Multiple vane rotary internal combustion engine

A multiple-vaned internal combustion rotary engine comprising:

• a) a housing enclosing a cavity, the housing having inner and outer wall surfaces;
• b) a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing;
• c) a plurality of circumferentially-spaced slots formed between vane guides in the rotor;
• d) a plurality of vanes having retention ends and working ends, each vane slidably supported within one of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced slots, the area between two vanes and the inner wall defining a combustion chamber therebetween;
• e) means for guiding the retention ends of the vanes in a non-circular continuously curving path of travel symmetrical about the longitudinal axis of the rotor;
• f) means for igniting a charge in more than one combustion chamber;
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• g) means for scavenging residual products of combustion from the combustion chamber when the combustion chamber is rotated to a position free from direct communication with both the intake port and the exhaust port.

A multiple-vaned internal combustion rotary engine comprising:

• a) a housing enclosing a cavity, the housing having inner and outer wall surfaces;
• b) a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing;
• c) a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots formed in the rotor;
• d) a plurality of vanes having retention ends and working ends, each vane slidably supported within one of the plurality of circumferentially spaced slots, the area between two vanes and the inner wall defining a combustion chamber therebetween;
• e) a vane retention track formed within the housing;
• f) means for guiding the retention ends of the vanes in a non-circular path of travel;
• g) a plurality of internal lubricant passageways, one lubricant passageway passing within the rotor thereby utilizing the centrifugal force generated within the rotor in combination with pressure generated within the vane retention track to provide pressure to a lubricant flowing therein;
• h) means for utilizing centrifugal force generated within the rotor to pressurize a lubricant to lubricate the friction surfaces of the engine;
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• i) means for igniting a charge comprising a diagonal plasma bleed-over groove formed in the housing oriented diagonally to the vanes, the groove being capable of producing a vortex in the gases passing through the plasma bleed-over groove.

A multiple-vaned internal combustion rotary engine comprising:

• a) a housing enclosing a cavity, the housing having inner and outer wall surfaces;
• b) a rotor rotatably mounted within the housing;
• c) a plurality of circumferentially-spaced slots formed between vane guides in the rotor;
• d) a plurality of vanes having retention ends and working ends, each vane slidably supported within one of the plurality of circumferentially-spaced slots, the area between two vanes and the inner wall defining a combustion chamber therebetween;
• e) an internal, non-circular continuously curving vane retention track formed within the housing capable of pivotally retaining the retention ends of the vanes as the vanes revolve around the longitudinal axis of the rotor;
• f) a diagonal plasma bleed-over groove capable of producing a vortex in gases passing therethrough;
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• g) a plurality of internal lubricant passageways, one lubricant passageway passing within the rotor thereby utilizing the centrifugal force generated therein in combination with pressure generated within the vane retention track to provide pressure to a lubricant flowing therein.