MIXTURE FORMATION UNIT AND TWO STROKE ENGINE HAVING A MIXTURE FORMATION UNIT

Abstract

A mixture formation unit has a base body in which an intake channel section is formed. The intake channel section extends from a first end side of the base body to a second end side of the base body. The mixture formation unit has at least one rectilinearly extending channel which opens into the intake channel section. The channel opens at the first end side of the base body. The mixture formation unit is preferably provided for a two stroke engine whose intake channel is divided downstream of the mixture formation unit into a mixture channel and an air channel.

Claims

1. A mixture formation unit comprising: a base body in which an intake channel section is formed; said base body having a first end side and a second end side; said intake channel section extending from said first end side of said base body to said second end side of said base body; at least one rectilinearly extending channel which opens into the intake channel section; and, wherein said at least one rectilinearly extending channel opens at said first end side of said base body.

2. The mixture formation unit of claim 1, wherein a component of the mixture formation unit is arranged in said at least one rectilinearly extending channel.

3. The mixture formation unit of claim 2, wherein said component arranged in said at least one rectilinearly extending channel is a fuel nozzle; and, said mixture formation unit has at least one fuel opening which opens into said intake channel section and which is formed on said fuel nozzle.

4. The mixture formation unit of claim 3, wherein said fuel opening is a main fuel opening and said fuel nozzle is a main fuel nozzle.

5. The mixture formation unit of claim 3, wherein said fuel nozzle and the channel conjointly define an annular gap which is connected to said fuel opening.

6. The mixture formation unit of claim 2, wherein said component includes a check valve.

7. The mixture formation unit of claim 2, wherein said component is a fuel valve.

8. The mixture formation unit of claim 1, wherein said at least one rectilinearly extending channel defines a center axis; said intake channel section defines an intake channel longitudinal axis; and, said center axis encloses an angle () of 0 to 30 with said intake channel longitudinal axis in a section plane which contains said intake channel longitudinal axis and which extends parallel to said center axis.

9. The mixture formation unit of claim 1 further comprising: a throttle element; said intake channel section having a venturi section; and, said throttle element being mounted in said base body downstream of said venturi section.

10. The mixture formation unit of claim 9, wherein said first end side of the base body is an upstream end side of the base body.

11. The mixture formation unit of claim 9, wherein said throttle element is a throttle flap.

12. The mixture formation unit of claim 11, further comprising a choke element held in the base body upstream of said throttle flap.

13. The mixture formation unit of claim 9, wherein no partition wall section is arranged in said intake channel section upstream of said throttle element.

14. The mixture formation unit of claim 9, wherein a partition wall section is arranged in said intake channel section upstream of said throttle element.

15. The mixture formation unit of claim 2, wherein said component is pressed into said at least one rectilinearly extending channel.

16. A two stroke engine comprising: an intake channel having an intake channel section; a mixture formation unit having a base body in which said intake channel section is formed; said base body having a first end side and a second end side; said intake channel section extending from said first end side of said base body to said second end side of said base body; said mixture formation unit having at least one rectilinearly extending channel which opens into said intake channel section; said at least one rectilinearly extending channel opening at said first end side of said base body; a cylinder having a combustion chamber formed therein; a crankcase defining a crankcase interior; a crankshaft mounted in said crankcase; a piston configured to drive said crankshaft; said combustion chamber being delimited by said piston; said crankcase interior being connected in an at least one position of said piston to said combustion chamber via at least one transfer channel; said intake channel being divided by a partition wall downstream of said intake channel section; and, said partition wall dividing said intake channel into a mixture channel for supplying a fuel/air mixture into said combustion chamber and into an air channel for supplying scavenging advance air to said at least one transfer channel.

17. The two stroke engine of claim 16, wherein no partition wall section is provided upstream of a throttle element for subdividing said intake channel section into said mixture channel and said air channel.

