Rotary engine

A rotary engine comprising:

• a central rotor having a peripheral cam surface, said cam surface having a plurality of radially extending noses, each of said noses having a generally concave leading cam surface and a generally convex trailing surface, said central rotor having a central output shaft;
• an annular stator positioned radially outwardly of and concentric with said rotor, said stator having an annular wall and a plurality of V-shaped blades pivotally mounted in said wall;
• each of said blades including a radially inner plate having an end surface shaped to engage said cam surface, a radially outer plate, and a cylindrical pivot body positioned at a vertex of said blades said body having a passageway connecting an outer surface of said outer plate to an outer surface of said inner plate, said passageway having a valve oriented to prevent fluid flow from said inner plate to said outer plate;
• said annular wall having a plurality of wedge-shaped chambers positioned such that each of said chambers encloses one of said outer plates, said chamber having an outer wall with an air inlet port and a check valve in said port which prevents fluid flow out of said chamber, and a plurality of concave combustion surfaces, each of said combustion surfaces being positioned adjacent to one of said chambers and to one of said inner plates and including a spark plug;
• an outer cylinder shaped to enclose said stator and rotor;
• a pair of end plates mounted on said outer cylinder, one of said end plates including air intake ports for supplying air and fuel to said chambers;
• whereby rotation of said rotor relative to said stator causes said cam surface to bear against said end of said V-shaped blade and pivot said blade relative to said stator, thereby causing said outer plate to compress a fuel air mixture in said chamber and force said compressed mixture through said channels to a space between said inner plate and said combustion surface where said mixture is ignited by said spark plug, thereby forcing said V-blade to pivot against said convex trailing cam surface and rotate said rotor relative to said stator.