Abstract: A method and apparatus for converting heat energy into mechanical energy in which a liquid is maintained against the outer walls of a cylindrical container due to centrifugal force caused by rotation of the container; a plurality of reservoirs are provided extending radially outward from the walls of the container and protruding into a stationary heating device extending around the entire path of rotation of the cylinder and reservoirs. The reservoirs are heated sufficiently to vaporize liquid as it is forced into the reservoirs due to the centrifugal force. A portion of the liquid that is vaporized then forces a portion of the liquid which has not been vaporized to be expelled radially inwardly from the reservoir and against a turbine rotor blade fixed for rotation about the same axis as the cylinder but independently of the rotation of the cylinder to thus provide the power output.

Abstract: A method of converting heat energy into mechanical energy in which two substantially symmetrical, cylindrical chambers are secured together and rotated about a common central axis with a liquid being maintained against the outer wall of either chamber by centrifugal force. A plurality of turbine type blades are secured to a shaft for rotation about the same axis as the chambers but independently thereof and in alignment with openings in both chambers. With a liquid being maintained in one chamber, a fuel mixture is injected into that chamber and ignited so as to expel the liquid against the blades to cause rotation thereof. The blades are shaped so that the expelled liquid will be directed into the corresponding opening in the other chamber and the gases in the first chamber are then expelled and the sequence repeated in the opposite direction, from the second mentioned chamber to the first.

Abstract: A gas generator comprises a combustion chamber, a gas storage chamber, a venturi tube joining the chambers, mechanism for supplying fuel to the combustion chamber via the venturi tube, a fuel igniter for igniting at least a portion of the fuel in the combustion chamber, and an outlet port in the combustion chamber for venting part of the expanding gases of combustion to provide a power output. The expanding gases of combustion expel a part of the unburned fuel to the storage chamber via the venturi tube for temporary storage and return to the combustion chamber via the venturi tube.