Two-stroke engine having variable exhaust port timing

Claim 2

Two-stroke internal combustion engine comprising cylinder means having cylinder wall means formed with exhaust port means and scavenging port means, piston means disposed in said cylinder means for movement so that the exhaust and scavenging port means are cyclically closed by said piston means, exhaust passage means communicating with said exhaust port means, scavenging passage means communicating with said scavenging port means for passing fresh charge of intake gas into the cylinder means when the scavenging port means is opened by the piston means, exhaust port timing control means provided in said exhaust passage means adjacent to said exhaust port means, said exhaust port timing control means including rotary control member means having an axis extending transversely across the exhaust passage means at an upper portion thereof and having a general configuration in which diametrical dimension is gradually decreased from opposite ends towards an intermediate portion thereof to provide an external contour of an arcuate sectional configuration, said rotary control member means being comprised of two parts which are divided at said intermediate portion where the member means has the smallest diameter and being partially cut off to conform in configuration to the exhaust passage means and being movable between a retracted position wherein the cut off is aligned with the exhaust passage means and a projected position wherein an edge of the cut off is projected into the exhaust passage means.

Claim 3

Two-stroke engine in accordance with claim 1 in which said rotary control member means is mounted on the cylinder means through support ring means at the opposite ends thereof.

Claim 4

Two-stroke internal combustion engine comprising cylinder means having cylinder wall means formed with exhaust port means and scavenging port means, piston means disposed in said cylinder means for movement so that the exhaust and scavenging port means are cyclically closed by said piston means, exhaust passage means communicating with said exhaust port means, scavenging passage means communicating with said scavenging port means for passing fresh charge of intake gas into the cylinder means when the scavenging port means is opened by the piston means, exhaust port timing control means provided in said exhaust passage means adjacent to said exhaust port means, said exhaust port timing control means including rotary control member means having an axis extending transversely across the exhaust passage means at an upper portion thereof and having a general configuration in which diametrical dimension is gradually decreased from opposite ends towards an intermediate portion thereof to provide an external contour of an arcuate sectional configuration having a radius which is greater than the radius of the cylindrical wall means with the center of the arc located at a side of the center of the cylinder opposite to the side where the control member means is located, said rotary control member means being partially cut off to conform in configuration to the exhaust passage means and being movable between a retracted position wherein the cut off is aligned with the exhaust passage means and a projected position wherein an edge of the cut off is projected into the exhaust passage means.

Claim 5

Two-stroke internal combustion engine comprising cylinder means having cylinder wall means formed with exhaust port means and scavenging port means, piston means disposed in said cylinder means for movement so that the exhaust and scavenging port means are cyclically closed by said piston means, exhaust passage means communicating with said exhaust port means, scavenging passage means communicating with said scavenging port means for passing fresh charge of intake gas into the cylinder means when the scavenging port means is opened by the piston means, exhaust port timing control means provided in said exhaust passage means adjacent to said exhaust port means, said exhaust port timing control means including rotary control member means having an axis extending transversely across the exhaust passage means at an upper portion thereof and having a general configuration in which diametrical dimension is gradually decreased from opposite ends towards an intermediate portion thereof to provide an external contour of an arcuate sectional configuration having a radius which is greater than the radius of the cylindrical wall means with the center of the arc located at a side of the center of the cylinder opposite to the side where the control member means is located, said rotary control member means being partially cut off to conform in configuration to the exhaust passage means and being movable between a retracted position wherein the cut off is aligned with the exhaust passage means and a projected position wherein an edge of the cut off is projected into the exhaust passage means.