JPH0540246Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) This invention detects the level of engine oil and the degree of contamination by inserting and removing the oil detection section at the tip into the oil reservoir of the engine. Regarding improvements to engine oil level gauges that detect

(Prior Art) Engine oil must be constantly supplied to the engine's valve mechanism, piston rings, cylinders, and other sliding parts to ensure smooth movement. However, due to the sliding of the oil supply part as the engine is driven, a very small amount of chips are generated, and these chips get mixed into the engine oil over a long period of time, contaminating it. As this dirt progresses, it will have a negative effect on the lubricating efficiency of the engine oil, so it will need to be replaced. Additionally, engine oil may naturally evaporate and the absolute amount may be insufficient.

In order to prevent these problems, the structure is such that the condition of the engine oil can be easily detected, and so-called maintenance, which is checking the engine oil before riding, is encouraged. That is,
A part of the engine is equipped with an oil reservoir into which an engine oil level gauge is attached.When performing maintenance, pull out the engine oil level gauge from the oil reservoir and wipe the tip to clean it. Insert it into the oil reservoir again. Engine oil adheres to the tip of this engine oil level gauge, which must be pulled out again to check the engine oil level and how dirty it is.

This type of engine oil level gauge is installed in all general automobiles. However, maintenance is left to the users' own discretion. If you are a professional driver, you are obligated to perform regular maintenance, but if you are a regular driver, you are likely to be negligent. It is common for such users to forget when the last maintenance was performed or how many kilometers the vehicle was driven. As a result, you may end up having to perform frequent maintenance, or you may almost forget about it.

Therefore, it would be very convenient if the above-mentioned maintenance could be easily known in some way.
For example, one way to do this is to write it down in your notebook, but it is so cumbersome that it is often not done.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention eliminates various problems caused by the timing of engine oil maintenance being unknown, as described above, and displays the engine oil level gauge itself to indicate the last maintenance period or the driving time. It is an object of the present invention to provide an engine oil level gauge that is equipped with a means for easily knowing the distance, ensures the management of engine oil, and can improve reliability.

[Structure of the idea]

(Means for Solving the Problems) That is, the present invention has a knob on the proximal end side, and inserts and removes the oil detection section on the distal end side into the oil reservoir of the engine, thereby detecting the engine oil level and the oil level. An engine oil level gauge for detecting the degree of dirt, which is characterized by having a reference mark near the knob and rotatably supporting a roller with the year, month, or mileage written on it. .

(Function) According to such a configuration, at the same time as performing maintenance on the engine oil, the year, month, or number of miles traveled can be directly set on the level gauge, and the next maintenance can be performed by reading it.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. Figure 1 shows an engine oil level gauge. This is a knob 1 having a wire bent into a substantially annular shape on the base end side, and a maintenance display section 2, which will be described later, is provided near the bottom of this knob 1. .
Further, a plug portion 3 is provided near the bottom of the maintenance display portion 2, and the entire lower portion serves as an oil detection portion 4 made of a wire.

Then, the oil detection section 4 is inserted into an oil reservoir of an engine (not shown) and is attached in an immersed state. The plug portion 3 is attached to the upper end opening of the engine oil reservoir so as to be openable and closable. The maintenance display section 2 and knob section 1 protrude from the engine.

Next, the maintenance display section 2 will be explained. This is shown, for example, in an enlarged manner in FIG. A fixing lock roller 5 is provided on the side of the knob 1, and a reference arrow 6a serving as a reference mark is marked on the circumferential surface of the roller 5. A pair of rollers 7 and 8 are rotatably supported at the bottom of the rollers 7 and 8, and a locking roller 9 is screwed into threaded portions (not shown) provided at the bottom of these rollers 7 and 8. A reference arrow 6b is also marked on this locking roller 9, and when the pair of rollers 7 and 8 are tightened between it and the fixed locking roller 5,
The position is set to be the same as the reference arrow 6a marked on the fixing lock roller 5. One of the rollers 7 has a year number written along its circumferential surface, for example, the last two digits of the Western calendar year, and the other roller 8 has numbers representing months from 1 to 12 written on it. There is.

When maintenance is performed on the engine oil, the locking roller 9 of the maintenance display section 2 is loosened to allow the rollers 7 and 8 between it and the fixed locking roller 5 to rotate freely. Next, each roller 7, 8 is rotated, and the current year and month are aligned with the reference arrow 6a of the fixed lock roller 5.
After that, the locking roller 9 is rotated to tighten each roller 7, 8. As a result, the year and month of actual maintenance will be recorded on the engine oil level gauge itself, and as soon as the bonnet is opened, the You can know. It will be used as a record to confirm the timing of future maintenance.

Therefore, when performing the next maintenance, use the year and month as the standard arrow 6a, as described above.
6b.

In the above embodiment, the pair of rollers 7,
Although numbers representing the year and month are shown at 8, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a maintenance display section 10 as shown in FIG. 3, for example. That is, the fixed locking roller 5 and the locking roller 9 on both sides are the same, one roller 11 between them is marked with a number in units of 100, and the center and other rollers 12 and 13 are marked with numbers from 0 to 9. Write down the numbers up to. Therefore, you will get tens of thousands and hundreds of kilograms. As in the above embodiment, the number of kilometers traveled during maintenance can be set by looking at the distance meter on the instrument panel, and this can be used as a guideline for the next maintenance. Note that the same parts as in the above embodiment are given the same numbers and the explanation is omitted.

(Effects of the invention) As explained above, according to the invention, when maintenance is performed on the engine oil, the year and month or mileage at that time can be directly recorded on the engine oil level gauge, and the next maintenance can be done. This is done at the optimum timing, which has the effect of improving the reliability of the engine oil.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an engine oil level gauge showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of main parts, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an engine oil level gauge showing another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of main parts. 1...Knob part, 4...Oil detection part, 6a, 6
b... Reference mark (reference arrow), 7, 8... Roller (year, month), 11, 12, 13... Roller (mileage distance).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In an apparatus that has a knob on the base end and detects the level of engine oil and the degree of dirt by inserting and removing the oil detection part provided on the distal end into the oil reservoir of the engine, the knob has the knob. An engine oil level gauge characterized in that a reference mark is provided nearby and a roller on which the year, month, and year are written or a roller on which the number of miles traveled is rotatably supported.