Internal-combustion engines – Four-cycle – Rotating valve
Patent
1999-01-26
2000-02-29
Solis, Erick R.
Internal-combustion engines
Four-cycle
Rotating valve
12319014, F01L 706
Patent
active
060296178
ABSTRACT:
A modular rotary discoid valve assembly includes a housing for positioning on an engine of the piston and cylinder type. The housing includes an intake passage for conducting a working fluid to the cylinder and an exhaust passage for conducting the working fluid from the cylinder. The housing has an internal cavity which intercepts the intake and exhaust passages, which cavity contains a rotary valve member having a window whose size may vary with increasing distance from the disc axis and/or angular position on the member. The window is so positioned that when the member is rotated, it opens and closes the intake and exhaust passages in a periodic manner. The valve assembly also includes a throttle member mounted in the housing parallel to the rotary valve member. The throttle member has a hole which may be positioned opposite the intake passage. The throttle member is movable relative to the axis of the rotary valve member between a first position which places the hole in the shutter means opposite a first portion of the valve member and a second position which places that hole opposite a second portion of the valve member so that when the valve member is rotated, the open time of the intake passage can be controlled by the position of the throttle member. A plurality of similar valve assemblies can be positioned adjacent to one another and concatenated so that they all operate in unison to control the working fluid flow to and from all the cylinders of a multi-cylinder engine. The assembly is particularly suitable for converting an internal combustion engine so that it operates under steam power. Other applications for the assembly are also disclosed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 323568 (1885-08-01), Doherty
patent: 495282 (1893-04-01), Vogel
patent: 630767 (1899-08-01), Beadle
patent: 856569 (1907-06-01), Catlin
patent: 1024619 (1912-04-01), Coffin
patent: 1064476 (1913-06-01), Haskell
patent: 1084410 (1914-01-01), Drennon
patent: 1089779 (1914-03-01), Morgan
patent: 1212875 (1917-01-01), Anderson
patent: 1247156 (1917-11-01), Russell
patent: 1291917 (1919-01-01), Kennedy
patent: 1547253 (1925-07-01), McCarthy
patent: 2247227 (1941-06-01), Findley
patent: 2459973 (1949-01-01), Stevens
patent: 3822682 (1974-07-01), Sherwood
patent: 3948286 (1976-04-01), Dunbar et al.
patent: 3993036 (1976-11-01), Tischler
patent: 4036184 (1977-07-01), Guenther
patent: 4163438 (1979-08-01), Guenther et al.
patent: 4286500 (1981-09-01), Stevenson
patent: 4881574 (1989-11-01), Olson et al.
patent: 4944261 (1990-07-01), Coates
patent: 4953527 (1990-09-01), Coates
patent: 4976232 (1990-12-01), Coates
patent: 4989558 (1991-02-01), Coates
patent: 4989576 (1991-02-01), Coates
patent: 5109814 (1992-05-01), Coates
patent: 5251591 (1993-10-01), Corrin
patent: 5308040 (1994-05-01), Torres
patent: 5309876 (1994-05-01), Schiattino
patent: 5558049 (1996-09-01), Dubose
patent: 5572967 (1996-11-01), Donaldson, Jr.
patent: 5623901 (1997-04-01), Hartzell
patent: 5690069 (1997-11-01), Huwarts
patent: 5718198 (1998-02-01), Adamison et al.
Lambert Michael
Lambert Steven
LandOfFree
Modular rotary discoid valve assembly for engines and other appl does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Modular rotary discoid valve assembly for engines and other appl, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Modular rotary discoid valve assembly for engines and other appl will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-673269