Rotary internal combustion engine

A rotary internal combustion engine comprising:

• housing means having an elliptical inside surface surrounding an elliptical chamber means, gas intake port means open to the chamber means adjacent the minor axis thereof, and gas exhaust port means open to the chamber means adjacent the minor axis thereof, said exhaust port means being separated from the gas intake port means, an elliptical rotor means located in said chamber means, means for directing a supply of an air and fuel mixture to said chamber means comprising a rotary valve member having a passage sequentially open to said chamber means and open to a supply of an air and fuel mixture under pressure, said rotor means having a major axis opposite ends and an outer elliptical surface, shaft means secured to the rotor means rotatably mounted on the housing means, first vane movably mounted on the major axis opposite ends of the rotor means, said first vane means having outer ends locatable in sealing relation relative to said inside surface of the housing means, first means operably connected to the first vane means for reciprocating the first vane means relative to the rotor means during rotation of the rotor means in a manner to maintain said outer ends in said sealing relation relative to said inside surface of the housing means, second vane means movably mounted on the housing means between the intake port means and exhaust port means extend into the chamber, the second vane means have inner ends locatable in sealing relation relative to the outer elliptical surface of the rotor means, second means connected to the second vane means operable to reciprocate the second vane means to said sealing relation with said outer elliptical surface of the rotor means during rotation of the rotor means, and means operable to ignite the air and fuel mixture in said passage whereby the air and fuel mixture burns and expands in said chamber means causing the rotor means to rotate within the chamber means.

A rotary internal combustion engine comprising:

• housing means having an inside elliptical surface surrounding chamber means for accommodating an air and fuel mixture, said housing means having intake port means and exhaust port means, means for directing a supply of an air and fuel mixture to said chamber means comprising rotatable valving means having a passage sequentially open to said chamber means and open to a supply of air and fuel mixture under pressure, rotor means rotatably mounted on the housing means located with said chamber means, said rotor means having an outside elliptical surface having a major dimension substantially equal to the minor dimension of the elliptical surface of the housing means, first vane means mounted on the rotor means, said rotor means having a pair of slots along the major dimension thereof, said first vane means comprising a pair of first vanes slidably located in said slots for reciprocal movement relative to the rotor means during rotation of the rotor means, each of said first vanes having first seal means on the outer ends thereof located in sealing relation with the inside surface of the housing means, first means operable to reciprocate the first vanes to maintain contiguous sealing relation of the first seal means with said inside surface during rotation of the rotor means, said first means including means having a generally oval-shaped first track means mounted on the housing means, said first track means having a major dimension that substantially coincides with the major dimension of the elliptical surface of the housing means, first cam follower means located in said first track means, and connected to the first vanes, means connecting the first cam follower means with the first vane means whereby reciprocal movement of the first vanes relative to the rotor means caused by the movement of the first cam follower means along the first track means maintains the first seal means in contiguous sealing relation with said elliptical surface of the housing means, second vane means movably mounted on the housing means to separate said intake port means from the exhaust port means, said second means comprising a pair of second vanes extended into the chamber along the minor dimension thereof, each of said second vanes having second seal means on the inner ends thereof located in sealing relation with the elliptical surface of the rotor means, second means operable to reciprocate the second vanes to maintain contiguous sealing relation of the second seal means with said surface of the rotor means whereby on rotation of the rotor means an air and fuel mixture flows into the chamber through said intake port means and exhaust gases are discharged from the chamber through said exhaust port means, said second means including means mounted on the shaft means having generally oval-shaped grooved second track means that follows the elliptical shape of the elliptical surface of the rotor means, second cam follower means located within the grooved second track means and cooperating with said second track means, motion transmitting means connecting the second follower means to the movable second vane means whereby rotation of said shaft means rotates the second track means moving the second cam means and motion transmitting means to effect reciprocal movement of the second vane means relative to the rotor means to maintain the second seal means in contiguous sealing relation with the elliptical surface of said rotor means, and means operable to ignite the air and fuel mixture in said passage whereby the air and fuel mixture burns and expands in said chamber means causing the rotor means to rotate with the chamber means.

A rotary internal combustion engine comprising:

• housing means having inside generally elliptical surface surrounding chamber for accommodating an air and fuel mixture, said housing means having intake port means and exhaust port means allowing the air and fuel mixture to flow into the chamber and exhaust gases to flow out of the chamber, means for directing a supply of an air and fuel mixture to said chamber comprising rotatable valving means having a passage sequentially open to said chamber means and open to a supply of air and fuel mixture under pressure, rotor means rotatably mounted on the housing means located in said chamber, said rotor means having an outside generally elliptical surface having a major dimension substantially equal to the minor dimension of the elliptical surface of the housing means, first vane means movably mounted on the rotor means for reciprocal movement toward and away from said inside elliptical surface during rotation of the rotor means, said first vane means having first seal means movably mounted on the outer ends thereof located in sealing relation with the inside elliptical surface of the housing means, means for biasing the first seal means into engagement with said inside elliptical surface, vane means movably mounted on the housing means to separate said intake port means from the exhaust port means, said second vane means having a second seal means movably mounted on the inner ends thereof and located in sealing relation with the outside elliptical surface of the rotor means, means to bias the second seal means into engagement with said inside elliptical surface, and second means operable to move the second vane means to maintain contiguous sealing relation of the second seal means with said outside elliptical surface of the rotor means whereby on rotation of the rotor means the air and fuel mixture flows into the chamber through said intake port means and exhaust gases are discharged from the chamber through said exhaust port means, and means operable to ignite the air and fuel mixture in said passage whereby the air and fuel mixture burns causing the rotor means to rotate within the chamber.