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US3537432A
US3537432A US737956A US3537432DA US3537432A US 3537432 A US3537432 A US 3537432A US 737956 A US737956 A US 737956A US 3537432D A US3537432D A US 3537432DA US 3537432 A US3537432 A US 3537432A
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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
    • F01C19/00—Sealing arrangements in rotary-piston machines or engines
    • F01C19/10—Sealings for working fluids between radially and axially movable parts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B53/00—Internal-combustion aspects of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston engines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B2730/00—Internal-combustion engines with pistons rotating or oscillating with relation to the housing
    • F02B2730/01—Internal-combustion engines with pistons rotating or oscillating with relation to the housing with one or more pistons in the form of a disk or rotor rotating with relation to the housing; with annular working chamber
    • F02B2730/012—Internal-combustion engines with pistons rotating or oscillating with relation to the housing with one or more pistons in the form of a disk or rotor rotating with relation to the housing; with annular working chamber with vanes sliding in the piston
    • F02B2730/013—Vanes fixed in the centre of the housing; Excentric rotors
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/10—Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles
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  • the present invention relates to positive dis- 8 raw ng I placement devices of the rotary type and in particular con- [52] U.S. C1 123/8.41, cerns internal combustion engines having an eccentrically 4l 2,2 mounted rotor with radial blades slidable therein so as to [51] Int.
  • Cl F( )2b 53/00 form, with the external wall of the rotor and the internal wall [50] Field of Search 123/8(MS) of a casing surrounding it, a plurality of working chambers the X (B)( respective volumes of which vary constantly during the rota- 8(CC), 841; 1 3/14 1 1/1 41 tion of the rotor said chambers being provided with inlet and 215, 241 outlet orifices.
  • the machine according to the invention comprises a rotor in the form of a body symmetrical about an axis and rotatable about said axis, said rotor having mounted therein a plurality of radial blades each slidable in the rotor in a plane passing through said axis, said blades cooperating with a casing surrounding the rotor, and in that a plurality of links are interposed between said blades respectively and the shaft or spindle extending along a second axis parallel to the first mentioned one to control the sliding movements of the blades in the rotor, the casing disposed about said rotor being in the form of a surface surrounding, with small clearance, the surface generated by the outer edges of the said blades when the rotor is rotating in a fixed casing.
  • the rotor is of hollow drum form so that a gaseous substance such as an air-fuel mixture for the engine is capable of being circulated within the rotor drum.
  • a gaseous substance such as an air-fuel mixture for the engine
  • the internal parts of such rotor are capable of thus being lubricated.
  • a further feature of the invention is the provision of an internal combustion engine comprising one casing and rotor unit as above described constituting the engine proper, with a second casing and rotor unit as above described coupled to the first mentioned unit and acting as a compressor for feeding an air-fuel mixture under pressure into the working chambers of the unit constituting the engine.
  • This invention relates to positive displacement devices of the rotary type and includes internal combustion engines, compressors, pumps, motors, steam engines and the like of the general type comprising a hollow stator within which is rotatably mounted a rotor eccentric to said stator having vanes associated therewith, the outer ends of which cooperate with the interior of the hollow stator to form working chambers, the volumes of which vary as the rotor rotates.
