US2133769A

US2133769A - Engine compressor unit

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Publication number: US2133769A
Application number: US165935A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ernest C Jones
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-09-27
Filing date: 1937-09-27
Publication date: 1938-10-18
Anticipated expiration: 1955-10-18

Description

Oct. 18,- 1938. E. c. JONES ENGINE COMPRESSOR UNIT 7 Filed Sept. 27, 1957 O O O O O O INVENTOR ERNEST c. JONES 7% ATTORNEY FIGURE 3.

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FIGURE oaa UNITED,- STATES PATENT?)OFFICEQ e j 2,133,709 .k com mssoa uNlr; f I

g Ernesto; Jones, Kansas City, Mo.

-' I mimic]; September 27, 1937, SeriallVo.1 6 ,8315 4 Claims. (c1. 230 -.-5o

This invention relates to the combination of the V8 engine connects to the cylinderst through internal combustion engines and pumps. typical openings 23 formed inthe block. I An oil An object of the present invention is-to comfill pipe 24, fuel pump 25, and carbureter 25 are prise a unit having a V shape engine cylinder arranged on;the manifold casting as usual.

5 block with a group of cylinders in each side-there- The usual valves, springs, and pushrods are 5 of having pistons, bearings, and a common crank removed from the block to the groupof cylinders shaft, an internal combustion cylinder head at- 5 and are notused in this invention. The tops of tached to one group of cylinders and an air comthe cylinders 5 are closedby the improved compressor head attached to the opposite group of pressor-head Z1. This headcloses theold in-- i0 cylinders with air valves mounted therein to contake and exhaust ports, and has air flow jcontrol the flow of air from the compressing pistons. trolled intake and exhaust valves 28 and 29 re- Another object of the present invention is to spectfully. The compressed air is exhausted into provide the above mentioned combination with the pockets 30 and 3| recessed in the head 2 I air flow controlled valves. and forced through the integral manifold 82 Another object of the present invention is to where the temperature of'the air is reduced by 15 have the compressor head contain an exhaust the water cooled walls 33 and. A connecting manifold that is water cooled. flange I5 'isa part of the manifold for pipe con- In the drawing: nection to some other source such as a receiver Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved comnot shown. pressor head. Air is drawn into the valves 28 through openings 20 Figure 2 is a fragmentary. plan view of the top 38 on the valve frustrums 31.. A boss 88 is threadof the engine showing the intake manifold, parts Led to receive the unloader valve 39. The usual 0f h block, and parts f t ompre sor and head gaskets are used for the cylinder heads but engine heads. are not shown to save minor details. I I Figure 3 is a plan view of the engine head- It is obvious that from the foregoing descrip- 25 u e 4 s a fr en y view in elevation of tion and illustrations that theair compressor the engine with certain parts broken away to show cylinders 5 are all on one side as indicated by the th ener l interior rrang ment of the engine compressor head 21, valve frustrums 31, and, air

and compressor cylinders with their respective intake openings 36, making a compact unit for an heads. emcient control and conduction of the compressed The group of cylinders 5 are arranged to form air to a receiver. The unloading valves are toa V Shaped block With t group 0 cylinders 5 ether making it possible to condense and simand are connected together by integral crank plify the piping thereto. The internal combuscase I supporting the crank shaft 8. Pistons 9. tion cylinders 8 are all on the opposite side as and Ill reciprocate in the cylinders 5 and 6 reindicated bythe engine head 20 and spark'plugs 35 spectively and are connected to crank shaft 8 by 2|, therefor only one exhaust pipe is necessary rods II and II. The crank case pan I 3 is bolted and only one ignition set is necessary. One crank t0 the Crank Case 7 y bolts e engine illusshaft serves both the compressor unit and the trated in the drawing is apart of the well known engine unit. 40 Ford V8 engine and the construction of the en- It is obvious that when two compressor pistons 40 gine is understood and known by those skilled in are half way down the cylinders the opposing the art t which it appertaihs to contain u t p combustion cylinder is ready for an explosionand y ,-P 0 Vfl and olts; there ore i two more compressor pistons are rising in their is not necessary to duplicate parts in the illusrespective cylinders to compress the air therein. tration. I do not limit my invention to a Ford The first combustion charge of the engine cyl- 45 7 V8 but also include other similar makes having inders is given at the right time to compress the a V8 principle. air in the air cylinders and this condition has The valves l5, valve springs I6, pushrods ll proven to be more eflicient than a straight row of and cam shaft l8 are mounted in the V8 block cylinders all arranged in the samevplane.

to function as usual in control of the intake and What I claim as new and desire to secure by 50 exhaust gases for the cylinders 6 acting as an Lett r Patent, 15: internal combustion engine. The usual cylinder 1 In anenglne pump it, th bi ti of head 20 010888 the l 01 the cylinders 5 and a block having two groups of cylinders arranged contains he p rk Pl gs 2|. therein to form a v shape, a crank shaft, con- An intake manifold 22 mounted on the p of necting rods, pistons connected to said crank 55 shaft by said rods, said pistons reciprocable in said cylinders, a normal internal combustion cylinder head attached to all of one group of cylinders on one side of the V shaped block, a compressor cylinder head attached to the opposite group of cylinders to render all of them compressor cylinders, and valves mounted in said compressor cylinder head.

2. In an engine pump unit, the combination of a block having two groups of cylinders arranged therein to forms. V shape, a crank shaft, connec ing rods, pistons connected to said crank shaft by said rods, said pistons reciprocable in said cylinders, a normal internal combustion cylinder head attached to all of one group of cylinders on one side of the V shaped block, a compressor cylinder head attached to all of the opposite group of cylinders to render all of them compressor cylinders, and air controlled valves mounted in said compressor cylinder head. I

3. In an engine pump unit, the combination of a blockhaving two groups of cylinders arranged containing an integrally built in water cooled compressed air manifold.

4. A cylinder, a second cylinder with the axis thereof located approximately ninety degrees from said first cylinder, a crank case, said cylinders opening into said crank case, a crank shaft extending through said crank case, a piston located in said first cylinder, a second piston located in said second cylinder, a connecting rod connecting said first piston and crank shaft, a connecting rod connecting said second piston and crank shaft,

a head closing one end of said first cylinder, an

air fiow intake valve located in said head, an air flow exhaust valve located in said head, a water cooled manifold located within said head, a second head closing one end of said second cylinder, a spark plug located in said second head, an intake manifold connecting said second cylinder, an exhaust manifold connecting said second cylinder, an intake valve located in said intake manifold, an exhaust valve located in said second manifold, a cam shaft arranged in said crank case to operate said second intake and exhaust valves, whereby said first piston will compress air in saidfirst cylinder at the maximum pressure when said second'piston acting with the cylinder as an internal combustion engine approaches its halfway location in the second cylinder with respect to the cylinders ends.

ERNEST c. JONES.