Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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A RECIPROCATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGTNE
INCLUDING A SEPARATE GAS CHAMBER
This invention relates to a reciprocating internal combustion engine including
a separate gas chamber.
SUMMARY OF THE TNVENTION:
The applicant has improved the various compatible combinations of machine
elements in their construction and inter-related operation, and its application structures
are based on the principles of a separate gas chamber machine as previously dcfined.
The various types have their individual suitable situation. It comprises mainly the
equipment of the pressure input gas chamber on the upper section and its relative
auxiliary intake and exhaust structure for the supplement of the uncompletional parts
defined in the original case and furthermore to show the fluid pump function for the
air, water or oil using the space formed by the piston back side of the pressure input
gas chamber as well as the electrical generating function by means of the direct drive.
According to the present invention there is provided a reciprocating internal
combustion engine comprising a cylinder body including at least one power
piston/cylinder combination and at least one auxiliary piston/cylinder combination with
the said combinations disposed in coaxial relationship, a separating wall disposed
between adjacent piston/cylinder combinations, a connection rod coaxially
interconnecting the pistons for synchronous movement thereof between top- and
bottom-dead-centre positions of the pistons and sealingly passing through said
separating wall or walls, a connecting rod and crankshaft for converting reciprocal
motion of the said combination into a rotational output, an exhaust port for discharging
exhaust gases from the power cylinder when the power piston is in the region of
bottom-dead-centre, an inlet port including a one-way in valve in communication with
at least that auxiliary cylinder adjacent the power cylinder, means for controlling
operation of the said one-way valve in accordance with the engine firing cycle, a gas
transport passage interconnecting a power cylinder and an adjacent auxilary cylinder,
and a valve for controlling transporation of gas through the passage, a gas pumpchamber disposed on at least that side of an auxiliary piston remote from an adjacent
power piston for compressing gaseous media, and means for igniting a fuel/gas mixture
in each power cylinder of injecting fuel into each power cylinder.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DR~WINGS:
Fig. 1 is the sectional diagram I of the application example of the back
5 and forth motion type of the internal combustion engine with the separate gaschamber.
Fig. 1-1 is the sectional diagram II of the application example of the
back and forth motion type of the internal combustion engine with the separate
10 gas chamber.
Fig. 2-1 is the diagram of the intake travel.
Fig. 2-2 is the diagram of the pressure and ignition travel.
Fig. 2-3 is the diagram of the explosion and move force travel.
Fig. 2-4 is the diagram of the exhaust travel.
Fig. 2-5 is the diagram of an application example of the cambustible
gas transport using the upper and lower hollow piston rod with the transport
holes.
Fig. 2-6 is the diagram of an application example of the separate
chamber engine with the upper and lower double pressure input chamber and
the outer pressure reservoir.
Fig. 2-7 is the sectional diagram of Fig. 2-6.
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Fig. 3 is the diagram of an application example of the gas pump using
the upper piston.
Fig. 4 is the diagram of an application example of the drive turbine
5 pressurizing equipment using the upper piston drive pump.
Fig. 4-1 is the diagram of an application example of the separate gas
chamber engine with the gas input pressurizing three sectional piston.
Fig. 4-2 is the sectional diagram of Fig. 4-1.
Fig. S is the diagram of an application example of the liquid pump
using the upper piston.
Fig. 6 is the diagram of an application example of the linear electric
generation engine with the outer cycle generator winding coupled with the
upper piston.
Fig. 6-1 is the diagram of an application example of the pole coupled
20 with the upper piston.
Fig. 7 is the diagram of an application example of the linear electric
generation equipment couples with the gas chamber engine with the pump
drive function.
Fig. 8 is the diagram of the application example of the linear electric
generation equipment coupled with the upper side of the traditional piston
engine.
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Fig. 8-1 is the diagram of an application example of two ways fluid
pump coupled with the upper side of the traditional pump engine.
Fig. 8-2 is a diagram of an application example of two ways pump
5coupled with the upper side of the traditional pump engine.
