Packing devices comprising fixed and movable elements for rotary engines

Claim 1

PACKING DEVICE FOR A ROTARY ENGINE OF THE LOBAR TYPE COMPRISING AN ECCENTRIC ROTOR OF SUBSTANTIALLY EPICYCLIC CONTOUR HAVING 2N LOBES AND A STATOR PROVIDING A CHAMBER THEREIN HAVING 2N+1 LOBES AND HAVING END COVERS FOR SAID CHAMBER, WHEREIN COMBUSTION CHAMBERS ARE DISPOSED AROUND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE ROTOR IN SAID STATOR, THE ROTOR BEING MOUNTED FOR ROLLING INTERMESHING RELATION OF THE LOBES THEREOF WITH THE STATOR LOBES, SAID ROTOR LOBES AND STATOR LOBES THEREBY FORMING EXPANSIBLE AND CONTRACTIBLE FLUID WORKING CHAMBERS THEREBETWEEN, SAID PACKING DEVICE COMPRISING FIXED RADIAL SEALING STRIPS DISPOSED IN THE STATOR ALONG THE LINE OF JUNCTION BETWEEN ADJACENT WORKING CHAMBERS, MOVABLE SEALING STRIPS CARRIED BY SAID ROTOR AND CONSISTING ON THE ONE HAND OF LATERAL SEALING STRIPS OF SUBSTANTIALLY EPICYCLIC CONTOUR LOCATED AT A RELATIVELY SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE EPICYCLIC SURFACE OF SAID ROTOR, AND ON THE OTHER HAND OF CIRCULAR SEALING STIPS DIPOSED INSIDE SAID EPICYCLIC SEALING STRIPS ALSO ON THE LATERAL FACES OF THE ROTOR, AND COMPLEMENTARY SEALING STRIPS, RESILIENTLY ENGAGING BOTH WISE OF SAID RADIAL SEALING STRIPS, RESILIENTLY ENGAGING BOTH SAID RADIAL SEALING STRIPS AND THE EPICYCLIC SEALING STRIPS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LATERAL FLUID-TIGHTNESS.