Multipurpose engine
View Patent ↗In this multipurpose engine, a fuel gas evaporated within a fuel tank of the engine is drawn out of the fuel tank and is adsorbed by an adsorbing material, the fuel gas is separated from the adsorbing material, and then the fuel gas separated from the adsorbing material is suctioned into an intake system of the engine by using negative pressure inside the intake system. The adsorbing material is accommodated in a canister, and two connection ports used for connection with the canister are respectively provided at a heat-insulating intake pipe between a carburetor and the engine and at a clear section of an air cleaner.
1. A multipurpose engine in which a fuel gas evaporated within a fuel tank of the engine is drawn out of the fuel tank and is adsorbed by an adsorbing material, the fuel gas is separated from the adsorbing material, and then the fuel gas separated from the adsorbing material is suctioned into an intake system of the engine by using negative pressure inside the intake system, wherein
the adsorbing material is accommodated in a canister,
two connection ports used for connection with the canister are respectively provided at a heat-insulating intake pipe between a carburetor and the engine and at a clear section of an air cleaner, wherein
a filter element is provided at an upstream section of an adsorbing material block inside of the canister so as to be adjacent to the adsorbing material block, a side face of the canister is separately provided with a charge piping connection port to which charge piping of the fuel gas is connected, and a purge piping connection port connected to a clear section in which the negative pressure of the air cleaner is generated,
a suction port which is opened to ambient air is provided at an upstream section of the filter element,
the connection port provided at the heat-insulating intake pipe is blocked,
the purge piping connection port and the air cleaner are distantly positioned, and
a purge pipe connects the purge piping connection port with the air cleaner.
2. A multipurpose engine in which a fuel gas is drawn out of a fuel tank and is adsorbed by an adsorbing material, the fuel gas is separated from the adsorbing material, and then the fuel gas separated from the adsorbing material is suctioned into an intake system of the engine by using negative pressure inside the intake system, the multipurpose engine comprising:
an adsorbing material block which is provided inside of an air cleaner at a downstream section of a filter element of the air cleaner so as to be adjacent to the filter element and which is opened to the inside of the air cleaner, the adsorbing material block including the adsorbing material therein and being partitioned so as not to narrow an air passage of the air cleaner; and
a charging pipe for drawing the fuel gas evaporated within the fuel tank out from the fuel tank and which is opened to the adsorbing material block.