Engine combustion
AssigneeSplit Cycle Technology Limited
InventorAlfred Rickard Mayne
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Abstract
A machine having a piston unit within a cylinder arrangement wherein each piston unit comprises a plurality of in-line pistons within their respective cylinders such that the pistons are in fluid communication with a common compression chamber and where the pistons of each unit move in unison.
Claims5
A rotary machine comprising at least one piston in cylinder arrangement for effecting rotary motion wherein each piston-cylinder arrangement comprises a plurality of grouped pistons in respective cylinders, the pistons being disposed in-line in a plane containing the axis of the machine, each group of pistons being coupled to a common piston follower adapted to control the rise and fall of said pistons under the action of lobes on lobed shafts contacting said common follower, a common elongate fluid compression chamber being mounted atop each group of pistons and cylinders.
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