Fig. 8-3 is the diagram of an application example of two ways and
respective independent fluid pump coupled with the traditional pump engine.
10Fig. 9 is the diagram of an application example of the separate gas
chamber engine with the different cylinder diameters.
Fig. 9-1 is the sectional diagram of Fig. 9.
15Fig. 10 is the diagram of an application example of one unit type two
travel pump with the different cylinder diameters.
Fig. 10-1 is the sectional diagram of Fig. 10.
20Fig. 11 is the diagram of an application example of one unit type four
travel pump with the different cylinder diameters.
Fig. 11-1 is the sectional diagram of Fig. 11.
25DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION:
The applicant has explained the constructive type and the advantage of
the claim No. 8420682. Now he does improve the structure type for the
pressure input gas chamber. The advantage of this type is shortening of the
30crank length and its stationary. It is the improvement of the original structure.
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Fig. 1 & 1-1 are the example of its application. We describe them in detail
as follows:
In Fig. 1 & 1-1, a cylinder block 101 has each cylinder gas chamber
102, 103 on the upper and lower sides. The lower cylinder block is equipped
with a lower piston 104 which can endure the explosion pressure and with a
bias link pin 105 which can move the bias crank shaft 107 and cause rotative
output.
-- The upper piston 108 locates between the upper cylindric gas chamber 102
anf the lower piston. Using a piston link 117, the both parts connect each
other. The phase relationship of both parts is synchronized, including the
reach to the stop point and to the lower stop point at the same time. In Fig.
1, the exhaust opening 109 locates at the lower stop point in the lower gas
1 5 chamber.
-- The ignition plug 110 is equipped in the near of the top of the lower gas
chamber. When we use jet oil inlet 110', only fresh airs can come into the
pressure input gas chamber.
-- The intake opening 111 is equipped in the near of the lower stop point in
the upper gas chamber 102. It is equipped with a single way valve 112.
-- The end of the gas transport opening of the combustion gas transport way
113 is equipped in the near of the lower stop point in the upper gas chamber.
Its another end is equipped at the top point of the lower gas chamber and is
located diagonally with the exhaust opening.
-- The intake piece 114 is used for the control of the opening and closing of
the gas transport way. This intake piece is controlled by the synchron
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mechanism, such as bias wheel on the flange shaft, synchron toothed belt and
synchron bias gear. When the lower piston 104 returns from the near of the
lower stop point to the upper stop point. It is opened and let the combustion
gas come into the lower gas chamber 103 used for the combustion chamber.
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-- A gas pump chamber 102' is formed among the upper side of the upper
piston 108 and the upper section of the upper gas chamber and the back side
of the upper piston. Excepting the equipment of a gas opening 119 for the
advance of the block, it can be also equipped with the additional inlet valve
10 and outlet valve to form a pump for the pump using in the water, oil or gas,
or for the movement of a pressurizing turbine.
-- The ignition coil can ignite the combustion gas, when the lower piston 104
has reached the upper stop point. When the engine is running, the combustion
1 5 gas comes into the upper gas chamber 102 through the intake opening 111 andthe single way intake valve 112 due to upward pump of the upper piston 108.
When the upper piston 108 pumps downward and the combustion gas is
compressed and stirred in the near of the lower stop point, the intake piece 114is opened, the combustion gas comes into the lower gas chamber 103 through
20 the combustion gas transport way 113 and pushes the exhaust gas through the
exhaust opening to the open air. When the lower piston 104 returns to the
upper stop point, the ignition coil let the ignition plug 110 ignite and let thefresh combustion gas exploide. At this time, the upper piston 108 has the
finished gas input and is prepared for the compression.
-- Cooling opening 1 16 is used for the pump cooling fluids which can cool the
oil seal 118 coupled with the upper and the lower piston link 117, the outer
oil tank, the cooling fan or the liquid pump, the cooling liquid tank and the
start motor...etc. For its movement process, please refer to Fig. 2-1, 2-2, 2-3
30 & 2-4.
