Guide arrangement for pistons and cylinders

Claim 1

A GUIDE ARRANGMENT FOR PISTON AND CYLINDER ELEMENTS ARRANGED ON A COMMON AXIS AND ADAPTED FOR MUTUALLY RECIPROCATING MOTION COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ARRANGED GLIDE BLOCKS AND A CIRCULAR SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING SAID GUIDE BLOCKS, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING AN INTEGRAL GROOVE WITH A BOTTOM WALL AND TWO SIDE WALLS, SAID GLIDE BLOCKS EACH HAVING A CYLINDRICAL GLIDING FACE, SAID GLIDING FACE BEING LOCATED ON A COMMON CYLINDRICAL SURFACE FOR ALL GLIDE BLOCKS, EACH OF SAID GLIDE BLOCKS HAVING A PAIR OF SIDE FACES RESPECTIVELY FACING SIDE FACES OF SAID GLIDE BLOCKS ADJACENT THERETO, AND AT LEAST THE SIDE FACES OF A PAIR OF GLIDE BLOCKS ADJACENT EACH OTHER BEING COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER AND DEFINING A FREE SPACE BETWEEN THEMSELVES, EACH OF SAID GLIDE BLOCKS HAVING TWO END FACES SPACED FROM EACH OTHER IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID COMMON AXIS, SAID END FACES CONTACTING WITH CLEARANCES SAID SIDE WALLS OF SAID GROOVE, AND EACH OF SAID GLIDE BLOCKS HAVING A SUPPORTING FACE OPPOSITE TO SAID CYLINDRICAL GLIDING FACE, SAID SUPPORTING FACE CONTACTING SAID BOTTOM WALL OF SAID GROOVE, AND SAID SUPPORTING FACE AND SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING FORMED TO ALLOW A TILTING MOVEMENT OF SAID GLIDE BLOCK ABOUT AN AXIS LOCATED IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID COMMON AXIS.