Internal-combustion engines – Rotating cylinder – Parallel to shaft
Patent
1976-05-07
1977-11-08
Gordon, Clarence R.
Internal-combustion engines
Rotating cylinder
Parallel to shaft
F02B 5700
Patent
active
040570398
ABSTRACT:
An engine having valve means, timing means, fuel distribution means and ignition means configured for operation on a combustible mixture of fuel and air, or other energy source, comprises at least one annular cylinder and mating annular piston forming combustion chambers at both ends and configured for orbital rotation about a central crank. Escapement means transfers orbital rotation of the piston and cylinder in a first direction to the crank and prevents their rotation in the opposite direction relative to the grounded frame which encloses the engine. The piston and cylinder alternately are rotated in the first direction by expansion or contraction of the energy source in successively predetermined combustion chambers on each stroke to rotate the crank.
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patent: 1344158 (1920-06-01), Walk
patent: 1349054 (1920-08-01), Fischer
patent: 1823132 (1931-09-01), Cunningham
patent: 2170213 (1939-08-01), Prew
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