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Furthermore, the gas intake type connected from the upper gas chamber
into the lower gas chamber with the above-said engine structure can be
reached by the following method: As defined in Fig. 2-5, the upper piston
link and the lower piston hollow link 201 have the hollow pipe, in which an
intake opening 202 at the upper end and an exhaust opening 203 at the lower
end. The time of the intake starting is decided by the position selection of thelower exhaust opening 203.
As defined in Fig. 2-6 and 2-7, the body structure is same as the
diagram, but two sides of the upper piston 208 form two intake gas chambers
separately with the upper gas chamber 204 and the upper section of the upper
gas chamber 204', in which the upper gas chamber 204 is equipped with a
single way intake opening valve and a single way exhaust opening valve 206
and a gas pump chamber 204' formed by the upper section of the upper gas
chamber and the back side of the upper piston is equipped with a single way
intake opening valve 205' and a single way exhaust opening valve 206'. Two
intake opening valves 205 and 205 ' are connected separately with a carburetor.
Two exhaust opening valves are connected separately with a pressure reservoir
207. This pressure reservoir is used for the acceptance of the compressed
combustion gas pumped upward and downward by the upper piston for the
increament of the gas intake density. The space between the output opening
of the pressure reservoir and the combustion chamber is used for the
acceptance of the combustion gas controlled synchronously by the steam valve
piece. If the feed oil of this engine is changed to the jet feed oil, the fresh air
is intaked and compressed, and the oil is feeded directly by the jet nozzle.
The advantages of the above-said design are as follows:
1. The intake opening is located diagonally with the exhaust
30 opening. Therefore, the elimination of the waste gas is easier and its
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combustion gas has less than the traditional two travel engine intake and
exhaust openings. Thus the combustion efficiency and the engine power are
increased.
2. The curved shaft and the piston lubrication system can use the
semi-closed dipping type, so that the combustion oil system is separated from
the lubrication system. Therefore, it is not need to add the mixture of the
lubrication oil and the motor oil to gasoline due to the transport of the
combustion gas through the curved shaft tank as the traditional two travel
engine. Thus the smog pollution after the combustion can be avoided.
3. It needs less parts and has the simple structure.
4. A pump function is formed by the upper gas chamber and the
upper piston. Therefore, it can be used as the fluid pump, when we use the
single way intake valve and the exhaust valve. As the application example
defined in Fig. 3, it uses a compression air pump and is lacking the
tranmission system and the independent gas pump cylinder which is needed in
the traditional engine drive air compression. Therefore, it can reduce the costsand can increase the efficiency.
Its all application structures are shown as follows:
In Fig. 3, 301 is the intake valve, 302 is exhaust valve equipped at the upper
side of the upper gas chamber or on the upper cover, 303 is air filter
connected to the front of the intake valve, 304 is pressure reservoir connected
with the exhaust valve, 305 is the pressure reducing valve connected with the
pressure reservoir, 306 is pressure manometer. The above-said parts form an
air compressor system for driving the air drive apparatus.
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Its application can be made by the direct drive of the turbine pressrizer
using above-said air pressure, as defined in Fig. 4. In Fig. 4, 401 is an air
drive turbine equipment, its air pump outlet 402 is coupled with the intake
opening 403. The gas pump inlet 404 is connected with the carburetor. The
5 upper section of the upper gas chamber and each side of the upper piston 406
form a gas pump chamber 405, the pump inlet 407 is equipped with the single
way valve 408, the pump putlet is connected with the drive inlet 409 of the
turbine equipemnt and its outlput goes through the outlet 410, so that the
intake pressure increases during the running of the engine. Its function is
10 same as the various used turbine pressurizing equipment. If we various used
turbine pressurizing equipment. If we use the fluid to drive the turbine
pressurizing equipment. the same function will be shown.
