Internal-combustion engines – Rotating cylinder – Parallel to shaft
Patent
1974-05-17
1976-07-20
Gordon, Clarence R.
Internal-combustion engines
Rotating cylinder
Parallel to shaft
60 3961, 91152, F02B 5706
Patent
active
039700550
ABSTRACT:
An external combustion engine system adapted to utilize any of a number of expansible gases including steam, freon, thiophene, etc. The engine comprises a piston-driven unit which utilizes uniflow principles but is substantially more efficient than the conventional uniflow design because it provides means for conducting the exhaust from a primary side of the piston to a secondary side and thereby extracts additional energy from each gas charge through a second expansion before finally exhausting the gas to vacuum. In addition, the engine has a highly efficient and compact rotary design featuring a multi-cylinder barrel acting on a rotary torque conversion plate for minimizing friction and other energy losses. The design includes special valving for power and direction control and a simplified porting system for providing the aforementioned double gas expansion and permitting cold start-up without the need for bleed valves to drain condensate from the cylinders.
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