Cylinder for a water-cooled internal combustion engine

Claim 1

A CYLINDER FOR A WATER-COOLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, COMPRISING A CYLINDER BODY, PORTIONS OF SAID BODY DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL WORKING SPACE THEREIN, A HOLLOW CYLINDER HEAD AT AN UPPER END OF SAID CYLINDER BODY, A BASE PLATE OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD BOUNDING AN UPPER END OF SAID WORKING SPACE, PORTIONS OF SAID CYLINDER BODY DEFINING A COOLING JACKET CHAMBER EXTENDING AROUND SAID WORKING SPACE AND TO THE REGION OF SAID BASE PLATE FOR COOLING SAID CYLINDER BODY WITH COOLING WATER, PORTIONS OF SAID BASE PLATE DEFINING FIRST AND SECOND TRANSFER OPENINGS DISPOSED TO ONE SIDE OF THE WORKING SPACE AXIS AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BASE PLATE AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER FOR LEADING THROUGH SAID BASE PLATE COOLING WATER FROM SAID CHAMBER, OTHER PORTIONS OF SAID BASE PLATE DEFINING AN OUTLET VALVE PORT AND AN INLET VALVE PORT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BASE PLATE AND DISPOSED TO RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID AXIS, A TUBULAR GAS INLET DUCT AND A TUBULAR GAS OUTLET DUCT OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD EXTENDING TO THE INLET VALVE PORT AND THE OUTLET VALVE PORT RESPECTIVELY AND HAVING THEIR INTERIORS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESPECTIVE PORTS, PORTIONS OF SAID INLET DUCT AND SAID OUTLET DUCT DEFINING A GAP THEREBETWEEN, PORTIONS OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD REMOTE FROM SAID CYLINDER BODY DEFINING AN OUTLET OPENING TO THE SIDE OF SAID AXIS OPPOSITE TO SAID ONE SIDE FOR LEADING COOLING WATER OUT OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD, A HOUSING IN SAID CYLINDER HEAD IN THE REGION OF THE MIDDLE OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD FOR RECEIVING AN INJECTION NOZZLE FIRST PORTIONS OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD DEFINING FIRST CONDUIT MEANS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID AXIS AND LEADING FROM SAID FIRST TRANSFER OPENING VIA THE OUTSIDE OF SAID HOUSING TO SAID GAP AND THENCE TO SAID OUTLET OPENING FOR CONDUCTING COOLING WATER FROM SAID FIRST TRANSFER OPENING INTO HEAT-EXCHANGE CONTACT WITH SAID HOUSING AND THENCE TO SAID OUTLET OPENING VIA SAID GAP, SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD DEFINING SECOND CONDUIT MEANS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID AXIS AND LEADING FROM SAID SECOND TRANSFER OPENING TO SAID OUTLET OPENING VIA THE OUTSIDE OF SAID OUTLET DUCT FOR CONDUCTING COOLING WATER FROM SAID SECOND TRANSFER OPENING INTO HEAT-EXCHANGE CONTACT WITH SAID OUTLET DUCT AND THENCE TO SAID OUTLET OPENING, PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST PORTIONS OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD INCLUDING PORTIONS OF AN UPPER MAJOR SURFACE OF SAID BASE PLATE DEFINING IN SAID CYLINDER HEAD A FIRST RECEIVING CHAMBER WHICH COVERS ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE AREA OF SAID MAJOR SURFACE AND INTO WHICH OPENS THE FIRST TRANSFER OPENING FOR RECEIVING COOLING WATER FROM SAID FIRST TRANSFER OPENING, PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD INCLUDING FURTHER PORTIONS OF SAID MAJOR SURFACE DEFINING IN SAID CYLINDER HEAD A SECOND RECEIVING CHAMBER WHICH COVERS ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE AREA OF SAID MAJOR SURFACE AND INTO WHICH OPENS THE SECOND TRANSFER OPENING FOR RECEIVING COOLING WATER FROM SAID SECOND TRANSFER OPENING, PARTITION WALL MEANS SEPARATING SAID FIRST RECEIVING CHAMBER FROM SAID SECOND RECEIVING CHAMBER, AND FURTHER WALL MEANS OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD COVERING ALMOST COMPLETELY EACH OF THE RECEIVING CHAMBERS AND DISPOSED IN THE REGION OF THE MIDDLE OF THE DIMENSION OF SAID CYLINDER HEAD IN A DIRECTION OF SAID AXIS.