Intake port construction for rotary mechanisms

Claim 1

A ROTARY MECHANISM COMPRISING A HOLLOW OUTER BODY HAVING AN AXIS, AXIALLY-SPACED END WALLS, AND A PERIPHERAL WALL INTERCONNECTING THE END WALLS, AT LEAST ONE OF THE END WALLS HAVING AN INTAKE PORT MEANS THEREIN; A ROTOR MOUNTED WITHIN THE OUTER BODY ON AN AXIS ECCENTRIC TO THE AXIS OF THE OUTER BODY AND ROTATABLE RELATIVE TO THE OUTER BODY, THE ROTOR HAVING END FACES DISPOSED ADJACENT TO THE END WALLS AND A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLYSPACED APEX PORTIONS FOR SLIDING IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL TO FORM A PLURALITY OF WORKING CHAMBERS BETWEEN THE ROTOR AND PERIPHERAL WALL THAT VARY IN VOLUME UPON RELATIVE ROTATION OF THE ROTOR WITHIN THE OUTER BODY, SEALING MEANS EXTENDING ALONG THE END FACES OF THE ROTOR BETWEEN THE APEX PORTIONS IN SEALING CONTACT WITH THE END WALLS, IGNITION MEANS IN OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION WITH THE WORKING CHAMBERS, A CARBURETOR THAT SUPPLIES A FUEL-AIR MIXTURE TO THE WORKING CHAMBERS OF THE ENGINE THROUGH THE INTAKE PORT, THE FUEL-AIR MIXTURE BECOMING INCREASINGLY RICH FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END OF INTAKE IN ANY ONE WORKING CHAMBER, THE ROTOR ALSO HAVING WORKING FACES INTERCONNECTING APEX PORTIONS AND EXTENDING FROM ONE APEX PORTION TO AN ADJACENT APEX PORTION, THE CLOSING EDGE CONTOUR OF THE INTAKE PORT MEANS BEING INCLINED TO THE EDGE OF THE WORKING FACE OF THE ROTOR AS THE WORKING FACE OF THE ROTOR MOVES OVER THE CLOSING EDGE, WHEREBY THE PORTION OF THE FUEL-AIR MIXTURE RICHEST IN FUEL HAS AN EXTENT LESS THAN THE EXTENT OF THE CLOSING EDGE CONTOUR AND REMAINS CONTIGUOUS IN THE WORKING CHAMBER TO THE AREA OF THE WORKING FACE THAT IS ADJACENT THE IGNITION MEANS AT THE TIME OF FIRING.