Rotary engine
Patent
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OSTI ID:5567198
This patent describes a rotary internal combustion engine. It comprises: an external rotor housing having a wall defining an internal chamber, a stationary inlet supplying compression fluid to the internal chamber, stationary means mounted in the wall for igniting compression fluid within the internal chamber, means for transporting compression fluid to a combustion chamber formed within the internal chamber from a compression chamber formed within the internal chamber, and a stationary outlet exhausting combustion exhaust from the chamber, a rotor element mounted within the chamber and having an engagement surface with first and second lobes extending therefrom; the internal chamber comprising two spaces, each in the form of a half-crescent, seal means supported within the rotor element for engagement with the housing wall for controlling the flow of compression fluid and combustion gases between the rotor element and housing wall; a central rotating shaft supporting the rotor element within the chamber; and an inlet pawl and a combustion pawl rotatably mounted in the housing wall.
- Assignee:
- NOV; EDB-91-108059; NOV-91-014105
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4967707; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-219045
- OSTI ID:
- 5567198
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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