US1698102A - Construction and method of operating crankless internal combustion and explosion engines - Google Patents

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US1698102A
US1698102A US202897A US20289727A US1698102A US 1698102 A US1698102 A US 1698102A US 202897 A US202897 A US 202897A US 20289727 A US20289727 A US 20289727A US 1698102 A US1698102 A US 1698102A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B—MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B3/00—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
    • F01B3/04—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis the piston motion being transmitted by curved surfaces
    • F01B3/06—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis the piston motion being transmitted by curved surfaces by multi-turn helical surfaces and automatic reversal
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B—MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES
    • F01B3/00—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
    • F01B3/02—Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis with wobble-plate

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  • crankless engines for the sake of brevity, crankless engines.
  • the object of the invention is to produce an engine of that type which shall have greater fiexibility'and' which shall admit of more con-' venient and efficient methods of control (which methods also form part of the presbustion or explosion engines.
  • greater flexibility is meant that the engine is capable of operating at any given speed, with a greater range of turning moment and consequently of'power, without limitations due to defective ignition or combustion of the fuel. It is a well-known defeet of existing internal combustion and explosion engines, that the range of turning moment which they are capable of exerting at given speed is comparatively small.
  • the engine is constructed with one or more internal combustion cylinders lwhi'ch operate on one or other of the well-known internal combustion or explosion cycles, either fourstroke or two-stroke. Where a pluralit of cylinders are arranged about the main s aft the construction may accord with that -de-' such engines, the essential operations are that the working fluid is compressed during the upward stroke of the piston 2 with a rise of pressure depending on the ratio ofthe clearance volume 3 to the volume swept by the piston. lhe fuel is either introduced before compression or is injected after compression and ignited either by the heat generated by the compression of the air or by electric spark or other suitable'means.
  • the present invention consists of means producing such variation in a crankless engine, and also includes meansfor varying the supply to the The piston 10 reciprocating in the cylinder 11 serves to supply air for the combustion-in the power cylinder through connecting passages or pipes not shown in the drawing.
  • Valves 11 are provided in the cylinder head 12 for admitting air into the cylinder 11 from the atmosphere and for controlling delivery of air compressed in that cylinder to the power cylinder 1.; These valves may be either automatically or mechanically operated.
  • the perforated but is constructed so as to be capaas a cylinder wall by the movable sleeve 14.
  • the position of the sleeve 14 is such as togive the maximum degree of opening to the perforations, and as the piston 10 overruns these perforations in its working stroke only the portion of the cylindeiybetween the cylinder head and the perforations nearest thereto is available for delivering air to the .power' cylinder 1.
  • the. gear wheel 18, which may be effected by cylinder 1 may receive the larger quantities of air without exceeding thepermissible pressure,'m'eans are provided for increasing the effective volume of the compression space 'when required.
  • the thrust bearing 8 is mounted in a movable housing. 15, which 1s made capable of being moved longitudinally with respect to the frame 16 of the engine, and to 'the'cylinder 1 which is fixed to the said frame.
  • the housing 15 may be furnished with-a screw 17 which is provided with means, such as a' gear wheelv 18, for rotating it in. the nut 19 Rotation of hand, or by gearing from the engineitself,
  • the sleeve 14 is moved longitudinally to jthe left over the perforated portion 13 of the cylinder 11,. and for this purpose the gear wheel 18 may be arranged to engage with a car Wheel 21 mounted on a screw 22 engage ing in nut 28- attached to the sleeve-14, Alternatively, the sleeve 14 may be actuatedby' means independent of the means employed for moving the thrust bearing 8.
  • the quantity offuel supplied to the cylinder may also be varied, as by varying the stroke of the fuel pump, or -by opening or closing a'by-pass valve on the fuel-supply pipe, or'by other 7,5
  • a combustion cylinder a swash plate having a fixed inclination anditsaxis of rotation parallel to the axis of the combustion cylinder, a piston fitting said-combustion cylinder and arranged-to coact with and rotate said swash-plate, and means for movingsaid swash-plate and coacting piston in the direction of their axes, whereby the compression volume of the said cylinder is stroke of the piston remains constant.
  • a combustion cylinder in combination, a combustion cylinder, a swashplate having a fixed inclination and its axis of rotation parallel to the axis of the combustion cylinder, a power piston fitting said combustion cylinder and arranged to 'coact with and rotate said swash-plate, a compressor piston connected to said power piston and fitting in a compressor cylinder for supplying working fluid to the combustion cylinder, and means for moving the said swash-plate and therewith the coacting power piston and compressorpiston in the direction of the axes of their cylinders, whereby the quantity of working fluid supplied to the combustion cylinder is varied simultaneously with the compressor volume therein, for the purpose set forth.
  • a combustion cylinder for supplying working fluid to the combustion 7 cylinder having perforations in the wall thereof, a compressor piston in the compression cylinder overrunning said perforations to a variable, extent according to the movement of the compressor piston and swash plate, and means for moving the swash plate and pistons in the direction of the axes of said cylinders, whereby the quantity of working fluid supplied to the combustion cylinder is varied simultaneously with the compressor volume therein.
  • a combustion cylinder a swash-plate having its axis of rotation parallel to the axis of the eombustioncylinder, a power piston in the latter and arranged to'coact with and rotate said swash-plate, a compressor cylinder for supplying working fluid to the combustion cylinder having perforations in the wall thereof, a compressor piston in the compression cylinder overrunning said perforations to a variable extent according to the movement of the compressor piston and swash plate, means for moving the swash-plate and pistons in the direction of the axes of said cylinders, and a sleeve concentric with the.
  • compression cylinder movable simultaneously with the swash-plate to cover said perforations to a variable extent.
  • a combustion cylinder a swash-plate having its axis of rotation parallel to the axis of the combustion cylinder, a power piston in the latter and arranged to coact with and rotate said swash plate
  • a compressor cylinder for supplying Working fluid to the combustion cylinder having perforations in the wall thereof
  • a compressor piston in the compression cylinder overrunning said perforations to a variable extent according to the movement of the compressor piston and swashplate
  • means for moving the swash-plate and pistons in the direction of the axes of said cylinders a sleeve concentric with the compression cylinder movable simultaneously with the swash plate to cover said perforations to a variable extent
  • a thrust bearing for the swash-plate, and means for simultaneously moving'the sleeve and thrust bearing axially.
  • a combustion cylinder a swash-plate having its axis of rotation parallel to the axis of the combustion cylinder, a power piston in the latter and arranged to coact with and rotate said swash-plate, a compressor cylinder for supplying working fluid to the combustion cylinder having perforations in-the wall thereof, a compressor piston in the compression cylinder overrunning said perforations to a variable extent according to the movethereto, a thrust bearing on said shaft, and
  • a swash-plate rigidly mounted on a rotating shaft and movable longitudinally therewith, a plurality of combustion cylinders surrounding the axis of the shaft and having their axes parallel thereto, a plurality of compressor cylinders each opposed to and coaxial with one of the combustion cylinders, a power piston in each combustion cylinder and a compressor piston in each compression cylinder rigidly connected together as'a reciprocating unit coacting with the rotating swash-plate, perforations in the wall of'eachof said compressor cylinders adapted to be uncoveredto a greater or lesser extent by the compressor piston at the outer thrust bearing of which the; rotating element is rigidly nounted upon the shaft and ing capable of axial movement with respect to the cylinders, and means for 'moving' the thrust-bearing, shaft and swash-plate, re-
  • the stationary element is mounted in a hous-

