Supercharged integral compression engine

Claim 1

A POWER PLANT COMPRISING A SUPERCHARGER HAVING A CYLINDER WITH AN OUTLET FOR SUPERCHARGED AIR AND A PISTON; A HIGH-PRESSURE COMPRESSOR-ENGINE HAVING A SECOND CYLINDER WITH AN INLET CONNECTED TO SAID SUPERCHARGER OUTLET FOR SCAVENGING AND SUPERCHARGING SAID COMPRESSOR-ENGINE AND HAVING AN EXHAUST AND A PISTON, A CHAMBER ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID SECOND CYLINDER AND CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND CYLINDER BY A PORT, MEANS FOR CLOSING SAID PORT TO SEPARATE ENGINE AIR IN SAID SECOND CYLINDER FROM COMPRESSOR AIR IN SAID CHAMBER NEAR THE END OF THE COMPRESSION STROKE AND WHILE UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, COMBUSTION MEANS FOR BURNING FUEL IN SAID HIGH-PRESSURE ENGINE AIR IN SAID SECOND CYLINDER AFTER SAID SEPARATION, SO THAT THE HEATED PRODUCT EXPANDS IN SAID SECOND CYLINDER AND DRIVES SAID PISTON; A MOTOR HAVING A PISTON, A CYLINDER WITH AN INTAKE CONNECTED TO SAID EXHAUST, FOR EXPANDING THE EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID COMPRESSOR-ENGINE, THE INLET GAS PRESSURE TO SAID MOTOR BEING EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE DISCHARGE PRESSURE FROM SAID PISTON SUPERCHARGER; AND A COMMON CRANKSHAFT TO WHICH THE PISTONS FOR SAID SUPERCHARGER, SAID COMPRESSOR-ENGINE, AND SAID MOTOR ARE ALL CONNECTED.