Internal-combustion engines – Combined devices – Generating plants
Patent
1974-07-12
1977-03-08
Gordon, Clarence R.
Internal-combustion engines
Combined devices
Generating plants
418 36, 418101, 418121, 418122, F02B 5304
Patent
active
040107167
ABSTRACT:
The invention pertains to a rotary machine embodying as major elements a dual rotor consisting of two rotor halves rotating in a circular housing and an oscillator comprised of a cascade of elliptical gears. The periphery of the housing is adapted, with respect to intake, outlet and other necessary means, to suit the purpose for which the machine is intended. The dual rotor has an even number of vanes shaped to best suit the purpose of the machine. Half of the vanes are located on each rotor half in such a manner as to be able to rotate with the rotor halves in the circular housing and to oscillate with respect to each other creating working chambers of varying volume while rotating in the same direction. The oscillations are imposed by the oscillator which includes an input-output shaft integrated with a pair of elliptical gears in the center of the cascade. The space between the dual rotor and the housing and between the respective rotor parts is sealed by a suitable sealing system.
To provide cooling of the dual rotor in applications where it is necessary, the dual rotor is equipped with two coaxial fans which circulate air through the housing and the parts to be cooled.
The machine, with a suitable arrangement of intake and exhaust ports and other means, is used in applications involving varying working chambers such as an internal combustion engine, steam engine, fluid motor, pump or compressor. It can be constructed in multi-unit arrangements.
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