Valveless revolving cylinder engine
OwnerVictor J Usackinventor
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Abstract
A revolving cylinder engine having a stationary fixed housing with circumferential intake and exhaust ports and an ignition means, a concentrically positioned revolving cylinder block bored centrally and radially with said radial bore defining a piston compression chamber, and a crank bearing disc concentrically positioned within said central bore of said cylinder block that revolves within said cylinder block wherein the rotation of said crank bearing disc provides for the reciprocating action of the piston traveling through said compression chamber. A planetary gearset is the preferable means for rotating said cylinder block and said crank bearing disc for achieving the timing requirements necessary for precise port alignment in concert with the movement and position of said piston.
Claims4
A valveless revolving cylinder engine comprising:
- a) a cylindrical fixed housing member having a circular sidewall, an intake port and an exhaust port in said sidewall, and a means for introducing an ignition spark within the inner circumference of said sidewall;
- b) a cylinder block adapted to rotate concentrically within said housing member, wherein said cylinder block has a central recess and is radially bored to define a compression chamber extending transversely from said central recess to the outer circumference thereof;
- c) a piston assembly adapted to travel within said compression chamber comprising a piston and attached pivoting connecting rod;
- d) a driving and timing means providing the axial rotation of said cylinder block and the reciprocating movement of said piston within said compression chamber in concert with one another so as to place the piston in specific positions and traveling in predetermined directions within said compression chamber as said cylinder block rotates and sequentially aligns compression chamber with said intake port, exhaust port, and said spark ignition means during cycling;
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- e) said driving and timing means including:
- i) a substantially cylindrical crank bearing disc adapted to rotate concentrically within said radial throughbore of said cylinder block;
- ii) means for rotating said cylinder block and said crank bearing disc at a predetermined ratio;
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- iii) means for pivotally securing said connecting rod to said crank bearing disc to provide the reciprocating action of said piston within said compression chamber in reaction to the axial rotation of said crank bearing-disc.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.