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(O 6 GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION DEVICE OF ENGINE A BEARING HOLDER 66 HAVING A BEARING 67 ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A CRANKSHAFT 14 IS FIXED SO AS TO FACE AN OPENING 11K OF THE ENGINE 5 CASE 11. A GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION CHAMBER 83 IS FORMED BETWEEN A COVER MEMBER 68 COVERING THE OPENING ILK AND THE BEARING HOLDER 66. THEREFORE, BY UTILIZING THE BEARING HOLDER 66 AS A PART OF THE WALL SURFACE OF THE GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION CHAMBER 83, THE GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION CHAMBER 83 CAN BE PARTITIONED WITHOUT 10 INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COMPONENTS AND WITHOUT FORMING A SPECIAL WALL SURFACE IN THE ENGINE CASE 11 . THUS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THE ENGINE CASE 11, AND REDUCE THE COST BY SIMPLIFYING THE SHAPE THEREOF AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF COMPONENTS. ALSO, A LABYRINTH 82 IS FORMED BY RIBS 66D, 66E, 68A, 15 68D PROJECTING FROM THE BEARING HOLDER 66 AND THE COVER MEMBER 68, AND THEREFORE GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION CAN BE EFFECTIVELY PERFORMED BY THE LABYRINTH 82. THUS, IT IS POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE A SMALL LIGHT GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION DEVICE WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF COMPONENTS. 20 SELECTED DRAWING:
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