18. The two stroke engine of claim 16 further comprising: a throttle element; and, said partition wall, upstream of said throttle element, includes a partition wall section for subdividing said intake channel section into a mixture channel and an air channel.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] The invention will now be described with reference to the drawings wherein:

[0020] FIG. 1 shows a schematic illustration of a two stroke engine;

[0021] FIG. 2 shows a sectional illustration of one exemplary embodiment of a carburetor;

[0022] FIG. 3 shows a detail side view of the carburetor from FIG. 2 in the direction of the arrow III in FIG. 2;

[0023] FIG. 4 shows a sectional illustration of a further exemplary embodiment of a carburetor; and,

[0024] FIG. 5 shows a detail sectional illustration of a further exemplary embodiment of a carburetor.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0025] The two stroke engine 1 schematically illustrated in FIG. 1 has a cylinder 2 and a crankcase 4. A combustion chamber 3 is formed in the cylinder 2, and a crankcase interior 6 is formed in the crankcase 4. The crankcase interior 6 and the combustion chamber 3 are separated by a piston 5 which is movably back and forth in the cylinder 2. The crankcase interior 6 and the combustion chamber 3 are connected to one another via transfer channels 8 in predetermined piston positions, for example in the position of the piston 5 in the region of bottom dead center illustrated in FIG. 1. The transfer channels 8 open with transfer windows 9 into the combustion chamber 3. The transfer windows 9 are opened or closed in dependence on the position of the piston 5 with respect to the combustion chamber 3. The piston 5 drives in rotation a crankshaft 7 mounted rotatably in the crankcase 4. The two stroke engine 1 can be for example the drive engine in an handheld work apparatus such as a power saw, a cut-off grinder, a blowing apparatus, a hedge trimmer, a spraying apparatus or the like, and the crankshaft 7 can serve to drive a tool of the work apparatus. In the case of a blowing apparatus or spraying apparatus, the tool is typically a fan which delivers an operating air flow. Instead of a two stroke engine 1, the drive engine can also be a four stroke engine, in particular a mixture-lubricated four stroke engine.

[0026] The two stroke engine 1 has an intake tract with an air filter 49, a mixture formation unit 13 and a connecting piece 41 for connecting the mixture formation unit 13 to the cylinder 2. In the exemplary embodiment, the mixture formation unit 13 is a carburetor. Instead of the connecting piece 41, it is possible to provide one or more arbitrary other parts for fluidic connection of mixture formation unit 13 with the cylinder 2 or the crankcase 4. The air filter 49 has a filter element 39. Downstream of the filter element 39 there is formed a clean space 50 from which an intake channel 10 leads. An intake channel section 11 is formed in the mixture formation unit 13. A throttle element 17, in the exemplary embodiment a throttle flap, is mounted in an adjustable manner in the intake channel section 11. In the exemplary embodiment, the throttle element 17 is mounted with a throttle shaft 18. Downstream of the throttle element 17, the intake channel 10 is divided into a mixture channel 12 and an air channel 14. The intake channel 10 has an intake channel longitudinal axis 32 which forms the longitudinal center axis of the intake channel 10. The mixture channel 12 opens with a mixture channel opening 15 at the cylinder bore 55. The mixture channel opening 15 is controlled by the piston 5. The mixture channel opening 15 is opened toward the crankcase interior 6 in the region of top dead center of the piston 15. The air channel 14 opens with at least one air channel opening 16 at the cylinder bore 55. The air channel opening 16 is also controlled by the piston 5. The piston 5 has at least one piston pocket 37 which connects the air channel opening 16 to the transfer windows 9 in the region of top dead center of the piston 5. Via the air channel 14, the air channel opening 16 and the transfer windows 9, scavenging advance air is provided upstream in the transfer channels 8 in the region of top dead center of the piston 5. The cylinder 2 has an outlet 40 from the combustion chamber 3.

