Variable displacement blower

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:865731

Bookout, Charles C ^[1]; Stotts, Robert E ^[2]; Waring, Douglass R ^[3]; Folsom, Lawrence R ^[4]

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1. Niskayuna, NY
2. Clifton Park, NY
3. Ballston Spa, NY
4. Ohain, BE

A blower having a stationary casing for rotatably supporting a rotor assembly having a series of open ended chambers arranged to close against the surrounding walls of the casing. Pistons are slidably mounted within each chamber with the center of rotation of the pistons being offset in regard to the center of rotation of the rotor assembly whereby the pistons reciprocate in the chambers as the rotor assembly turns. As inlet port communicates with the rotor assembly to deliver a working substance into the chamber as the pistons approach a top dead center position in the chamber while an outlet port also communicates with the rotor to exhaust the working substance as the pistons approach a bottom dead center position. The displacement of the blower is varied by adjusting the amount of eccentricity between the center of rotation of the pistons and the center of rotation of the rotor assembly.

• DOE Contract Number: DEN3-32
• Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated (Latham, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 4563131
• OSTI ID: 865731
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

variable
displacement
blower
stationary
casing
rotatably
supporting
rotor
assembly
series
chambers
arranged
close
surrounding
walls
pistons
slidably
mounted
chamber
center
rotation
offset
regard
whereby
reciprocate
inlet
communicates
deliver
substance
approach
top
dead
position
outlet
exhaust
bottom
varied
adjusting
amount
eccentricity
rotatably supporting
center position
top dead
slidably mounted
rotor assembly
dead center
variable displacement
chambers arranged
surrounding walls
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