  • a positive displacement device of the rotary type referred to includes, a stator casing having a substantially cylindrical hollow interior providing a rotor chamber, a stationary main shaft coaxial with the interior curved surface of the stator casing and extending through it, a rotor in the form of a hollow drum mounted for rotation about an axis parallel with stator axis but displaced from it, a plurality of circumferentially spaced and substantially radially disposed vanes extending slidably and sealingly through transverse radial slots in the peripheral wall of the rotor, which vanes are each pivotally connected to an arm and which arms are in turn pivotally mounted on the main shaft so that the outer end of each vane is constrained, on rotation of the rotor, to rotate around a path coinciding with small clearance with the interior curved surface of the rotor chamber, whereby variable volume working chambers are formed between adjacent vanes, the outer curved surface of the rotor, and the inner curved surface of the rotor chamber, inlet
  • a rotary internal combustion engine comprises a stator casing having a substantially cylindrical hollow interior which is divided into at least two rotor chambers by an annular partition extending inwardly from the stator casing, a stationary main shaft coaxial with the interior curved surface of the stator casing extending through substantially the whole length thereof, a rotor in the form of a hollow drum, mounted, one within each of the two rotor chambers for rotation about an axis parallel with the axis of the stator casing but displaced from it, a plurality of circumferentially spaced and substantially radially disposed vanes extending slidably and sealingly through transverse radial slots in the peripheral wall of each rotor, which vanes are each pivotally connected to an arm and which arms are "in turn pivotally mounted on the main shaft so that the outer end of each vane is constrained, on rotation of its rotor, to rotate around a path coinciding with small clearance with the substantially circular interior curved surface of a rotor chamber, where
  • the interior spaces of the two hollow drumlike rotors are in direct communication with one another by way of ports in the annular partition separating them.
  • lubrication of the internal working parts is effected by projecting a liquid lubricant, in finely divided form, into the interior spaces of the rotors in a substantially continuous. manner so that under the action of centrifugal force, the lubricant is distributed to such internal working parts.
  • One method of achieving this is to project the finely divided lubricant into such interior spaces entrained with air.
  • Another method is to mix the finely divided lubricant with a combustible fuel-air mixture supplied to the engine by way of an inlet opening passing through an end wall of the rotor chamber of the compressor unit, so that it passes through the interior spaces of both rotors before it is transferred to the variable volume working chambers of the compressor unit and thereafter to the variable volume working chambers of the power unit through suitably disposed transfer passages.
  • This inward circulatory flow of the fuel-air mixture carrying a lubricant is caused by suction created in the working chambers of the compressor unit when in certain positions.
  • the fuel-air mixture plus lubricant acts additionally as cooling means for the internal working parts, and the rotor chambers.
  • the periphery of the rotor in the case of the power unit is arranged to make substantial surface sealing contact across the inner surface of its rotor chamber in a position just rearwardly of a working chamber when such chamber is a reduced volume to provide a combustion chamber for the commencement of a power stroke.
  • This is achieved by providing a shallow arcuate recess in the inner surface of the rotor chamber, having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the periphery of the rotor.
  • transfer recesses are provided in the outer peripheral surface of the rotor in the region between the vanes, which recesses as they pass the inlet port are filled with compressed fuel air mixture which is admitted to the combustion recess as each transfer recess rotates past and comes into communication with it.
  • ignition means is conveniently arranged to project into or communicate directly with the above described combustion recess.
  • Transfer conduit means from the compressor unit is connected to this combustion recess, so that a charge of compressed fuel-air mixture is projected into the working chamber from the compressor unit in the required timed relationship with respect to the successive positions of the vanes of the power unit.
  • arcuate sealing elemerits are arranged to be inserted in correspondingly shaped grooves in the edges of the two ends thereof, between each vane-accommodating transverse radially directed slot in the peripheral wall thereof, the ends of which arcuate sealing elements form right-angled joints with the ends of straight sealing elements which are located in grooves formed one in each of the two opposing side walls of each of the aforesaid vane-accommodating transverse radially directed slots, so that they bear sealingly against each face of a vane.
  • the arcuate sealing elements bear sealingly' against the interior side walls of the rotor chambers. Both the arcuate and the straight sealing elements are in two parts with resilient means tending to force such parts outwardly.
  • each of these types of sealing element holds the other in resilient sealing engagement with the respective surfaces with which they make sliding contact.
  • the resilient means is preferably a compression spring located within each sealing element.
  • spring means such as a corrugated strip type spring is provided behind the arcuate and straight sealing elements.
  • each vane is made in two half parts slidably and sealingly jointed at their abutting edges and provided with resilient means tending to separate the two half parts, so that their opposing end surfaces are at all times resiliently pressed into sealing contact with the interior opposing side wall surfaces of the rotor chamber.
