Patent attributes
In a steam engine 1, an inner wall face 22a of a connecting tube portion 22 is entirely formed out of a water repellent finish face 22b. Accordingly, when liquid located in a portion close to a heater 30 in a vertical direction extending tube 12 is heated, boiled and liquefied, a liquid level of the liquid in the vertical direction extending tube 12 is pushed down from a top dead center Lu to a bottom dead center Lb. At this time, a quantity of liquid drops attached onto the inner wall face 22a of the connecting tube portion 22 can be reduced as compared with a case in which the entire inner wall face 22a of the connecting tube portion 22 is not formed out of a water repellent finish face 22b.