The intake pressurizing of the above-said engine can be described in
Fig. 4-1 and 4-2. Using the third piston 421 over the upper piston and the
third cylinder 422 equipped at thesame time, the gas pump function is formed
by the above formed double gas chambers 423 and 424. Adding the original
piston 425 and the upper section of the upper gas chamber 426 to them, a gas
pump is formed. The later can input the pressurizing combustion gas into the
20 pressure reservoir 427. Each intake opening of the above-said pump chamber
is equipped separately with the single way valves 428, 429 and 430 for the
input of the combustion gas come from the carebutor. Each outlet is equipped
also separately with the single way valve 431, 432 and 433 for the connection
to the pressure reservoir 427. There is a single way valve 434 between the
25 pressure reservoir and the main pressurizing gas chamber 435 compressed
twice. A intake door which can be adjusted is located between tne main
pressurizing gas chamber 435 and the combustion chamber. It can control the
intake time. During the driving, the air should be pre-compressed in order to
increasement of the intake quantity and output power. Excepting the intake
30 pre-compression, the further process is same as which described in Fig. 1.
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Fig. S shows it is used as the liquid pump. The filter 501 is used for
the filtration of the input fluids. The inlet valve 502 is connected with the
filter and the inlet opening on the upper side of the pump chamber. The outlet
valve 503 is connected with the parts between the pump chamber and the fluid
S load. The pressurizing valve 504 is connected with the parts between the input
side and the output side and forms a liquid pump function with the direct
drive.
The another new application equipment of this design is defined in Fig.
6. A permanent magnetic pole 601 is equipped on the upper piston 108 in
Fig. 1; or a magnetic pole 630 is magnetized by the current runs through the
coil 602 and is connected with the power supply using the soft conducting
wire 604; or the magnetization produced by the conduction of the current
using a set of cabon brush 605 and conducting rod 606. When the piston is
moving, the inductive voltage is generated dur to the change of magnetizing
quantity between the magnetizing pole and the electric coil 607 and thus it can
supply the electrical energy. Therefore, it bacomes a linear drive electric
generating equipment.
For the structure application, the position of the above-said permanent
magnetic pole and the electric generating winding can be reserved as shown
in Fig. 6-1. The magnetic field is formed by the permanent magnet 601' or
the ring coil 602', in which the movable parts are formed by the electric
generating winding 607' and its electric energy is transmitted by the carbon
brush 605' and the conducting rod 606' or the soft conducting wire 604'.
Furthermore, in the linear drive electric generating equipment, the
abovementioned electric generating equipment can be equipped on the upper
side of the upper piston and is moved by a rod extended from the upper piston
30 as shown in Figure 7, in order to avoidance of the electric fenerating volume
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limited by the space of the pressurizing cylinder an in order to getting better
power match of the engine power and the electric generating power; or in
order to keeping the pump drive function of the piston on the pressurizing gas
chamber. In Fig. 7, the upper link 701 is connected with the upper side of the
S upper piston 108. The gas seal cover 702 is used for the sealing of the upper
gas chamber cover and the upper link 701. No. 701 is magnetizing pole; 704
is electric generating winding; 705 is magnetic circuit iron core. The selectionof the structure design for the electric generation can be done as the
abovementioned one, thus the magnetizing pole and the electric generating
10 winding are equipped inversely and the electric energy is transmitted to the
middle moving parts using the conducting rod and the carbon brush or the soft
conducting wire. In this type of the design, the diameter and the relative
dimensions can be selected for the power match in the electric generating
equipment.
The abovementioneed lineal drive electric generating equipment can be
used for the traditional engine (See Fig. 8). Its structure character is same asthe abovementioned example. The transmission rod 801 is equipped on the
piston and the pierce through the cylinder cover 802. The gas seal cover 803
20 is used for the sealing of the lineal drive eleckic generating equipment
coupled parts between the transmission rod 801 and the cylinder cover 802 and
can move back and forth dependent on the moving of the piston, so that the
electric energy can be generated.
