| 摘要 |
<p>A novel rotary prime mover or engine is provided herein including a flywheel block having at least one pair of opposed jet reaction engines therein which, when operative, cause rotation of the flywheel. The novel engine includes a generally cylindrical casing, the casing including an axial air intake, an axial exhaust outlet and bearing means at each circular end thereof to support a longitudinally arranged shaft. A flywheel block having a main cylindrical section of slightly less diameter than the diameter of the casing is mounted on the longitudinally arranged shaft and is arranged intermediate the air inlet and the exhaust outlet, the longitudinal shaft having a fuel inlet passage therein, preferably being a fuel passage concentrically bored in a solid shaft. The flywheel block includes at least two balanced, diametrically opposed, jet reaction engines recessed within and secured within the cylindrical section of the flywheel block, each being disposed along a chord of the main cylindrical section, each jet reaction engine having its exhaust flowing along an imaginary extension of the chord of the cylindrical section of the flywheel block. Each jet reaction engine comprises (i) a hollow cylindrical housing, (ii) a cylindrical ignition head threadedly longitudinally adjustably secured at one end of the housing, the ignition head having an air inlet throat leading to a plurality of circumferentially disposed, longitudinally extending air inlet passages, and a central bore accommodating an ignition device, (iii) an exhaust liner threadedly longitudinally adjustably secured at the other end of the housing, the liner having a central longitudinally extending exhaust passage having an exhaust gas inlet throat, (iv) a fuel infeed zone, (v) a radial fuel inlet for admitting fuel to the fuel infeed zone, and (vi) a combustion zone within the housing disposed between the - 2 ignition head and the exhaust liner; a fuel infeed line within the flywheel block connected between the radial fuel inlet to the fuel infeed zone and the fuel passage through the longitudinal shaft, the fuel infeed line including automatically actuated valve means therein; and a source of ignition power connected to the ignition device through the casing. In this way, operation of the jet reaction engines causes powered rotation of the flywheel block, so that power may be taken off the longitudinal shaft. Thus there is now provided a simple engine, having a minimum of moving parts, in which the rotary member, the jet reaction member and the stationary casing are so interrelated as to provide an ultimate efficient engine.</p> |