  • the outer end of each vane is grooved to receive a straight sealing element which is also in two parts with spring means tending to separate the two parts, and thereby to hold' their ends in resilient sealing contact with the interior opposing side wall surfaces of the rotor chamber. Spring means may be used to hold these sealing elements in sealing contact with the inner substantially circular surface of a rotor chamber.
  • FIG. 1 is a part cross-sectional view of an internal-combustion engine constructed according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an end part cross-sectional view of the power unit of the engine of FIG. 1, taken on line lI-II of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is an end part cross-sectional view of the compressor unit of the engine of FIG. 1 taken on line III-III of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is an elevation of the arcuate sealing element for the ends of a rotor
  • FIG. 5 is an elevation of the straight sealing element arranged to be located one on each side of a vane
  • FIG. 6 is an elevation of a preferred form of vane made in two parts
  • FIG. 7 is an end view taken on FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8 is an elevation of the two-part sealing element arranged for insertion in a slot in the outer end of the vane of FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 9 is a fragmentary view showing the joint between the two parts of the sealing element of FIG. 8.
  • stator casing which is divided into two rotor chambers 22 and 24 by the inwardly directed annular partition 26.
  • a stationary main shaft 28 extends from end to end of the stator casing 20 and its projecting screw-threaded end is secured by the external nut 30.
  • the rotor 32 of the power unit which is of hollow drum form, is rotatably mounted in the rotor chamber 22 while the similar hollow rotor 34 of the compressor unit, is rotatably mounted in the rotor chamber 24.
  • the rotors 32 and 34 are secured together so that they rotate in unison about an axis parallel to the axis of the main shaft 28, but displaced from it, so that both rotors are mounted eccentrically within their respective rotor chambers 22 and 24, by being mounted on the three ball bearings 36, 38 and 40.
  • the rotor 32 of the power unit is connected to a power takeoff boss or flywheel 42 mounted in a ball bearing 44.
  • An auxiliary shaft 48 is keyed by one end to the power takeoff boss or flywheel 42 and extends rotatably through an eccentric bore in the main shaft 28 acting as a bearing, and may be used for driving engine auxiliaries such as a generator, fuel pump, cooling fan or the like.
  • Each of the two rotors 32 and 34 is provided with three vanes 50 which extend slidably through transverse slots in the peripheral wall of each rotor as clearly shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
  • Each vane 50 is pivotally connected to an arm 52 by a pivot pin 54, and the arms 52 are in turn pivotally mounted on the main shaft 28 by ball bearings as shown, so that as they rotate in association with their respective rotors, the outer ends of the vanes rotate with small clearance with respect to the substantially circular inner surfaces of their respective rotor chambers.
  • Each vane 50 which is of rectangular flat blade form as shown, is provided with a slot in its outer edge in which a sealing element such as that shown more clearly in FIGS.
  • the vanes 50 are mounted on the main shaft 28 by the ball bearings as shown, so that each is capable of independent movement. Two vanes are connected to different outer pairs of ball bearings, while the third is connected to the centre ball bearing of the five shown.
  • An inlet for the fuel-air mixture is located on the outer side of the compressor unit and is denoted by reference 56.
  • An inlet port 58 is provided in the end wall of the stator casing 20 to lead fuel-air mixture into the interior space of the hollow rotor 34 through the apertures 62 in the side walls of the rotor 34.
  • Further ports 60 are provided in the partition 26 leading into the interior space of the hollow rotor 32 via its apertures 62.
  • a port 63 in the opposite end of the stator casing 20 is provided leading into an outer conduit 64, which extends across the width of the stator casing 20 and then lengthwise to conduit 68' to place the interior spaces of the hollow-rotors 34 and 32 in communication with suction inlet ports 68 in the stator casing 20 which, communicate with the suction working chamber 70 of the compressor unit as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the fuelair mixture having been sucked into the compressor unit is compressed therein and is then transferred to the power unit by way of ports 72 leading into a transverse transfer passage 66 in the stator casing which leads in turn to ports 72 communicating with the working chamber of the power unit as shown in FIG. 2.
