Turbine

Claim 1

A TURBINE COMPRISING: (A) A HOUSING HAVING A SPHERICAL INNER WALL; (B) A PAIR OF IDENTICAL MEMBERS ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, EACH HAVING A SPHERICAL PORTION FOR CONTACTING WITH THE INNER WALL OF SAID HOUSING AND HAVING A CONICAL PORTION; (C) EACH MEMBER HAVING A SHAFT EXTENDING FROM THE CENTER OF THE SPHERICAL PORTION, THE CONICAL AND SPHERICAL PORTIONS AS WELL AS THE SHAFT OF EACH MEMBER HAVING A COMMON AXIS, THE AXES OF THE TWO MEMBERS BEING INCLINED AT AN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER SO THAT THE CONICAL PORTIONS OF BOTH MEMBERS WILL CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER ALONG A RADIAL LINE FROM THE CENTER OF SAID HOUSING; (D) THE CONICAL PORTIONS OF THE MEMBERS COOPERATING WITH THE SPHERICAL INNER WALL OF SAID HOUSING TO FORM A COMPARTMENT HAVING A SHAPE LIKE A SECTION OF A SPHERE; SAID MEMBERS HAVING RADIALLY EXTENDING SLOTS EXTENDING INTO THE CONICAL AND SPHERICAL PORTIONS A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE; (E) PAIRS OF HINGED VANES WITH ONE VANE OF EACH PAIR BEING SLIDABLY RECEIVED IN A DIFFERENT SLOT IN ONE MEMBER AND THE OTHER VANE OF THE SAME PAIR BEING SLIDABLY RECEIVED IN A COOPERATING SLOT IN THE OTHER MEMBER, WHEREBY THE TWO MEMBERS ARE INTERCONNECTED BY SAID PAIRS OF VANES AND SAID VANES MOVE THROUGH SAID HOUSING COMPARTMENT WHEN SAID MEMBERS ARE ROTATED TO FORM THE COMPARTMENT INTO A SERIES OF MOVING POCKETS THAT GRADUALLY INCREASE IN CAPACITY FROM THE RADIAL LINE WHERE THE TWO CONICAL PORTIONS LIE TANGENT TO EACH OTHER TO AN ANGULAR POINT 180* REMOVED THEREFROM AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE IN CAPACITY THROUGH THE NEXT 180* OF ROTATION OF THE MEMBERS; (F) SAID HOUSING HAVING AN INLET PORT COMMUNICATING WITH SAID COMPARTMENT NEAR TO THE RADIAL LINE OF TANGENCY BETWEEN THE TWO CONICAL-SHAPED PORTIONS SO THAT STEAM OR GAS UNDER PRESSURE CAN ENTER SAID COMPARTMENT AND WILL EXPAND AGAINST SAID VANES FOR MOVING THEM AND ROTATING SAID MEMBERS; (G) SAID HOUSING HAVING AN EXHAUST PORT COMMUNICATING WITH SAID COMPARTMENT SUBSTANTIALLY AT SAID 180* POINT; AND (H) SAID SPHERICAL PORTIONS OF SAID ROTATING MEMBERS HAVING GROOVES THAT COMMUNICATE WITH SAID SLOT FOR RELIEVING THE TAPPING OF ANY AIR IN SAID SLOTS CAUSED BY THE MOVEMENT OF VANES INTO SAID SLOTS DURING THE ROTATION OF SAID MEMBERS.