Drive for conversion of a reciprocating movement into a rotary movement with a liquid as conversion means

Claim 1

A DRIVE FOR CONVERSION OF A RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT INTO A ROTARY MOVEMENT WITH A LIQUID AS CONVERSION MEANS COMPRISING AN ENGINE HOUSING DEFINING AN INNER CHAMBER, A CIRCULAR DISC ROTATABLY DISPOSED IN SAID INNER CHAMBER, AN ENGINE SHAFT CARRYING ECCENTRICALLY SAID CIRCULAR DISC IN SAID CIRCULAR DISC IN SAID INNER CHAMBER, A RING MEMBER SURROUNDING SAID CIRCULAR DISC AND HAVING DIAGONALLY OPPOSITELY DISPOSED FIRST, INNER SEALING FACES ENGAGING SAID CIRCULAR DISC, SAID SEALING FACES OF SAID RING MEMBER HAVING A CURVATURE COMPLEMENTARY TO THAT OF THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CIRCULAR DISC, SLIDE MEMBERS DISPOSED DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE EACH OTHER, SAID ENGINE HOUSING HAVING OPPOSITE RECESSES RECEIVING AND BEING DISPOSED COMPLEMENTARY TO SAID SLIDE MEMBERS FOR A RADIAL MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER IN SAID RECESSES DURING ROTATION OF SAID CIRCULAR DISC, SAID RING MEMBER HAVING SECOND, OUTER SEALING FACES. SAID SLIDE MEMBERS HAVING THIRD, INNER SEALING FACES ENGAGING SAID SECOND, OUTER SEALING FACES OF SAID RING MEMBER TO PERFORM A RELATIVE GLIDING MOVEMENT DURING ROTATION OF SAID CIRCULAR DISC, SAID SLIDE MEMBERS HAVING FOURTH SEALING FACES ENGAGING THE INNER WALL OF SAID RECESSES IN SAID ENGINE HOUSING AND SAID FOURTH SEALING FACES BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY TO SAID SECOND AND THIRD SEALING FACES, AND SAID INNER CHAMBER OF SAID ENGINE HOUSING BEING ADAPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH WORKING CYLINDERS RECEIVING RECIPROCATING PISTONS TO FEED LIQUID TO THE RESPECTIVE SIDES OF SAID RING MEMBER INTO SAID INNER CHAMBER TO CAUSE A ROTATION OF SAID CIRCULAR DISC.