  • a concentric annular recess 65 may be provided in the ends of the two rotors 32 and 34.
  • the periphery of the rotor 32 makes sealing or near-sealing contact with its working chamber, by providing a shallow arcuate recess 79 in the inside surface of the rotor chamber.
  • a wedge-shaped recess 76 providing a combustion chamber is provided in the curved surface of the stator chamber 22.
  • three equally spaced wedge-shaped transfer recesses 75 are provided in the periphery of the rotor 32 between the vanes 50. As these recesses 75 rotate past the ports 72', each in turn fills with a charge of compressed fuel-air mixture which charges are transferred in turn to the combustion chamber 76 where they are ignited successively by ignition means such as a sparking plug projecting into the combustion chamber 76 via an opening 74.
  • ignition means such as a sparking plug projecting into the combustion chamber 76 via an opening 74.
  • Each working stroke propels a vane 50, and
  • liquid lubricant is mixed with the fuel-air mixture so that by means of the arrangement as above described, all the working parts of both the compressor unit and the power unit are continuously lubricated when the engine is running.
  • FIG. 4 shows a preferred construction of arcuate sealing element 80 for insertion in arcuate slots 82 provided in the opposite ends of each of the rotors 32 and 34.
  • the element 80 is made in two half parts connected by a rebated joint and a locating pin 84 with a small compression spring 86 tending to separate the two half parts.
  • Coacting with these arcuate sealing elements are the straight sealing elements 87 of FIG. 5, which are located in transverse slots 88 provided in opposite sides of the slotted openings through which the vanes 50 project.
  • These sealing elements 87 are similar in construction to the arcuate sealing elements 80 in that they are constructed in two half parts connected by a rebated joint, a locating pin 90 and a compression spring 92.
  • Each end of an arcuate sealing element 80 engages with an end of a straight sealing element 87 by way of a rebated interlocking joint as shown, whereby the arcuate sealing elements 80 press the straight sealing elements 87 into resilient sealing contact with opposite sides of each vane 50, and similarly the straight sealing elements 87 press the arcuate sealing elements 80 into resilient sealing contact with the sides of the rotor chambers.
  • corrugated strip springs 88' are located in the arcuate slots 82 behind the arcuate sealing elements 80 and in the slots 88 behind the straight sealing elements 87.
  • each vane 50 is made up of two half parts 501: and 50b which are joined by a rebated joint 94 and are held in alignment by a locating pin 96 and are resiliently pressed apart by a compression spring 98 so that the outer ends, at all times are resiliently pressed into sealing contact with the side or end surfaces of a rotor chamber.
  • the pivot pin 54 may be held in position by a compression spring 100 in order to achieve equal resilient pressure as above.
  • a pin 99 holds the parts 50a and 50b slidably together.
  • a vane The outer edge of a vane is provided with a slot 102 into which a straight sealing element 104 is slidably insertable.
  • this sealing element is made up of two half parts jointed by a rebated joint and held in alignment by a locating pin 106.
  • a compression spring 108 tends to press the two half parts resiliently apart so that their ends are pressed into resilient sealing contact with the side or end surfaces of a rotor chamber.
