Continuous ignition turbo motor

In an internal combustion engine, the combination of a plurality first, second and relation combustion chambers, said combustion chambers being annularly disposed and arranged in groups and said groups being staggered radially so that the groups lie in two successive arcs offset from one another there being a plurality of successive first chambers defining a first group and a plurality of successive second chambers defining a second group, each of said combustion chambers having an opening and all of said openings defining a single plane, each of said relation chambers overlapping the end ones of a successive pair of first and second groups of chambers to interconnect successive groups so as to transmit combustion gases from one group to another, means for supplying a fuel-air mixture to said combustion chambers, a distributor relatively rotatable to said combustion chambers and having a surface conforming to the plane defined by said chamber openings and closely spaced therefrom, said distributor having a plurality of zones corresponding to the staggered positions of said groups of combustion chambers, there being a plurality of slots and openings in both said zones coregistering with said combustion chamber openings so that upon relative rotation of said combustion chambers and said distributor heated and pressurized combustion gases from a constant volume combustion are transmitted from one chamber to a succeeding chamber to provide continuous ignition of fuel-air mixture within the chambers while exhausting the products of combustion from the chambers whereby a periodic operation and cooling of the two zones of the distributor occurs.