Rotor cooling arrangement for rotary mechanisms

Claim 1

A ROTARY MECHANISM COMPRISING AN OUTER BODY HAVING SPACED END WALLS AND A PERIPHERAL WALL FORMING A CAVITY THEREBETWEEN HAVING AN AXIS ALONG WHICH THE END WALLS ARE SPACED; A SHAFT CO-AXIAL WITH SAID CAVITY AND HAVING AN ECCENTRIC PORTION; AN INNER BODY JOURNALED ON SAID ECCENTRIC PORTION AND DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CAVITY SUCH THAT SAID INNER BODY HAS A PLANETARY MOTION ABOUT SAID AXIS, SAID INNER BODY BEING HOLLOW AND HAVING AN INFLOW PASSAGE AND AN OUTFLOW PASSAGE FOR FLOW OF LIQUID COOLANT THERETHROUGH WITH SAID OUTFLOW PASSAGE OPENING THROUGH AN END FACE OF THE INNER BODY AND AN ANNULAR CHANNEL MEMBER CO-AXIALLY CARRIED BY THE INNER BODY AT ITS SAID END FACE AND DISPOSED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID INNER BODY OUTFLOW PASSAGE, SAID ANNUALR CHANNEL MEMBER HAVING A PORTION SEALINGLY ENGAGING THE ADJACENT END WALL AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY-SPACED RECESSES WHICH OPEN RADIALLY INWARDLY AND AXIALLY OUTWARDLY TOWARD SAID END WALL, SAID END WALL HAVING AN OUTLET PASSAGE DISPOSED SO AS TO BE IN SUCCESSIVE COMMUNICATION WITH SAID RECESSES DURING OPERATION OF THE MECHANISM.