Abstract:
The invention comprises the cylinder head, equipped with stationary lobes; a piston crown with lobes that mesh with the stationary lobes, without contact, to create turbulence in the combustion chamber, and rotary valves that manipulate movement of compressed air and exhaust gases in the combustion chamber and manifold; creating a mixture of air and fuel for more complete combustion with less recycled exhaust gases, and the improved design combustion chamber being cylinder shaped and adaptable to four cycle diesel engines is equipped with one poppet valve that when closed causes rotary valves to direct compressed air through the manifold for cooling purposes and when open, the cylinder, combustion chamber and manifold become a conduit for exhaust gases until piston movement ceases to move exhaust gases, then compressed air assumes exhaust gas movement purging the combustion chamber and manifold as piston movement downward begins the intake stroke.
Abstract:
A rotary valve for an engine comprising an outer casing 2 having at least one bore 4, inlet port 30, exhaust port 46 and transfer duct 44 opening into the bore 4 or bores, at least one vaned rotor 26 disposed in the bore 4 or bores, and popper valve means 54 for admitting an inlet charge from the inlet manifold to the transfer duct 44 or one of the transfer ducts into the cylinder of the engine and for venting exhaust gases from the cylinder of the engine into the transfer duct 44 or one of the transfer ducts to the exhaust manifold of the engine, and porting means 8 for placing the inlet port 30 in fluid communication with the transfer duct 44 or one of the transfer ducts to supply an inlet charge thereto and for placing the exhaust port 46 in fluid communication with the transfer duct 44 or one of the transfer ducts for venting of exhaust gases, wherein the vaned rotor 26 is adapted to be rotated by the vented exhaust gases and to compress the inlet charge as a result of such rotation.
Abstract:
A two part intake or exhaust valve comprising an inner and an outer valve, both circular in shape, with the inner valve having a longer stem of a smaller radius to extend above the outer valve. The outer valve has a hollow stem large enough to accept the inner valve, also a valve seat in the center of its bottom face to seat the inner valve, and the top side of its base is equipped with vents. Both valves have separate springs of appropriate size affixed under valve spring retainers and retainers locked in place with retainer locks. The inner valve is equipped with a groove under the retainer to accept a heavy clip or stop disc. The purpose of this valve mechanism is to create a two stage event when atmosphere enters or exits a combustion chamber. This will allow more atmosphere to enter or exit the combustion chamber than is possible with a single valve arrangement. In addition, this will cause two different speeds of atmospheric movement, creating low pressure in the center, via the inner valve, creating a vortexial storm or swirl effect. The result is more power and better fuel efficiency than can be realized with state of the art valve arrangements.
Abstract:
A combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a co-axial valve mechanism with a hemispherically concave exhaust valve disk actuated by a single overhead camshaft. A piston face is provided including an offset shallow bowl for accommodating the spark gap of a spark plug when the piston is at top dead center and at least one groove situated at least partially about the shallow bowl. The co-axial valve mechanism and piston face configuration results in more complete combustion and greater power development.
Abstract:
A combustion engine has a combustion chamber separated from the compression and expansion chamber(s). Passages are provided between the combustion chamber and the compression chamber(s) and the combustion chamber and the expansion chamber(s) with respective valves in the passages and inlet and exhaust valves provided in the combustion and expansion chamber. The combustion chamber maintains the combustion after passing fuel into the compressed air received from the compression chamber. The valves and piston heads are formed to prevent dead space in the cylinders in order to obtain a good efficiency by full discharge of the compressed air into the combustion chamber. Fuel cleaning means like, for example, a rotary separator and pure gas collector are provided in the combustion chamber to separate unclean fuel particles, as, for example, ash or sand in coal, from the burned gases and collect the unclean particles in separated collection spaces. The engine can thereby burn unclean fuels, as for example coal powder or coal sludge and the like. The valves can be timed for different styles of combustion cycles if so desired. The engine may use conventional four stroke or two stroke engine arrangements and provide them with combustion chambers, pistons and cylinder heads of the invention to modify them from gasoline combustion to coal combustion or other cheaper and more available fuels for the combustion in the compressed air.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an internal combustion engine comprising a combustion chamber, a piston mounted within the combustion chamber and arranged to be sealingly engaged with walls of the combustion chamber, the piston being arranged for reciprocating motion between a first position in which combustion chamber is of maximum volume and a second position in which the combustion chamber is of minimum volume, wherein the combustion chamber further comprises an inlet-outlet control valve means in a region of the combustion chamber within the minimum volume defined by the piston in its second position, a fluid fuel injection means in a region of the combustion chamber within the minimum volume defined by the piston in its second position, a combustible mixture ignition means located in the region of the combustion chamber within the minimum volume defined by the piston in its second position, and the engine comprises an antechamber comprising an inlet means and spent combustible mixture outlet means, which antechamber is in communication with the inlet-outlet control valve means of the combustion chamber.
Abstract:
A four-stroke piston engine in which air or a fuel-air mixture is drawn into a cylinder. Fuel may be injected into the air in the cylinder while a further fuel supply is located on the axis of the cylinder and supplies at least one jet of fuel during the compression stroke, which jet of fuel in cooperation with the fuel-air mixture forms at least one zone of enriched mixture within the cylinder. The piston may have a recess in the upper end into which the nozzle carrier is partially received when the piston approaches top dead center. An ignitable mixture is formed in the recess or in the region of said recess which can be ignited by electrodes disposed adjacent the further fuel supply.
Abstract:
A four-stroke piston engine in which air is drawn into a cylinder while rotary motion about the cylinder axis is imparted to the air. Fuel may be blown/injected into the air during its rotation in the cylinder while the fuel supply is located on the axis of the cylinder and supplies at least one jet of fuel directed radially outwardly and which jet of fuel in cooperation with the rotating air forms at least one helical stream of mixture within the cylinder, preferably during the compression stroke, which is transformed into a coherent mixture zone enclosed by a ring of air upon completion of compression. The piston may have a recess in the upper end into which the fuel nozzle is received when the piston approaches top dead center so that an enriched region is formed in the recess which can be ignited by electrodes disposed adjacent the recess.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine having a cylinder bore providing a combustion chamber, and a piston located in the cylinder bore. A head mounted on the cylinder has concentric intake and exhaust valves operable to control the flow of gas into and out of the combustion chamber.
Abstract:
Intake arrangement of an internal combustion engine comprises an air intake passageway and an air-fuel mixture intake passageway with its port arranged radially inwardly of the air intake passageway. Port opening period of the air-fuel mixture intake port is full overlapped with and shorter than port opening period of air intake port of the air intake passageway.