In the various electric generation equipment of the abovementioned
application examples of the electric generation, excepting the outer ring
electric equipment has fixed structure and the middle electric equipment is
linked with the piston, it can be done by the inverse direction, i.e. the outer
ring electric equipment is dynamic acceptance piston and moves forth and
back, the middle electric equipment is atastic one and acts as the input or the
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output type of the electric energy for the outer cycle structure. The work is
performed by the abovementioned method, i.e. by the soft conducting wires
or the conducting rods or the carbon brushes.
This engine uses practically the diameters of the upper gas chamber and
its upper piston and the lower gas chamber and its lower piston and can select
the diameter according to the requirement in order to arrangement of the size
of the pressure input gas chamber and explosion gas chamber for the used
selection. For example, we can select the larger pressure input gas chamber
for the lower density air in the high open air. Furthermore, as defined in the
Fig. 9 & 9- 1, the structure types of the separate gas chamber engine with the
different cylinder diameters have the separate gas chambers with a larger and
a small diameters respectively in the engine body. Its inner body has also a
piston with the different diameter. This piston is connected separately with
two gas chambers coupled respectively with two different diameters, in which
a set one is explosion gas chamber 902 (the upper gas chamber in the diagram)
and the another set is the pressure input gas chamber 901 (ring type lower gas
chamber in the diagram). The piston 903 has a transverse lever link 904 for
the connection of the shaking rod 955 and for the driving crank shaft 906. A
ignition plug 907 or a fuel nozzole 907' and a single way intake door 908
connected with the pressure reservoir are equipped in the near of the upper
stop point of the combustion gas chamber. A exhaust opening 909 is equipped
in the near of the lower stop of the explosion gas chamber 902. A single way
intake door 910 and a single way exhaust opening 911 connected with the
pressure reservoir 912 are equipped in the near of the upper stop point gas
chamber. After the engine has started, the combustion gases with the high
pressure are stored in the pressure reservoir 912 for each work cycle due to thepressure input volume is larger than the explosion gas chamber. During the
intake travel, the intake door is opened and the fresh airs come into the
combustion chamber.
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As to the lubrication, the lubricating oil can be distributed by the pump
leaf blade equipped on the crank shaft to inside of the piston and then
penestrated to the friction surfaces.
If we use one unit type of the drive pump in the separate gas chamber
with the different diameters, its structure character is same as which shown in
Fig. 10 & 10-1, i.e. it is a two travel engine with the direct coupling and
independent pump structure. The engine housing 1001 has gas chambers with
a large and a small diameters respectively, in which the upper gas chamber is
two travel standard pressure input explosion gas chamber 1002 and the lower
ring gas chamber with the larger diameter is pump chamber 1003 used for the
fluid pump. In the near of the upper stop point, a inlet of a single way valve
1004 and a outlet of the another single way valve 1005 are equipped. They
can generate the gas pump function in the engine drive. Because this engine
has a larger volume of the lower piston, the pressure generated by equipment.
The above-said linear drive electric generating equipment and the
above-said direct drive fluid pump can be used for the traditional engine (See
Fig. 8). Its structure feature is same as the above-said example. The
transmission rod 801 is equipped on the piston and the pierce through the
cylinder cover 802. The gas seal cover 803 is used for the sealing of the
linear drive electric generating equipment coupled parts between the
transmission rod 801 and the cylinder cover 802 and can move back and forth
dependent on the moving of the piston, so that the electric energy can be
generated; or as shown in Fig. 8-1, the upper piston 804 drived back and forth
by the transmission rod 801; the cylinder set 805 coupled with the piston is
installed in the upper side of the engine and the single way input valve 806
and single way output valve 807 which generate the pump motive effect are
installed in the upper side or lower side of the cylinder set 805; or furthermore
as shown in Fig. 8-2, the upper side of the cylinder set 805 is shown the seal
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situation and the piston 804is shown two ways pump motion and the two ends
of the gas chamber of the upper gas cylinder set install single way input valves806 and 806' which connected each other in parallel, and the single way
output valves 807 and 807' to generate the two ways pump motion drived
S forth and back by the piston 804; The further feature of this two ways pump
motion structure is shown in Fig. 8-3, the upper andd lower input and output
valves are connected respectively to the pump motive fluids to form two
independent pump system which don't transmit each other.
