Abstract: A turbine-type internal combustion engine comprising a support having coaxially mounted bearings, and a rotor assembly having shaft members rotatably mounted in said bearings and comprising a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine all coaxially mounted and fixed with respect to each other, the compressor and the turbine each comprising a spiral web and a pair of radial plates affixed thereto, one on each side cooperating to define a spiral chamber, and a fuel supply having a fuel duct mounted at one end of said rotor and extending into said combustion chamber.

Abstract: A power generating system which includes a turbine and a radiant heat boiler for supplying motive fluid to the turbine. The turbine is provided with a stator having a cylindrical bore and a cylindrical rotor provided with a substantially uniformly rough lateral surface. The inner wall of the turbine stator is provided with a continuous oblique helical groove which serves as a passageway for the motive fluid. The lateral surface of the rotor has a relatively high drag coefficient and the rotor is actuated to a high rotational speed by the motive fluid flowing in the stator passageway and past the rotor lateral surface.

Abstract: Waste heat generated by an internal combustion engine is utilized by an apparatus comprising a supercharger, a turbine drivably engaging the supercharger, a vaporizer, and a condenser. The turbine, the vaporizer and the condenser form a closed loop within which a motive fluid is circulated. The vaporizer is intimately associated with the internal combustion engine, and the motive fluid within the vaporizer is converted to gaseous form by heat transfer from the engine. The vaporized fluid is then used to drive the turbine which, in turn, drives the supercharger, thereby increasing the efficiency of the engine. Spent motive fluid is recovered from the turbine, condensed, and recycled to the vaporizer.

Abstract: Waste heat generated by an internal combustion engine is utilized by an apparatus comprising a supercharger, a turbine drivably engaging the supercharger, a vaporizer, a condenser and fluid injection duct means. The turbine, the vaporizer and the condenser form a closed loop within which a motive fluid is circulated. The vaporizer is intimately associated with the internal combustion engine, and the motive fluid within the vaporizer is converted to gaseous form by heat transfer from the engine. The vaporized fluid is then used to drive the turbine which, in turn, drives the supercharger, thereby increasing the efficiency of the engine. Spent motive fluid is recovered from the turbine, condensed, and recycled to the vaporizer. Additionally, a fluid injection duct introduces fluid preferably in the form of steam into the air which enters the engine.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine, particularly for use with a vehicle having a turbine-driven supercharger for supplying air to the intake manifold. The turbine is continuously driven by a pressurized fluid, particularly water, which is continuously maintained in a liquid state. The water is stored within a tank and is supplied by a pump to the turbine for rotatably driving same. The pump also supplies the pressurized water to a further passage which communicates with the intake manifold to selectively permit injection of water into the fuel-air mixture supplied to the combustion chamber.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine, particularly for use with a vehicle, having a turbine driven supercharger for supplying air to the intake manifold. The turbine is driven by a pressurized liquid, specifically a combustible fuel such as gasoline. The fuel is stored within a conventional storage tank, such as is commonly associated with a vehicle, and is supplied, via a pump, to the turbine for rotatably driving same. In one embodiment, the fuel used to drive the turbine is collected in an intermediate storage compartment which, via an intermediate tube, communicates with a venturi located in the intake manifold for causing fuel to be drawn into and intermixed with the air in the intake manifold. In another embodiment, the pressurized fuel from the pump is supplied, via a separate conduit, to a fuel injection nozzle located upstream of the supercharger.