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Heat engine
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1974-12-05
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Granted: 1976-09-07
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Expires: 1994-12-05
Abstract
Abstract A heat engine in which a working gas is in a continuous thermodynamic cycle passed through compression and expansion stages in respective compression and expansion chambers which have associated therewith heat exchanger means transferring heat developed in the working gas in the compression chambers during the compression stage to the working gas in the expansion chambers during the expansion stage of the working gas.
Inventors
- 👤 Jurgen Schukey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 20:40
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02G; F02G1/00; F02G1/04; F02G1/043; F02G2242/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
A heat engine which includes: housing means comprising a first section and a second section connected to each other, a first rotor and a second rotor respectively rotatably journaled in said first and second housing sections so that the extension of their axes intersect at an obtuse angle, the periphery of said rotors being provided with displacement bodies arranged in such a manner that the displacement bodies of one rotor in the manner of interengaging teeth extends between two displacement bodies of the other rotor, said displacement bodies together with said housing means forming compression chamber means adapted to receive a working gas and successively decreasing from a maximum volume to a minimum volume and also forming expansion chamber means successively increasing in volume from said minimum volume to said maximum volume for compressing and expanding a working gas so as to pass said working gas through the phases of a thermodynamic cycle, and heat exchanger means associated with said compression chamber means and operable to transfer heat developed in a working gas in said compression chambers during the compression stage to the working gas in the expansion chambers during the expansion stage of the working gas.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
A heat engine which includes: housing means comprising a first section and a second section connected to each other, a first rotor and a second rotor respectively rotatably journaled in said first and second housing sections so that the extension of their axes intersect at an obtuse angle, the periphery of said rotors being provided with displacement bodies arranged in such a manner that the displacement bodies of one rotor in the manner of interengaging teeth extends between two displacement bodies of the other rotor, said displacement bodies together with said housing means forming compression chamber means adapted to receive a working gas and successively decreasing from a maximum volume to a minimum volume and also forming expansion chamber means successively increasing in volume from said minimum volume to said maximum volume for compressing and expanding a working gas so as to pass said working gas through the phases of a thermodynamic cycle, and heat exchanger means associated with said compression chamber means and operable to transfer heat developed in a working gas in said compression chambers during the compression stage to the working gas in the expansion chambers during the expansion stage of the working gas.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
A heat engine according to claim 1, in which said heat exchanger means includes a plurality of pipes providing communication between differential pressure zones in said compression and expansion chamber means thus causing said working gas to circulate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
52 words
A heat engine according to claim 1, characterized in that said compression and expansion chamber means travel in a circular path whereby centrifugal forces generate a zone of reduced pressure in the inner portions nearer to the center of the circular motion and a zone of increased pressure in the outer portions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A heat engine according to claim 2, in which said pipes connect the inner portions to the outer portions of the compression and expansion chamber means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A heat engine according to claim 2, in which said pipes form loops defining a torus, the interior of said torus and the interior of said pipe loops forming heat exchanging surfaces.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A heat engine according to claim 5, which includes heat transferring structures provided inside said torus for increasing the heat transferring surface.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1979-09-07 | 1980-03-08 | 1980-09-07 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1983-09-07 | 1984-03-08 | 1984-09-07 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1987-09-07 | 1988-03-08 | 1988-09-07 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |