Swash plate motor

Claim 1

A MOTOR OF THE SWASH PLATE TYPE, COMPRISING A POWER SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF CYLINDERS DISPOSED ABOUT SAID POWER SHAFT AND SPACED EQUIDISTANTLY THEREFROM IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP THERETO, A SWASH PLATE FIXED ON AN INCLINED ANGLE TO SAID SHAFT, AN ANNULAR GUIDEWAY ON SAID PLATE ABOUT SAID SHAFT AND ECCENTRIC THERETO, SAID ANNULAR GUIDEWAY HAVING A GUIDING SURFACE WHICH IS CONVEX AND SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CIRCULAR IN CROSS SECTION, PISTONS ADAPTED TO RECIPROCATE IN SAID CYLINDERS, VALVE MEANS IN EACH CYLINDER TO PERMIT THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT OF A WORKING FLUID, PISTON RODS UNIVERSALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID PISTONS, AND CONNECTING MEANS JOURNALLED ON SAID SHAFT FOR UNIVERSAL MOVEMENT ABOUT ITS CENTER WITH RESPECT TO SAID SHAFT AND HELD AGAINST ROTATION ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID SHAFT IN RELATION TO SAID CYLINDERS, SAID CONNECTING MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH AN ANNULAR CONCAVE SURFACE WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY SEMI-CIRCULAR IN CROSS SECTION FOR COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GUIDING SURFACE OF SAID ANNULAR GUIDEWAY, SAID PISTON RODS BEING UNIVERSALLY ATTACHED ON THEIR OUTER ENDS TO SAID CONNECTING MEANS, THE AXIS OF THE ECCENTRIC ANNULAR GUIDEWAY PASSING THROUGH THE CENTER OF SAID CONNECTING MEANS WHEREBY THE LINEAR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF THE PISTON IS RELATED TO THE ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID SHAFT.