Rotary engines

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A ROTARY SLIDING VANE ENGINE HAVING AN ENGINE HOUSING WITH A PERIPHERAL WALL HAVING A SYMMETRICAL ELLIPTICAL SHAPED INNER SURFACE AND A PAIR OF AXIALLY SPACED END WALLS, A ROTOR MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT A FIXED AXIS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE MAJOR AND MINOR AXES OF SAID ELLIPTICAL SURFACE, SAID ROTOR HAVING A PAIR OF AXIALLY SPACED END FLANGES OF GREATER DIAMETER THAN THE MAJOR DIAMETER OF SAID ELLIPTICAL SURFACE AND A HOLLOW DRUM INTERMEDIATE AND FIXED TO SAID END FLANGES, AXIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS IN SAID DRUM, RADIALLY EXTENDING GROOVES IN SAID END FLANGES ALIGNED WITH SAID SLOTS, SLIDING VANES CARRIED BY SAID ROTOR IN SAID SLOTS, WITH THE ENDS OF SAID VANES EXTENDING INTO SAID GROOVES IN SAID END FLANGES, SAID VANES CO-OPERATING WITH THE INNER HOUSING SURFACE TO FORM A PLURALITY OF EXPANSIBLE CHAMBAER, MEANS IN SAID HOUSING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF ONE OF SAID MINOR AXIS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID EXPANSIBLE CHAMBERS TO SUPPLY COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE TO, AND EXHAUST COMBUSTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID EXPANSIBLE CHAMBERS, AXLE MEANS JOURNALLED IN SAID ENGINE HOUSING AND EXTENDING ALONG ROTOR, SAID ROTOR AXIS AND ATTACHED TO SAID ONE END OF SAID AXLE ENDING AT THE ENGINE HOUSING OUTER SURFACE AND BEING HOLLOW AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INSIDE OF SAID DRUM TO FORM AN AXIAL AIR INTAKE, MEANS ON SAID HOUSING FOR SECURING A CARBURETOR TO SAID AIR INTAKE, RADIALLY ARRANGED PASSAGES IN ONE OF SAID END FLANGES, PASSAGE MEAND COMMUNICATING SAID RADIAL PASSAGES TO THE HOLLOW INTERIOR OF SAID DRUM, THE RADIALLY OUTER ENDS OF SAID RADIAL PASSAGES OPENING TO A FLUID RECEIVING CHAMBER IN SAID ENGINE HOUSING, MEANS COMMUNICATING SAID FLUID RECEIVING CHAMBER TO SAID SUPPLY MEANS, IMPELLER MEANS MOUNTED ON THE FACE OF THE OTHER OF SAID END FLANGES REMOTE FROM SAID HOLLOW DRUM, MEANS IN SAID ENGINE HOUSING ADJACENT SAID IMPELLER, FORMING A CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING FLUID FROM SAID IMPELLER, AND PASSAGES IN SAID PERIPHERAL WALL FOR DIRECTING FLUID FROM SAID IMPELLER FLUID RECEIVING CHAMBER TO COOL SAID HOUSING WALL, AND IGNITION MEANS ADJACENT SAID OTHER END OF SAID MINOR AXIS ON THE SAME SIDE AS SAID EXHAUST MEANS AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID EXPANSIBLE CHAMBERS AS THEY MOVE PAST SAID IGNITION.