Engine compressor having a stirling cycle engine
An engine-compressor comprising a stirling engine which includes a plurality of working cylinders, a plurality of working pistons respectively disposed in the working cylinders for axial reciprocating movements to thereby divide each of the cylinders into an expansion space and a compression space, the expansion space in one of the cylinders being connected through a heating device and a heat accumulating device with the compression space in another cylinder, a plurality of guide cylinders, a plurality of guide pistons disposed respectively in the guide cylinders for axial reciprocating movements, the guide piston being connected through piston rods with respective ones of the working pistons, and a swash plate or a crank device for converting the axial reciprocating movement of the guide piston into a rotating movement; a compressor including compression chambers defined in respective ones of the guide cylinders by the guide piston, intake valves provided in the compression chambers for admitting air thereto, and outlet valves provided in the compression chambers for taking the air out of the compression chambers.
- Assignee:
- Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4532767
- OSTI ID:
- 6396438
- Resource Relation:
- Patent Priority Date: Priority date 11 Dec 1984, Japan; Other Information: PAT-APPL-680589
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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