| 摘要 |
A transmission wherein power is transmitted between a camshaft and a rotating cylinder block through a pair of pistons reciprocally and slidably disposed within a pair of adjacent cylinders in the cylinder block. In one mode of operation, the transmission provides a direction connection between the camshaft and the cylinder block. In this mode of operation, the pistons are prevented from moving relative to the cylinder block and accordingly rotate therewith, and the camshaft and the cylinder block rotate at the same velocity. In a second mode of operation, the relative speeds of the camshaft and the cylinder block are varied with respect to one another, and the pistons are driven in reciprocating movement 180 DEG out of phase with one another by a pair of cams disposed eccentrically on the camshaft and fixed thereto. The interiors of the adjacent cylinder heads communicate with one another through a pair of variable position valves disposed therebetween which regulate the flow by providing an orifice of variable size. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a slurry is disposed within the cylinder heads and pumped between adjacent cylinder heads through the valves by the action of the pistons. The slurry preferably comprises a plurality of small, solid spheres immersed in a lubricating fluid such as oil.
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