Fluid cooling means for rotors of rotary mechanisms

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A ROTARY MECHANISM HAVING AN OUTER BODY COMPRISING A PERIPHERAL WALL INTERCONNECTED WITH A PAIR OF PARALLEL END WALLS DEFINING A CAVITY; A ROTATABLE SHAFT MOUNTED IN SAID OUTER BODY COAXIAL WITH THE AXIS OF SAID OUTER BODY PERIPHERAL WALL AND HAVING AN ECCENTRIC PORTION; A ROTOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID ECCENTRIC PORTION FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS AXIS WHILE DESCRIBING A PLANETARY MOTION RELATIVE TO THE AXIS OF SAID OUTER BODY PERIPHERAL WALL WHEREBY ACCELERATION FORCES ARE GENERATED IN SAID ROTOR WHICH SUCCESSIVELY CHANGE DIRECTION RELATIVE TO SAID ROTOR, SAID ROTOR HAVING A HUB PORTION AND A PERIPHERAL WALL INTERCONNECTED WITH A PAIR OF PARALLEL END WALLS DEFINING A CAVITY THEREIN WITH SAID CAVITY HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY-SPACED, AXIALLY-EXTENDING PARTITIONS DIVIDING SAID CAVITY INTO A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS OVER THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE THEREOF; AN INLET OPENING FOR EACH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS IN ONE OF SAID ROTOR END WALLS FOR SUPPLYING A COOLING LIQUID TO EACH SAID COMPARTMENT WHEN THE ACCELERATION FORCES ARE DIRECTED SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY RELATIVE TO EACH SAID COMPARTMENT, SAID INLET OPENING BEING DISPOSED IN THE REGION OF THE RADIALLY INNER PORTION OF ITS ASSOCIATED COMPARTMENT BUT SPACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM THE RADIALLY INNERMOST PORTION OF SAID COMPARTMENT; AND A SINGLE OUTLET OPENING FOR AT LEAST SOME OF SAID COMPARTMENTS IN THE OTHER OF SAID ROTOR END WALLS FOR DRAINING COOLING LIQUID FROM SAID COMPARTMENTS WHEN THE ACCELERATION FORCES ARE DIRECTED SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY INWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID COMPARTMENTS, AND SAID OUTLET OPENING BEING DISPOSED CLOSER TO THE RADIALLY INNERMOST PORTION OF ITS COMPARTMENT THAN ITS RADIALLY OUTER PORTION BUT SPACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM THE RADIALLY INNERMOST PORTION OF ITS COMPARTMENT SUCH THAT AT LEAST SOME OF SAID COOLING LIQUID WILL DRAIN THROUGH SAID INLET OPENING FOR MIXTURE WITH A FRESH SUPPLY FOR COOLING LIQUID FOR SAID ROTOR COMPARTMENT.