Rotary internal combustion engine

Claim 1

A DUAL UNIT ROTARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING PARALLEL END WALLS AND AN ENCLOSING PERIPHERAL SIDE WALL, A PARTITION IN SAID HOUSING DISPOSED IN PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID END WALLS, ONE OF SAID END WALLS TOGETHER WITH SAID PARTITION AND SAID PERIPHERAL SIDE WALL DEFINING A FIRST PAIR OF CIRCULAR COMPARTMENTS IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATION, THE OTHER OF SAID END WALLS TOGETHER WITH SAID PARTITION AND SAID PERIPHERAL WALL DEFINING A SECOND PAIR OF CIRCULAR COMPARTMENTS IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID FIRST COMPARTMENTS, A SHAFT PROJECTING AXIALLY THROUGH EACH AXIALLY ALIGNED PAIR OF COMPARTMENTS, AN INDUCTION ROTOR MOUNTED ECCENTRICALLY IN EACH OF SAID FIRST COMPARTMENTS, VANE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFTS AND PROJECTING THROUGH SAID INDUCTION ROTORS FOR EDGE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DEFINING WALLS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPARTMENTS TO FORM FUEL INTAKE AND COMPRESSION CHAMBERS, A POWER ROTOR MOUNTED ECCENTRICALLY IN EACH OF SAID SECOND COMPARTMENTS IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE INDUCTION ROTORS IN SAID FIRST COMPARTMENTS, RESPECTIVELY, VANE MEANS IN SAID POWER ROTORS HAVING EDGE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DEFINING WALLS IN SAID SECOND COMPARTMENTS TO FORM FIRING AND EXHAUST CHAMBERS, MEANS CONNECTING THE RESPECTIVE AXIALLY ALIGNED PAIRS OF INDUCTION AND POWER ROTORS TOGETHER FOR UNITARY ROTATION, AND FUEL TRANSFER MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND COMPARTMENTS AND OPERATIVE WITH THE ROTORS TO TRANSFER COMPRESSED FUEL FROM EACH OF SAID FIRST COMPARTMENTS TO THE CORRESPONDING SECOND COMPARTMENT, THE INDUCTION ROTORS BEING IN EDGE ROLLING SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE PERIPHERY AND THE POWER ROTORS ALSO BEING IN EDGE ROLLING SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH THEIR ENTIRE PERIPHERY, SAID EDGE ROLLING ROTORS SEPARATING THE HOUSING INTO A DUAL OPERATING UNIT WITH ONE PAIR OF AXIALLY ALIGNED INDUCTION AND POWER ROTORS OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY OF THE OTHER PAIR OF AXIALLY ALIGNED INDUCTION AND POWER ROTORS IN FUEL INTAKE, COMPRESSION, FIRING AND EXHAUST FUNCTIONS.