPEN ENDED SLOTS LOCATED NEAR THE END OF THE PUSH ROD WHICH ENGAGES THE ROCKER ARM, AND AT LEAST ONE TROUGH COMMUNICATING WITH THE OPENING IN THE CYLINDER HEAD, THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID OPEN ENDED SLOTS BEING TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, A MOLDABLE PLASTIC BEARING MOUNTED IN EACH OF SAID SLOTS, EACH OF SAID MOLDABLE PLASTIC BEARINGS HAVING AN OPENING TO RECEIVE A PORTION OF THE PUSH ROD AND STABILIZE THE PUSH ROD IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, WHILE PERMITTING SUBSTANTIAL MOVEMENT IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.