Apparatuses for Converting Pressure Differences of Gaseous or Liquid Media Into Rotary Motion

Abstract

Apparatuses for converting pressure differences of gaseous or liquid media into rotary motion are provided. In some embodiments, apparatuses for utilizing the pressure differences of gaseous, vaporous or liquid media by pressure expansion of the media are provided, the apparatuses comprising: a housing having an inner wall with a length; a plurality of hose pieces positioned in the housing on the inner wall with a length corresponding at least to the length of housing wall; inlet valves and outlet valves coupled to the hose pieces that substantially synchronously regulate a sequence of filling and emptying of the hose pieces by the media; a roller that is positioned between the hose pieces, that rotates on an eccentric, and that rotates in connection with the tilling and emptying of the hose pieces; and a shaft coupled to the roller at the eccentric that rotates as the roller rotates.

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