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US4736715A (en) * 1985-09-25 1988-04-12 Medicor Science, N.V. Engine with a six-stroke cycle, variable compression ratio, and constant stroke
US5083532A (en) * 1990-11-23 1992-01-28 Bernard Wiesen Mechanism for variable compression ratio axial engines
US5103778A (en) * 1989-02-17 1992-04-14 Usich Jr Louis N Rotary cylinder head for barrel type engine
US6725815B2 (en) 2002-05-06 2004-04-27 Attegro Inc. Cam-drive engine and cylinder assembly for use therein
US6968751B2 (en) 2004-01-21 2005-11-29 Innovation Engineering, Inc. Axial piston machines
US20060054117A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2006-03-16 Stephens Thomas G Two-cycle swash plate internal combustion engine
US20070034178A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2007-02-15 Tgs Innovations, Lp Two-cycle swash plate internal combustion engine
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US4736715A (en) * 1985-09-25 1988-04-12 Medicor Science, N.V. Engine with a six-stroke cycle, variable compression ratio, and constant stroke
US5103778A (en) * 1989-02-17 1992-04-14 Usich Jr Louis N Rotary cylinder head for barrel type engine
US5083532A (en) * 1990-11-23 1992-01-28 Bernard Wiesen Mechanism for variable compression ratio axial engines
US6725815B2 (en) 2002-05-06 2004-04-27 Attegro Inc. Cam-drive engine and cylinder assembly for use therein
US6968751B2 (en) 2004-01-21 2005-11-29 Innovation Engineering, Inc. Axial piston machines
US20060054117A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2006-03-16 Stephens Thomas G Two-cycle swash plate internal combustion engine
US7137366B2 (en) 2004-09-10 2006-11-21 Tgs Innovations, Lp Two-cycle swash plate internal combustion engine
US20070034178A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2007-02-15 Tgs Innovations, Lp Two-cycle swash plate internal combustion engine
US7469665B2 (en) 2004-09-10 2008-12-30 Tgs Innovations Lp Two-cycle swash plate internal combustion engine
US20090101089A1 (en) * 2004-09-10 2009-04-23 Tgs Innovations, Lp Two-cycle swash plate internal combustion engine

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