Internal combustion engine lubrication means

Claim 1

Means for lubrication of moving parts of an internal combustion engine having a rotation crankshaft, the means including in combination. a. a reservoir (93.1) containing a supply of lubricating oil. b. means (78) rotated by the crankshaft for distributing the oil by centrifugal force through discharge passages (89) in a body portion (65) of the engine, the passages opening through a wall of a fixed member of the engine distributing oil on surfaces of the fixed member and of an element moving relative thereto, so as to lubricate the surfaces. c. and means (92, 92.1) to convey oil from the reservoir to the means aforesaid for distributing the oil, the means for distributing the oil being a rotor including, i. a rim (82) rotating in closely spaced relationship to a peripheral wall (81.1) of a body portion (65) of the engine and having a tapered groove (84) extending circumferentially of the rim, ii. the groove (84) tapering in width and depth from a shallow end (87) to a terminating end wall (88), iii. the groove being in register, as the rim rotates, with the discharge passage (89).