| 摘要 |
<p>A rotary engine comprises a mounting means (13, 23), a rotor (13) supported on the mounting means and having a plurality of cylinders (3a) whose longitudinal axes are spaced radially outwardly from and substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor, each cylinder having a piston (26) formed for reciprocating motion therein, a revolvable device (8) connected to the pistons of the rotor for rotation about an axis which is co-axial with the axis of rotation of the rotor and in a plane which is at an oblique angle to the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor, the revolvable device being securely rotatably mounted in a housing (10) which is fixed relative to the rotor on the mounting means in a plane which is at the same oblique angle as the revolvable device so that in use firing of the cylinders in sequence in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation of the rotor causes rotation of the revolvable device and rotor. The engine of the present invention is capable of providing torque of in the region of three times greater than that generated by corresponding prior art reciprocating engines.</p> |