[0027] As FIG. 1 also shows, a main fuel opening 27 and a plurality of secondary fuel openings 28 open into the intake channel section 11 in the mixture formation unit 13. The main fuel opening 27 is formed on a main fuel nozzle 29. The main fuel opening 27 opens into the intake channel section 11 in the region of a venturi section 34. The mixture formation unit 13 has a base body 23 which has a first, upstream end side 24 and a second, downstream end side 25. The main fuel nozzle 29 is arranged in a rectilinear channel 26 which extends from the first end side 24 into the intake channel section 11. It is thus possible, during the production of the mixture formation unit 13 or after an exchange of the main fuel nozzle 29, for a hose with cleaning fluid, such as for example air, to be connected to the first end side 24, and the channel 26 and parts of the fuel system can be cleaned. An opening on the first end side 24 can also be advantageous for other channels of the mixture formation unit 13. In the exemplary embodiment, the first end side 24 on which the channel 26 opens is the upstream end side. However, the first end side 24 on which the channel 26 opens can also be the downstream end side of the base body 23.

[0028] The main fuel nozzle 29 may advantageously be pressed into the channel 26. Here, the main fuel nozzle 29 can be pressed directly into the channel 26, with the result that the outside circumference of the main fuel nozzle 29 is in contact with the wall of the channel 26. Alternatively, there can be provision that the main fuel nozzle 29 is pressed into the channel 26 with interposition of at least one seal. For this purpose, FIG. 2 depicts a seal 80 schematically with a dashed line. The seal 80 can be an O-ring, for example. A plurality of seals 80 can also be advantageous.

[0029] As FIG. 1 shows, no further elements for subdividing the intake channel section 11 into a mixture channel 12 and air channel 14 are provided upstream of the throttle element 17, nor is a choke element provided.

[0030] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1, the intake channel 10 is divided by a partition wall 35 into the mixture channel 12 and the air channel 14 downstream of the throttle element 17. On the side facing the throttle element 17, the partition wall 35 has a bearing surface 38 against which the throttle element 17 bears in the completely opened position. In a partially closed position of the throttle element 17, an opening via which fuel can pass into the region situated upstream of the air channel 14 is formed between the throttle shaft 18 and the bearing surface 38.

[0031] During operation of the two stroke engine 1, fuel/air mixture is sucked from the mixture channel 12 into the crankcase interior 6 during the upward stroke of the piston 5 as soon as the mixture channel opening 15 opens. As long as the air channel opening 16 is connected to the transfer windows 9 via the piston pocket 37, scavenging advance air is provided upstream in the transfer channels 8. During the downward stroke of the piston 5, the air/fuel mixture in the crankcase interior 6 is compressed and, as soon as the transfer windows 9 open, scavenging advance air first of all flows out of the transfer channels 8 and then fuel/air mixture flows out of the crankcase interior 6 into the combustion chamber 3. The fuel/air mixture is compressed in the combustion chamber 3 during the upward stroke of the piston 5 and ignited by a spark plug 72 in the region of top dead center of the piston 5. Preferably, the spark plug 72 is activated by a control unit 61 which also activates a fuel valve 60 (FIG. 4). During the downward stroke of the piston 5, the piston 5 first of all opens the outlet 40, with the result that exhaust gases can flow of the combustion chamber 3. The transfer windows 9 are then opened and scavenging advance air flows into the combustion chamber 3 and scavenges the remaining exhaust gases out of the combustion chamber 3 through the outlet 40. Fresh fuel/air mixture then flows into the combustion chamber 3 for the next combustion.

[0032] FIG. 2 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a mixture formation unit 13. In all exemplary embodiments, the same reference signs denote elements which correspond to one another. The mixture formation unit 13 from FIG. 2 likewise has a base body 23 with a first end side 24 and a second end side 25. During operation, air flows from the first end side 24 to the second end side 25, as is schematically illustrated by the arrow 51 in FIG. 2. The throttle element 17 is fixed to the throttle shaft 18 via a fastening screw 19. With respect to the flow direction, a choke element 20 is arranged in the intake channel section 11 upstream of the throttle element 17. The choke element 20 is configured as a choke flap and is fixed to a choke shaft 21 via a fastening screw 22. The throttle element 17 is mounted so as to be pivotable about a rotational axis 76, and the choke element 18 is mounted so as to be pivotable about a rotational axis 77. A partition wall section 36 is arranged in the intake channel section 11 in the flow direction between the choke shaft 21 and the throttle shaft 18. The partition wall section 36 separates the air channel 14 and mixture channel 12 from one another. In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2, a bearing surface 56 for the throttle element 17 is formed on the partition wall section 36. The bearing surface 56 is arranged on that side of the partition wall section 36 facing the mixture channel 12. A bearing surface 57 for the choke element 20 is formed on the side facing the air channel 12.

