EP0148823B1 - Rotary positive displacement mechanism - Google Patents
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- EP0148823B1 EP0148823B1 EP83902488A EP83902488A EP0148823B1 EP 0148823 B1 EP0148823 B1 EP 0148823B1 EP 83902488 A EP83902488 A EP 83902488A EP 83902488 A EP83902488 A EP 83902488A EP 0148823 B1 EP0148823 B1 EP 0148823B1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01C3/00—Rotary-piston machines or engines with non-parallel axes of movement of co-operating members
- F01C3/02—Rotary-piston machines or engines with non-parallel axes of movement of co-operating members the axes being arranged at an angle of 90 degrees
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- the present invention relates to motors and pumps. More particularly, it relates to positive displacement rotary-type motors and pumps, specifically those rotary motors which are driven by pressurised fluid.
- GB-A-403 066 discloses a rotary fluid displacement device in accordance with the prior art portion of claim 1.
- This prior device is an internal combustion engine which is incapable of acting as a pump for incompressible fluids.
- the present invention as characterized in claim 1, is directed to a device employing two rotors designed such that they rotate about intersecting axes and have coincident center points. These rotors are contained within intersecting chambers such that one rotor thereby provides a displacement function while the other provides a sealing function.
- the chambers and rotors cooperate to define two variable volume chambers which may be employed as either pumping chambers orfluid motor power chambers. In this way, a positive displacement mechanism has been developed which employs balanced rotation.
- This efficient system lends itself to use as a source of motive power derived from the use of pressurised fluids, pressurized by external combustion or other means.
- the power rotor is positioned within the seal rotor, with both rotors rotatable about the same center point.
- the power rotor rotates in a plane perpendicular to that in which the seal rotor rotates.
- the power rotor comprises a rotor body which has a plurality of outwardly extending vanes, which vanes interdigitate during rotation with a similar number of vanes extending inwardly from the seal rotor, said seal rotor having a rim gear to which the inwardly extending vanes are attached.
- the vanes on each rotor are designed and constructed to mesh closely during such interdigitation.
- the positive displacement device of the present invention is encased in a substantially solid, square housing block 1, which in the preferred embodiment, has been formed in four pieces for ease of assemblage.
- the four pieces of the housing block are held together by conventional nut and bolt means 2.
- power rotor 3 is rotatably journaled within a first cylindrical chamber 4.
- Power rotor 3 is best seen in Figure 5.
- Power rotor 3 has rotor body 5 which is circular and solid.
- Power rotor vanes 6 extend outwardly from the rotor body 5.
- the vanes 6 are substantially triangular in shape and are attached to the rotor body 5 at the apex of that triangle.
- the leading and trailing edge of the vanes 6 are provided with a knife edge.
- spur gear 7 Also attached to the rotor body 5 is spur gear 7.
- the function of spur gear 7 is explained infra. Extending through the center and protruding either side of power rotor 3 and spur gear 7 is axle 8 used to rotatably journal power rotor 3 within first chamber 4 by conventional journal means 9, as best seen in Figure 3.
- Second chamber 11 is cylindrical except for its center portion 11 (a), which contains the mounting means for the power rotor 3. Seal rotor 10 is freely rotatable within second chamber 11 upon thrust bearings 12. Both power rotor 3 and seal rotor 10 rotate about the same center point, but their planes of rotation are perpendicular as can best be seen in Figure 4.
- Seal rotor 10 consists of rim gear 13 having helical gear teeth 14 about its total periphery. Seal rotor vanes 15 are fixably attached to the interior of rim gear 13 and extend inwardly towards the center of seal rotor 10. The seal rotor vanes 15 occupy nearly the entire interior space of seal rotor 10, leaving only a central, circular void space 16 and two outer spaces 17. Central circular void space 16 is sufficiently large to allow the rotor body 5 to rotate therein. Outer spaces 17 are sufficiently large to allow power rotor vanes 6 to pass freely therethrough. The outer spaces 17 defined by seal rotor vanes 15 are broadly hyperbolic in shape as the leading and trailing edges of seal rotor vanes 15 are convexly arcuate. This is to allow snug meshing during interdigitation of power rotor vanes 6 with seal rotor vanes 15 as power rotor 3 and seal rotor 10 are rotated.
- Power rotor 3 is caused to rotate by introduction of fluid into first chamber 4.
- seal rotor 10 substantially divides chamber 4 into an upper half 24 and a lower half 25. Therefore, two sets of inlet and exhaust means are required.
