Machines and in particular internal combustion engines having an eccentrically mounted rotor with radial blades slidable therein

Claim 1

AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHICH COMPRISES, IN COMBINATION, A STATIONARY CASING HAVING AN AXIS OF SYMMETRY EXTENDING THERETHROUGH, A ROTOR IN SAID CASING IN THE FORM OF A BODY SYMMETRICAL ABOUT A SECOND AXIS PARALLEL TO THE FIRST ONE, AND FIXED WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID ROTOR BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT SAID SECOND AXIS, SAID ROTOR BEING PROVIDED WITH RADIAL HOUSINGS LOCATED IN RESPECTIVE RADIAL PLANES PASSING THROUGH SAID SECOND AXIS, A PLURALITY OF RADIAL BLADES SLIDABLE IN SAID RADIAL HOUSINGS RESPECTIVELY, A PLURALITY OF LINKS EACH PIVOTED AT ONE END TO SAID CASING ABOUT SAID FIRST MENTIONED AXIS, A PIN FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OTHER END OF EACH OF SAID LINKS TO ONE OF SAID BLADES ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND MENTIONED AXES AND LOCATED IN THE PLANE OF SAID LAST MENTIONED BLADE IN FIXED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID BLADE, EACH OF SAID PINS BEING SUFFICIENTLY CLOSE TO SAID FIRST MENTIONED AXIS TO BE PREVENTED FROM MOVING AXIALLY BY THE LINKS ADJOINING IT, SAID BLADES DIVIDING THE