In the various electric generation equipment of the above-said
application example of the electric generation, excepting the outer ring electric
equipment has fixed structure and the middle elctric equipment is lined with
the piston, it can be done by the inverse direction, i.e. the outer ring electric
equipment is dynamic acceptance piston and moves forth and back, the middle
electric equipment is stastic one and acts as the input or the output type of the
electric energy for the outer cycle structure. The work is performed by the
above-said method, i.e. by the soft conducting wires or the conducting rods or
the carbon brushes.
This engine uses practically the diameters of the upper gas chamber and
its upper piston and the lower gas chamber and its lower piston and can select
the diameter according to the requirement in order to arrangement of the size
of the pressure input gas chamber and explosion gas chamber for the used
selection. For example, we can select the larger pressure input gas chamber
for the lower density air in the high open air. Furthermore, as defined in the
Fig. 9 and 9-1, the structure types of the separate gas chamber engine with the
different cylinder diameters have the separate gas chambers with a larger and
a small diameters respectively in the engine body. Its inner body has also a
piston with the different diameter. This piston is connected separately with
two gas chambers coupled respectively with two different diameters, in which
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one set is explosion gas chamber 902 (the upper gas chamber and having
smaller volume of gas chamber in the diagram) and the another set is the
pressure input gas chamber 901 ( the ring type lower gas chamber and having
larger volume of gas chamber in the diagram). The piston 903 has a
transverse lever link 904 for the connection of the shaking rod 955 and for
the driving crank shaft 906. A ignition plug 907 or a fuel nozzle 907' and a
single way intake door 908 connected with the pressure reservoir are equipped
in the near of the upper stop point of the combustion gas chamber. A exhaust
opening 909 is equipped in the near of the lower stop point of the explosion
gas chamber 902. A single way intake door 910 and a single way exhaust
opening 911 connected with the pressure reservoir 912 are equipped in the
near of the upper stop point gas chamber. After the engine has started, the
combustion gases with the high pressure are stored in the pressure reservoir
912 for each work cycle due to the pressure input volume is a larger than the
explosion gas chamber. During the intake travel, the intake door is opened
and the fresh airs come into the combustion chamber.
As to the lubrication, the lubricating oil can be distributed by the pump
lead blade equipped on the crank shaft to inside of the piston and then
penetrated to the friction surfaces.
If we use one unit type of the drive pump in the separate gas chamber
with the different diameters, its structure feature is same as which shown in
Fig. 10 and 10-1, i.e. it is a two travel engine with the direct coupling and
independent pump structure. The engine housing 1001 has gas chamber with
a larger and a small diameters respectively, in which the upper gas chamber
is two travel standard pressure input explosion gas chamber 1002 and the
lower ring gas chamber with the larger diameter is pump chamber 1003 used
for the fluid pump. In the near of the upper stop point, an inlet of a single
way valve 1004 and an oulet of the another single way valve 1005 are
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equipeed. They can generate the gas pump function in the engine drive.
Because the engine has a larger volume of the lower piston, the pressure
generated by the crank shaft case used for the intake pump of the two travel
engine during the running travel is larger than the traditional one and is more
S adventage for the intake.
Fig. 11 and 11-1 show the application example of the equipment in the
four travel engine. Its structure feature is same as which shown in the two
travel one.
When the above-said one unit type of the intake pressurizing, separate
gas chamber structure and the industrial equipment is used for Diesel engine,
the structure and the principle are same as the above-said one with the
exception of the change of the ignition plug to jet oil nozzle and the
15 increament of the compression ratio.
In a word, this case is a improved application structure, please give us
an approval.
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