- Inlet tubes 18 and 19 extend from the exterior of housing block 1 to chamber 4. The first pair of inlet ports 18 inject fluid into the upper chamber 24 in close proximity to rotor 10 at charge ports 20. Exhaust ports 21, positioned near seal rotor 10, and exhaust tubes 22 provide the means by which the fluid is removed from upper chamber 24. Second inlet tubes 19, second inlet ports 26, second exhaust ports 23 and second exhaust tubes 27 provide the same function for lower chamber 25. Notice that second inlet ports 26 and second exhaust ports 23 are positioned near seal rotor 10 in the same rotational order as first inlet ports 20 and first exhaust ports 21. The need for this arrangement will become apparent when the operation of the motor is discussed infra.
- Spur gear 7 which is fixably attached to power rotor 3 engages first idler gear 31 which in turn engages second idler gear 32, both idler gears being journaled within block 1 by conventional means.
- Second idler gear 32 engages drive shaft gear 33 which is fixably attached to drive shaft 30.
- Timing flange 34 is fixably attached to drive shaft 30 by conventional means, such as a set screw. Timing flange 34 is attached to flywheel gear 35 by conventional bolt means 36 which extend through elongated holes 37 to engage flywheel gear 35. The elongated holes 37 allow the position of timing flange 34 to be adjusted relative to flywheel 35. Flywheel gear 35 engages transmission gear 38 which is connected by transmission shaft 39 to helical gear 40. Transmission shaft 39 is journaled and attached to block 1 by conventional means. Helical gear 40 engates rim gear 13 of seal rotor 10.
- fluid is injected into chamber 4 via inlet tubes 18 and 19.
- This causes power rotor 3 to rotate in a clockwise position, as shown in Figures 2 and 8.
- seal rotor vanes 15 bisect chamber 4 into upper half 24 and lower half 25.
- This sealing of chamber 4 into upper and lower halves, each half containing one power rotor vane 6, reduces the presence of substantial back-pressure through a half revolution.
- chamber 4 is sized to eliminate, as much as possible, all free space about power rotor vanes 6, rotor vanes 6 are positively displaced by the incoming fluid.
- the fluid is allowed to escape.
- the vanes 6 again interdigitate with the seal vanes 15 to allow the vanes 6 to move from lower chamber 25 to upper chamber 24 and from upper chamber 24 to lower chamber 25, respectively. Once the vanes 6 have moved into the next chamber, seal vanes 15 again bisect chamber 4 into the respective upper and lower portions 24 and 25, and the cycle is repeated.
- This interdigitation whereby power rotor vanes 6 are timed to pass through outer void spaces 17 formed between seal rotor vanes 15, is made to occur with substantial meshing of power rotor vanes 6 with seal rotor vanes 15 by properly adjusting the position of rotor vanes 6 to the position of seal vanes 15, and by designing and constructing the leading edge 42 of seal vanes 15 to be slightly arcuate to correspond to the position of the rotor vanes 6 as it passes through outer space 17.
- the trailing edge of each seal vane 15 is arcuate to correspond to the position of power vanes 6 when the power rotor 3 is rotated in the reverse, counter-clockwise direction.
- the shape of the leading and trailing edges of successive seal vanes 15 causes outer spaces 17 to be broadly hyperbolic in shape. This shape allows for close meshing of power vanes 6 with seal vanes 15 thereby providing for more efficient reduction of fluid backpressure.
- the device here disclosed can be designed and constructed to function as a pump as well as a motor.
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Description
- The present invention relates to motors and pumps. More particularly, it relates to positive displacement rotary-type motors and pumps, specifically those rotary motors which are driven by pressurised fluid.
- Due to the drawbacks inherent in the linear, oscillating motion and internal combustion of conventional piston engines, considerable attention has been directed to the development of alternative engine and motor designs. To circumvent the oscillating, linear motion of the conventional piston engine, many engine and motor designs have incorporated rotary motion of the power producing element. Turbine and rotary engines utilise this principle. Those rotary and turbine engines which have utilised internal combustion have suffered from low efficiency, limited durability and inflated expense and still produce the dirty exhaust of the conventional piston engines. Those rotary and turbine designs which have utilised external combustion have proven too inefficient to be of widespread practical utility.