[0033] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 2, too, a channel 26 is provided in the base body 23. The channel 26 can advantageously be configured as a rectilinear, continuous bore of constant diameter. The channel 26 may advantageously extends from the end side 24 up into the intake channel section 11. In the exemplary embodiment, the channel 26 is not closed over its entire length over its entire circumference, but is open in the region adjoining the end side 24 toward the intake channel section 11. There can also be provision that the channel 26 is configured to be circumferentially open over a subportion of its length in another direction. There can also be provision that the channel 26 is configured to be open over its entire length in one direction over a subportion of its circumference. Here, the wall delimiting the channel 26 can be configured to be for example approximately U-shaped in cross section. The channel 26 can be produced via drilling or milling or can be produced as a cast structure during the casting of the base body 23.

[0034] The channel 26 has a center axis 33. In the exemplary embodiment, the center axis 33 encloses an angle , which is less than 90, with the intake channel longitudinal axis 23. In the exemplary embodiment, the angle is greater than 0. However, an angle of 0 can also be advantageous. The angle is preferably from 0 to 30, in particular from 0 to 25. Here, the angle is measured in a section plane which contains the intake channel longitudinal axis 32 and which extends parallel to the center axis 33 of the channel 26. In the exemplary embodiment, the section plane contains both the intake channel longitudinal axis 32 and the center axis 33 and corresponds to the section plane illustrated in FIG. 2. Should the intake channel longitudinal axis 32 and the center axis 33 extend obliquely to one another, the angle is measured between the intake channel longitudinal axis 32 and a projection of the center axis 33 into the section plane in a projection direction perpendicular to the section plane.

[0035] The base body 23 of the mixture formation device 13 has a first longitudinal side 58 and a second longitudinal side 59. The longitudinal sides 58 and 59 extend approximately parallel to the center axis 32 of the intake channel section 11. A fuel pump 46 can advantageously be formed on the first longitudinal side 58. The fuel pump 46 is delimited by the base body 23, by a pump cover 47 fixed to the base body 23 and also by a pump membrane (not shown). The pump cover 47 is preferably screwed to the base body 23 via a fastening screw 48. On the opposite longitudinal side 59, a regulating chamber 42 and a compensation chamber 43 which are separated by a control membrane 44 may advantageously be formed. The control membrane 44 is held on the base body 23 by a regulating chamber cover 62 schematically illustrated in FIG. 2. The regulating chamber 42 can advantageously be coupled in a customary manner by a spring-loaded lever to an inlet valve which controls the fuel flow from the fuel pump 46 into the regulating chamber 42. The regulating chamber 42 is connected to secondary fuel openings 28 via a check valve 45. Additionally leading out of the regulating chamber 42 is a fuel channel 64 in which a fixed throttle 63 is arranged in the exemplary embodiment. Instead of the fixed throttle 63, an adjustable throttle, for example, can be provided.

