Tappet with hydraulic valve clearance adjustment

摘要

In a hydraulic tappet (1) for a valve gear of an internal combustion engine it is proposed to prevent the disadvantageous intake of air/oil foam from an annular oil reservoir (14) into a central oil reservoir (15). According to the invention, for this purpose at least one intake line (20) for hydraulic oil leads from the annular oil reservoir (14) to the central oil reservoir (15), the intake cross-section (21) of which line is arranged in an area which is situated close to an inner circumferential surface (11) of the skirt (3) and the gravitationally lowest point of the annular oil reservoir (14). <IMAGE>