- GB-A-403 066 discloses a rotary fluid displacement device in accordance with the prior art portion of claim 1. This prior device is an internal combustion engine which is incapable of acting as a pump for incompressible fluids. Thus, the present invention, as characterized in claim 1, is directed to a device employing two rotors designed such that they rotate about intersecting axes and have coincident center points. These rotors are contained within intersecting chambers such that one rotor thereby provides a displacement function while the other provides a sealing function. The chambers and rotors cooperate to define two variable volume chambers which may be employed as either pumping chambers orfluid motor power chambers. In this way, a positive displacement mechanism has been developed which employs balanced rotation. This efficient system lends itself to use as a source of motive power derived from the use of pressurised fluids, pressurized by external combustion or other means.
- To accomplish positive displacement with pure rotary motion, the power rotor is positioned within the seal rotor, with both rotors rotatable about the same center point. The power rotor, however, rotates in a plane perpendicular to that in which the seal rotor rotates. The power rotor comprises a rotor body which has a plurality of outwardly extending vanes, which vanes interdigitate during rotation with a similar number of vanes extending inwardly from the seal rotor, said seal rotor having a rim gear to which the inwardly extending vanes are attached. The vanes on each rotor are designed and constructed to mesh closely during such interdigitation. This sealing interdigitation allows the seal rotor vanes to eliminate fluid backpressure against the trailing power rotor vane and makes possible the positive displacement of the power rotor through its rotary motion. Also provided in the motor are fluid inlet and outlet means, rotor timing and adjustment means and power transmission means.
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- Figure 1 is a top view of the motor of the present invention enclosed within the housing block.
- Figure 2 is a side view of the invention, taken in cross-section along line 2-2 in Figure 1, showing the positional relationship of the power rotor and the seal rotor.
- Figure 3 is a bottom view of the invention, taken in cross-section along line 3-3 of Figure 2, showing the positional relationship of the power rotor and the seal rotor.
- Figure 4 is a side view of the invention, taken along line 4-4 in Figure 2, again showing the interrelationship of the power and seal rotors.
- Also depicted here are the inlet and exhaust means, as well as the power transmission means.
- Figure 5 is a perspective view of the power rotor in isolation.
- Figure 6 is a perspective view of the seal rotor in isolation.
- Figure 7 is a perspective view showing the relationship of the power rotor and the seal rotor, as well as the power transmission and timing means, all in isolation.
- Figure 8 is a side view of the invention, with a portion broken away to show the inlet and exhaust means in relation to the power and seal rotors.
- The positive displacement device of the present invention is encased in a substantially solid, square housing block 1, which in the preferred embodiment, has been formed in four pieces for ease of assemblage. The four pieces of the housing block are held together by conventional nut and bolt means 2.
- Turning to the interior of the device, as shown in Figure 2,
power rotor 3 is rotatably journaled within a firstcylindrical chamber 4.Power rotor 3 is best seen in Figure 5.Power rotor 3 hasrotor body 5 which is circular and solid. Power rotor vanes 6 extend outwardly from therotor body 5. The vanes 6 are substantially triangular in shape and are attached to therotor body 5 at the apex of that triangle. The leading and trailing edge of the vanes 6 are provided with a knife edge. Also attached to therotor body 5 is spur gear 7. The function of spur gear 7 is explained infra. Extending through the center and protruding either side ofpower rotor 3 and spur gear 7 isaxle 8 used to rotatablyjournal power rotor 3 withinfirst chamber 4 by conventional journal means 9, as best seen in Figure 3. -
Seal rotor 10 is disposed within second chamber 11, as best seen in Figures 3 and 4. Second chamber 11 is cylindrical except for its center portion 11 (a), which contains the mounting means for thepower rotor 3.Seal rotor 10 is freely rotatable within second chamber 11 uponthrust bearings 12. Bothpower rotor 3 andseal rotor 10 rotate about the same center point, but their planes of rotation are perpendicular as can best be seen in Figure 4. -
