Internal combustion engines
Abstract
Abstract THE ENGINE HAS A ROTATING VALVE ROD JOURNALLED IN THE CYLINDER HEAD ACROSS THE TOPS OF TWO CYLINDERS CONTAINING RECIPROCATING PISTONS, ONE BEING A COMPRESSION CYLINDER AND THE OTHER AN EXPANSION CYLINDER, PASSAGEWAYS INCLUDING AN INTAKE CHAMBER IN THE VALVE ROD DIRECT INTAKE GASES TO THE COMPRESSION CYLINDER WHEN THE VALVE ROD IS IN ONE POSITION OF ROTATION, AND PASSAGEWAYS INCLUDING AN EXHAUST CHAMBER IN THE VALVE ROD ARE ADAPTED TO EXHAUST GASES FROM THE EXPANSION CYLINDER WHEN THE VALVE ROD IS IN ANOTHER POSITION OF ROTATION. AN INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER CHAMBER IN THE VALVE ROD HAS A FIRST PORT LOCATED FOR COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMPRESSION CYLINDER WHEN THE VALVE ROD IS IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION OF ROTATION AND HAS A SECOND PORT LOCATED FOR COMMUNICATION WITH THE EXPANSION CYLINDER WHEN THE VALVE ROD IS IN ANOTHER PREDETERMINED POSITION OF ROTATION.
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- 👤 Arthur L Morsell
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