Combustion engine having no connecting rods or crankshaft, of the radial cylinder type
AssigneeAteliers De Constructions Et D'Innovations
InventorAndre Chaneac
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Abstract
Combustion engine having no connecting rods or crankshaft, whose cylinders are disposed radially. In this engine, the axes of the cylinders are situated in a plane perpendicular to the drive shaft, the alternating movement of the pistons being transmitted by rollers fixed to the said pistons, which rollers roll on a cam fixed to the engine. The movement of the pistons is transmitted via at least three cams, a central cam rotating in one direction and two lateral cams rotating at the same speed but in the opposite direction, the three cams being positioned in a manner such that the apexes of the bosses which they possess are situated in the plane of the axis of the drive shaft at top dead center.
Claims7
In an internal combustion engine having a housing and at least one cylinder radially disposed about an output shaft in a plane perpendicular to the axis of said shaft the combination of:
- a first cam member fixed on said output shaft,
- two other cam members rotatably mounted on said output shaft,
- gear train means rotatably engaging said other cam members and said drive shaft,
- a piston mounted in a cylinder for reciprocal motion therein,
- a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted on said piston,
- said piston and cam members being positioned in said housing so that said rollers rotatably engage said cam members to transmit power from said piston to said output shaft, and
- said cam members further being positioned in a manner such that the apexes of the cam bosses are in the plane of the axis of the drive shaft at top dead center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.