Seal rotor 10 consists ofrim gear 13 having helical gear teeth 14 about its total periphery.Seal rotor vanes 15 are fixably attached to the interior ofrim gear 13 and extend inwardly towards the center ofseal rotor 10. Theseal rotor vanes 15 occupy nearly the entire interior space ofseal rotor 10, leaving only a central, circular void space 16 and twoouter spaces 17. Central circular void space 16 is sufficiently large to allow therotor body 5 to rotate therein.Outer spaces 17 are sufficiently large to allow power rotor vanes 6 to pass freely therethrough. Theouter spaces 17 defined byseal rotor vanes 15 are broadly hyperbolic in shape as the leading and trailing edges ofseal rotor vanes 15 are convexly arcuate. This is to allow snug meshing during interdigitation of power rotor vanes 6 withseal rotor vanes 15 aspower rotor 3 andseal rotor 10 are rotated. -
Power rotor 3 is caused to rotate by introduction of fluid intofirst chamber 4. As best seen in Figure 8,seal rotor 10 substantially divideschamber 4 into anupper half 24 and alower half 25. Therefore, two sets of inlet and exhaust means are required.Inlet tubes chamber 4. The first pair ofinlet ports 18 inject fluid into theupper chamber 24 in close proximity torotor 10 at charge ports 20. Exhaust ports 21, positioned nearseal rotor 10, andexhaust tubes 22 provide the means by which the fluid is removed fromupper chamber 24.Second inlet tubes 19,second inlet ports 26,second exhaust ports 23 andsecond exhaust tubes 27 provide the same function forlower chamber 25. Notice thatsecond inlet ports 26 andsecond exhaust ports 23 are positioned nearseal rotor 10 in the same rotational order as first inlet ports 20 and first exhaust ports 21. The need for this arrangement will become apparent when the operation of the motor is discussed infra. - The rotational motion of
power rotor 3 is transmitted to driveshaft 30 by a series of gears. Spur gear 7, which is fixably attached topower rotor 3 engagesfirst idler gear 31 which in turn engages second idler gear 32, both idler gears being journaled within block 1 by conventional means. Second idler gear 32 engages driveshaft gear 33 which is fixably attached to driveshaft 30. - The rotation of
drive shaft 30 is used to time the rotation ofseal rotor 10. Timingflange 34 is fixably attached to driveshaft 30 by conventional means, such as a set screw. Timingflange 34 is attached toflywheel gear 35 by conventional bolt means 36 which extend through elongated holes 37 to engageflywheel gear 35. The elongated holes 37 allow the position of timingflange 34 to be adjusted relative toflywheel 35.Flywheel gear 35 engagestransmission gear 38 which is connected bytransmission shaft 39 tohelical gear 40.Transmission shaft 39 is journaled and attached to block 1 by conventional means.Helical gear 40 engates rimgear 13 ofseal rotor 10. By this system of gears, leading from spur gear 7 toidler gears 31 and 32, to driveshaft gear 33, toflywheel gear 35, totransmission gear 38 and, viatransmission shaft 39, tohelical gear 40, the rotational movement of thepower rotor 3 is directly imparted to sealrotor 10. The position ofseal rotor 10 relative to the position ofpower rotor 3 may be adjusted, to insure proper interdigitation of power rotor vanes 6 withouter spaces 17, by adjusting the position of timingflange 34 relative toflywheel gear 35. - In operation, fluid is injected into
chamber 4 viainlet tubes power rotor 3 to rotate in a clockwise position, as shown in Figures 2 and 8. As the rotor vanes 6 pass throughouter spaces 17 ofseal rotor 10, each vane 6 interdigitating with aseal vane 15,seal rotor vanes 15bisect chamber 4 intoupper half 24 andlower half 25. This sealing ofchamber 4 into upper and lower halves, each half containing one power rotor vane 6, reduces the presence of substantial back-pressure through a half revolution. Aschamber 4 is sized to eliminate, as much as possible, all free space about power rotor vanes 6, rotor vanes 6 are positively displaced by the incoming fluid. As the power vanes 6 pass theexhaust ports 21 and 23, the fluid is allowed to escape. The vanes 6 again interdigitate with theseal vanes 15 to allow the vanes 6 to move fromlower chamber 25 toupper chamber 24 and fromupper chamber 24 tolower chamber 25, respectively. Once the vanes 6 have moved into the next chamber,seal vanes 15 again bisectchamber 4 into the respective upper andlower portions void spaces 17 formed betweenseal rotor vanes 15, is made to occur with substantial meshing of power rotor vanes 6 withseal rotor vanes 15 by properly adjusting the position of rotor vanes 6 to the position ofseal vanes 15, and by designing and constructing the leadingedge 42 ofseal vanes 15 to be slightly arcuate to correspond to the position of the rotor vanes 6 as it passes throughouter space 17. The trailing edge of eachseal vane 15 is arcuate to correspond to the position of power vanes 6 when thepower rotor 3 is rotated in the reverse, counter-clockwise direction. The shape of the leading and trailing edges ofsuccessive seal vanes 15 causesouter spaces 17 to be broadly hyperbolic in shape. This shape allows for close meshing of power vanes 6 withseal vanes 15 thereby providing for more efficient reduction of fluid backpressure. - Thus an improved rotary positive displacement mechanism has been disclosed. It will be particularly noted that the device here disclosed can be designed and constructed to function as a pump as well as a motor.
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