Optimized linear engine
OwnerJesse Blenninventor
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Abstract
An improved combustion engine, compressor, pump, or fluid driven motor in single cylinder (20 of FIG. 1) or multiple cylinder (20 of FIG. 13), versions wherein a normally cylindrical rotor (50) external to drive or driven bearings (64, 65, 65A, 65B), has a patterned cam track (between 52 and 53) for transforming the piston (32) linear reciprocating motion to rotary motion. Two cam tracks (52, 53) can be offset coaxially to allow for continuous unidirectional rotation of said bearings.
Claims20
An improved mechanism usable as a combustion engine, compressor, or pump wherein reciprocating linear motion is converted to continuous rotary motion by means comprising the prior art components:
- a. a cylinder or guide,
- b. a piston or reciprocating component, operating in said cylinder or guide,
- c. bearings or sliders mounted upon or integral with said piston or reciprocating component,
- d. a fixed slotted stator guiding reciprocal movement of said piston or reciprocating component, by means of said bearings or sliders,
- e. a rotor including a cam drive for engagement of said bearings or sliders, and rotating upon the extended axis of reciprocation of said piston or reciprocating component,
- and wherein the improvement comprises:
- f. means of mounting of said rotor external to said bearings or sliders and said stator,
- whereby said rotor effectively acts as a rotating cover for said bearings or sliders and stator, with maximum flywheel effect.
An improved mechanism usable as a combustion engine, compressor, or pump wherein reciprocating linear motion is converted to continuous rotary motion by means comprising the prior art components:
- a. a cylinder or guide,
- b. a piston or reciprocating component, operating in said cylinder or guide,
- c. bearings or sliders mounted upon or integral with said piston or reciprocating component,
- d. a fixed slotted stator guiding reciprocal movement of said piston or reciprocating component, by means of said bearings or sliders,
- e. a rotor including a cam drive for engagement of said bearings or sliders, and rotating upon the extended axis of reciprocation of said piston assembly or reciprocating component,
- and wherein the improvement comprises the addition of:
- f. a reciprocating balancing member,
- g. additional stator slots angularly spaced from those guiding said bearings of said piston assembly or reciprocating component,
- h. additional bearings or sliders mounted upon or integral with said balancing member for reciprocation in said additional stator slots, while engaged in said internal cam drive of said rotor,
- whereby upon rotor rotation the reciprocation of said balancing member creates reciprocal inertia forces that oppose and thus cancel the reciprocal inertia forces of said piston assembly or reciprocating component, obtaining educed vibration.
A mechanism comprising:
- a. a spinning reservoir,
- b. a liquid lubricant or coolant spinning within said reservoir,
- c. non-rotating means for capturing said liquid lubricant or coolant under dynamic pressure, whereby a pressure lubrication or cooling system is provided.
An improved multiple cylinder engine, pump, or compressor comprising the prior art components:
- a. a cylinder assembly or assemblies,
- b. a rotor including a cam drive,
- c. pistons reciprocable within said cylinder assembly or assemblies on an axis generally parallel to the axis of rotation of said rotor,
- d. bearings or sliders mounted upon or integral with said pistons and engaged in said cam drive of said rotor, whereby reciprocating movement of said pistons coincides with rotary movement of said rotor,
- and wherein the improvement comprises:
- e. means for mounting of said rotor external to said included cam drive and said bearings or sliders, whereby said rotor effectively acts as a rotating cover for said cam drive and said bearings or sliders, with maximum flywheel effect.
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