[0036] The main fuel nozzle 29 is arranged in the channel 26. On the outside circumference of the main fuel nozzle 29 there is formed an annular gap 30 into which the fuel channel 64 opens. The annular gap 30 is delimited by a peripheral groove on the outside circumference of the main fuel nozzle 29 and by the wall of the channel 26. In the main fuel nozzle 29 there is formed a transverse channel 65, which, in the exemplary embodiment, extends perpendicular to the center axis 33, and a longitudinal channel 66 which extends in the direction of the center axis 33 centrally through the main fuel nozzle 29. The annular gap 30 is connected to the longitudinal channel 66 via the transverse channel 65. The longitudinal channel 66 opens at a valve plate 52. The valve plate 52 forms with a valve seat 54 a check valve 31. In the closed state of the check valve 31, the valve plate 52 bears against the valve seat 54. In the case of excess pressure in the intake channel section 11 with respect to the regulating chamber 42, the check valve 31 is closed. In the case of negative pressure in the intake channel section 11, the valve plate 52 is lifted off the valve seat 54. The check valve 31 has a stop 53 which delimits the maximum stroke of the valve plate 52. The stroke of the valve plate 52 is preferably as small as possible.

[0037] FIG. 3 shows the mouth of the channel 26 on the first end side 24. In the exemplary embodiment, the channel 26 is formed completely in the base body 23 and configured to be at least partially closed over its circumference. For this purpose, the base body 23 has a section 67 which projects into the intake channel section 11. The section 67 reduces the free flow cross section in the mixture channel 12. In the exemplary embodiment, the section 67 has a bevel 68, with the result that the flow cross section increases at the section 67 in the direction of the arrow 51 (FIG. 2). The bevel 68 is also illustrated in FIG. 2. In an alternative embodiment, the bevel 68 can also be dispensed with.

[0038] FIG. 4 shows an exemplary embodiment of a mixture formation device 13 whose construction substantially corresponds to the mixture formation device 13 shown and described in FIGS. 2 and 3. The same reference signs denote elements corresponding to one another in all the figures. In the mixture formation device 13 in FIG. 4, the channel 26 has been rotated with respect to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The channel 26 extends parallel to the intake channel longitudinal axis 32. The center axis 33 of the channel 26 and the intake channel longitudinal axis 32 enclose an angle of 0, and thus extend in parallel.

[0039] FIG. 5 shows an exemplary embodiment of a mixture formation unit 13 in which a fuel valve 60 is arranged in the channel 26. In terms of the further construction, the mixture formation device 13 corresponds to the mixture formation device 13 shown and described in FIGS. 2 and 3. The fuel valve 60 is an electromagnetic valve, preferably a valve which is open in the de-energized state. It can also be advantageous for the fuel valve 60 to be closed in the de-energized state. The fuel valve 60 likewise has a valve plate 52 which, however, is not acted upon by the prevailing pressure conditions, but rather by a spring 69 and an electromagnet 70. If current flows through the electromagnet 70, the valve plate 52 is drawn against an inlet opening 71 against the force of the spring 69 and closes the opening. In the de-energized state, the valve plate 52 is drawn toward a stop 53 and frees the inlet opening 71 in this position. To activate the electromagnet 70, the fuel valve 60 is connected to a control unit 61. The control unit 61 is in particular a control unit which also controls the ignition time of the two stroke engine 1 or of a four stroke engine.

[0040] In the exemplary embodiment, a check valve 81 is arranged in the fuel channel 64 which connects the regulating chamber 42 to the channel 26. The check valve 81 closes in the flow direction from the channel 26 to the regulating chamber 42. In the exemplary embodiment, the check valve 81 is arranged downstream of the fixed throttle 63. Another arrangement of the check valve 81 can also be advantageous.

[0041] Another configuration of the fuel valve 60 can also be advantageous. Instead of the main fuel nozzle 29 or the fuel valve 60, it is also possible for other components to be arranged in the channel 26. In the channel 26 there can be arranged in particular a needle valve or a spring-loaded valve, as is used for example in a purger.

[0042] In the exemplary embodiments, the mixture formation unit 13 is configured as a carburetor. A carburetor delivers the fuel into the intake channel as a result of the negative pressure existing in the intake channel. In an alternative configuration, another mixture formation unit can also be provided. The mixture formation unit can in particular have a fuel valve which supplies fuel into the intake channel as a result of excess pressure of the fuel, in particular injects the fuel into the intake channel.

[0043] It is understood that the foregoing description is that of the preferred embodiments of the invention and that various changes and modifications may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.