Rotary cam internal combustion radial engine
OwnerJohn E. Lockshawinventor
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Abstract
This disclosure is directed to a rotary-cam, internal-combustion, radial, 4-cycle, 6-cylinder engine comprising a stationary motor block adapted to operably receive a dual set of pistons, each set thereof being juxtaposed to the other, having their respective rods extending outwardly from the piston chamber and operably attached to a rotatable casing by means of a cam follower secured to the free end of the rod and disposed within a cam channel forming part of the casing, thereby allowing each adjacent piston to simultaneously reciprocate together as the casing rotates with the main drive shaft; and wherein the main shaft incorporates both the fuel-intake system and the motor-exhaust system, said main drive shaft being fixedly connected for rotation with the casing.
Claims16
A rotary-cam, internal-combustion, radial engine, comprising:
- a stationary motor block having a first and a second group of piston cylinders positioned radially outwardly from a centrally disposed longitudinal bore arranged normal to said groups of said cylinders, each of said cylinders including a reduced opening terminating in said central bore;
- a first and a second group of pistons operably disposed within respective groups of piston cylinders, each of said pistons including a piston rod extending outwardly from said cylinder;
- an explosive chamber within each of said cylinders disposed within the cylinder portion adjacent said longitudinal bore;
- a hollow, tubular, drive shaft disposed for rotation within said longitudinal bore;
- a fuel-intake system including a fuel-intake means arranged within said tubular drive shaft for operable communication with said cylinders;
- an exhaust system including an exhaust means arranged within said tubular drive shaft for operable communication with said cylinders;
- a rotatable housing fixedly connected to said drive shaft;
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- a cam means secured to said housing and operably attached to each of said piston rods, for operable rotation of said housing and reciprocating movement of said pistons.
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