AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE

摘要

An internal combustion engine (10) comprising a casing having a plurality or circumferentially spaced radially extending combustion chamber assemblies (12), each assembly having a piston (15) including a piston rod (13) coupled to a primary support member in the form of a pair of spaced hunch plates (14) so that the pistons (15) are constrained to reciprocate within their respective chambers (16) in accordance with the engine's combustion cycle. Each chamber (16) includes an intake opening (18) and an exhaust opening (19) and the shaft (17) carries a rotary means comprising an inlet turbine (20) and an exhaust turbine (21) sharing a shaft (22) journalled in bearings (23) and (24) so that the shaft (22) freely rotates inside shaft (17). Power take-off from the shaft (17) is via a gear (25), while the piston rods (13) are constrained for radial reciprocation by a stationary radially slotted guide plate (26).