  • Centrifugal force ensures sealing contact is maintained with the inner curved surface of a rotor chamber. This may be assisted by spring means.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine which includes two rotor chambers and a vane carrying rotor mounted rotatably and eccentrically within each rotor chamber, the rotors being coaxial and a first rotor and chamber combination functioning as a compressor and delivering a compressed charge to the second rotor and chamber combination which functions as a power unit in which the compressed charge is ignited, the rotors having hollow interiors in communication with one another whereby air being drawn into the compressor passes through the communicating hollow interiors of the rotors prior to compression by said first rotor.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine in which the first and second rotor chambers are separated from one another by an interior partition, the interior partition and transverse end walls of the chambers having ports therein, the port in one of said transverse walls is adjacent the first rotor communicating with an inlet and with the hollow interior of the first rotor, and the port in the other transverse end wall communicating with the hollow interior of the second rotor and with the first rotor and chamber combination to supply air for compression thereto.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine in which lubrication ofthe internal workingparts is effected by projecting a liquid lubricant, in finely divided form, into the interior spaces of the rotors in a substantially continuous manner so that under the action of contrifugal force, the lubricant is distributed to such internal working parts.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine according to claim 3 wherein the finely divided lubricant is mixed with a combustible fuel-air mixture supplied to the engine by way of said inlet.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine according to claim 1 wherein the periphery of the second rotor is arranged to make substantial surface sealing contact across the inner surface of its rotor chamber in a position just rcarwardly of a working chamber when such chamber is of reduced volume to provide a combustion chamber for the commencement of a power stroke.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine according to claim 5 wherein a shallow arcuate recess is provided in the inner surface of the rotor chamber, said chamber having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the periphery of the rotor.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine having a tapered or wedge-shaped combustion recess in the inner surface of said second rotor chamber in a position to coincide with a working chamber when reduced in volume to provide a combustion chamber.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine which comprises a stator casing having a substantially cylindrical hollow interior which is divided into at least two rotor chambers by an annular partition extending inwardly from the stator casing, a stationary main shaft coaxial with the interior curved surface of the stator casing extending through substantially the whole length thereof, a rotor in the form of a hollow drum, mounted, one within each of the two rotor chambers for rotation about an axis parallel with the axis of the stator casing but displaced from it, a plurality of circumferentially spaced and substantially radially disposed vanes extending slidably and sealingly through transverse radial slots in the peripheral wall of each rotor, which vanes are each pivotally connected to an arm and which arms are in turn pivotally mounted on the main shaft so that the outer end of each vane is constrained, on rotation of its rotor, to rotate around a path coinciding with small clearance with the substantially circular interior curved surface of a rotor chamber, whereby variable volume working
  • a rotary internal combustion engine in which in the combustion recess is provided with a means for igniting the combustible fuel-air mixture, such ignition means is arranged to project into or communicate directly with the said tapered or wedge-shaped combustion recess.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine in which arcuate sealing elements are arranged to be inserted in correspondingly shaped grooves in the edges of the two ends thereof, between each vane-accommodating transverse radially directed slot in the preipheral wall thereof, the
  • arcuate sealing elements form right-angled joints with the ends of straight sealing elements which are located in grooves formed one in each of the two opposing side walls of each of the aforesaid vane-accommodatingtransverse radially directed slots bearing 'sealingly against each face of a vane.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine according to claim 11 in which both the arcuate and the straight sealing elements are in two parts with resilient means tending to force such parts outwardly whereby each of these types of sealing element holds the other in resilient sealing engagement with the respective surfaces with which they make sliding sealing contact.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine according to claim 12 in which said resilient means is a compression spring located within each sealing element.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine according to claim 13 wherein an additional spring means such as a corrugated strip-type spring is provided behind the arcuate and straight sealing elements in addition to said resilient spring means.
  • each vane is made in two half parts slidably and sealingly jointed at their abutting edges and provided with resilient means tending to separate the two half parts, so that their opposing end surfaces are at all times resiliently pressed into sealing contact with the interior opposing side wall sur-. face of the rotor chamber thereby holding the two opposing ends of a vane in sealing contact with the interior opposing side wall surfaces of its rotor chamber.
  • a rotary internal combustion engine in which the outer end of each vane is grooved to receive a 1 straight sealing element which is also in two parts with spring means tending to separate the two parts, and thereby holding their ends in resilient sealing contact with the interior oppos ing side wall surfaces of the rotor chamber.

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