Internal-combustion engines – Rotary – With compression – combustion – and expansion in a single...
Patent
1976-10-21
1979-04-10
Croyle, Carlton R.
Internal-combustion engines
Rotary
With compression, combustion, and expansion in a single...
418 35, F02B 5500, F03C 300
Patent
active
041482921
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to energy conversion devices for converting between fluid flow energy and rotational mechanical energy, utilizing "Coriolis" forces which are produced when there is a relative motion velocity non-parallel to an instant rotation axis direction. In one embodiment, two piston members move around in an annular chamber of a housing member journalled on a support member for rotation relative thereto about a first axis extending in a diametral plane of the annular chamber, the support member being journalled for rotation about a second axis intersecting and transverse to the first axis, the second axis being a stationary axis forming the principal axis of rotation. With pressurized fluid applied to move the pistons around, the device operates as an engine. In a second embodiment, means are provided for effecting combustion of an air-fuel mixture within the annular chamber, to provide an internal combustion engine. A third embodiment is similar to the second embodiment except that three pistons are provided in a manner to provide intake and compression operations within the annular chamber. In a fourth embodiment, pistons oscillate within cylindrical chambers of a housing member which is supported on a support member for rotation about an axis angularly related to the axes of the cylindrical chambers, the support member being supported for rotation about a second axis intersecting and transverse to the first axis, and with means being provided for effecting combustion within the chambers to oscillate the pistons.
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Croyle Carlton R.
Lund Van Metre
Smith Leonard E.
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