Internal combustion engine having coaxially mounted compressor combustion chamber, and turbine

Claim 1

An internal combustion engine of the turbine type comprising in combination: 1. a support, 2. an integral Rotor combination rotatably mounted on said support, said rotor combination comprising: a. A compressor comprising a first outer radial wall, a second outer radial wall, a peripheral axial wall connecting said first and second outer radial walls, and an inner radial wall mounted intermediate said first and second outer radial walls and of smaller diameter than said outer radial walls, and a spiral web intermediate said first outer wall and said inner wall having its edges affixed to said walls, cooperating to define a spiral chamber, b. a turbine having a power shaft operatively connected thereto, c. a tubular housing connected at one end to said compressor and at the other end to said turbine, said inner radial wall and said second outer radial wall of said compressor cooperating to define a radial duct communicating with said tubular housing, d. means defining a combustion chamber within said tubular housing, said compressor, said turbine, said tubular housing and said combustion chamber all being coaxially mounted, and 3. a fuel duct mounted on said support extending through the axis of said compressor and having a fuel supply jet at the end thereof for supplying fuel to said combustion chamber.