Rotary and reciprocating internal combustion engine and compressor
OwnerTony Vallejosinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a self-sealing valve and cylinder configuration, an internal combustion rotary engine, or pump or compressor, with a rotating central housing which includes at least one cylinder aperture, a non-rotating timing pulley mount concentrically positioned within the central housing, a crank shaft eccentrically mounted within the central housing, a valve housing attached to the central housing and which retains a cylinder between it and the central housing, a piston within each cylinder, the piston rod is eccentrically mounted to the crank shaft, and a rotating valve within each valve housing.
Claims28
A self-sealing valve and cylinder combination for use in an engine, pump or compressor, comprising:
- a valve housing;
- a valve mounted within the valve housing;
- an open cylinder comprising a proximal open end and a transverse terminal end having a transfer port formed through it adjacent to the valve;
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- a piston movably mounted within the cylinder;
- whereby an increase in pressure occurring within the cylinder between the piston and the terminal end of the cylinder imparts a force on the cylinder to cause relative motion of the terminal wall of the cylinder toward and against the valve and thereby creates an effective seal between them.
A self-sealing valve and cylinder combination in an engine, pump or compressor, comprising:
- a central housing having at least one cylinder aperture;
- a valve housing corresponding to each cylinder aperture in the central housing, each valve housing being spaced outwardly from a cylinder aperture and attached to the central housing;
- at least one valve mounted within each valve housing;
- individual cylinders mounted respectively within each cylinder aperture for motion relative to a corresponding valve;
- each cylinder comprising a proximal end open to the central housing, and a transverse terminal end having a transfer port formed through it;
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- a piston movably mounted within each cylinder;
- whereby an increase in pressure occurring within a cylinder between a piston and the terminal end of the cylinder imparts a force on the cylinder to cause relative motion between the terminal wall of the cylinder and the corresponding valve and thereby creates an effective seal between them.
A rotary engine, pump or compressor, comprising:
- a stationary base;
- a housing rotatably mounted about a first axis on the base;
- at least one rotary valve mounted for rotational motion relative to the housing about a second axis spaced from and parallel to the first axis;
- a stationary timing gear centered about the first axis on the base;
- a rotary valve sprocket fixed to each rotary valve;
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- a timing chain entrained about both the timing gear and rotary valve sprocket for imparting rotational motion to the rotary valve about the second axis in response to rotation of the housing about the first axis.
A rotary engine, pump or compressor, comprising:
- a stationary base;
- a housing rotatably mounted about a first axis on the base;
- the housing including a plurality of radial cylinder apertures arranged perpendicularly to the first axis and spaced equiangularly about the first axis;
- a straight crank shaft located within the central housing, the crank shaft being mounted on the base for rotational motion about an eccentric axis that is spaced from and parallel to the first axis;
- a plurality of valve housings corresponding in number to the number of cylinder apertures in the central housing, each valve housing being mounted to the central housing outwardly of a cylinder aperture;
- a rotary valve mounted within each valve housing, each rotary valve being mounted for rotational motion relative to the housing about a second axis spaced from and parallel to the first axis;
- a cylinder mounted on the central housing between each cylinder aperture and its corresponding valve housing, each cylinder being relatively movable in relation to the valve mounted within the valve housing;
- each cylinder comprising a proximal end open to the central housing and a terminal end having a transfer port openly facing a valve;
- a plurality of pistons individually mounted within the respective cylinders, the pistons being mounted in relative reciprocating relation within the cylinders, each piston comprising a piston head with a piston face and a corresponding piston rod having a first end and a second end, the first end of each piston being eccentrically mounted to the crank shaft and its second end being mounted to the piston head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.