Engine

Details Engine Engine

1984-07-24

1986-12-30

Croyle, Carlton R.

Motors: expansible chamber type

Three or more cylinders arranged in parallel radial or...

Separate motive fluid control for each working chamber

91496, F01B 106

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046320172

ABSTRACT:
An external combustion engine wherein a plurality of radially disposed piston cylinders are arranged around the axis of an output drive shaft. Pistons are reciprocal in the cylinders and actuate rollers carried by radially extending slide bearings, the rollers engaging in an eccentric cam groove formed in a flywheel fixed to the drive shaft. The cylinders have closed inner and outer ends and are provided with valve means for applying pressurized gas to opposite ends of the pistons at different times in a manner to provide power to a majority of the pistons at all times during rotation of the drive shaft. The engine can alternatively operate as a pump by applying motive power to the shaft.

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