Abstract: A rotary device includes a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, and a stator having a cam surface. Vanes reside within slots of the rotary device and engage with the cam surface. A first seal couples to the rotor and includes first grooves that extend in a direction substantially parallel to a rotational axis of the shaft. A second seal couples to the stator and includes second grooves extending in the direction substantially parallel to the rotational axis. A third seal couples to the rotor and includes third grooves extending in the direction substantially parallel to the rotational axis. A fourth seal couples to the stator and includes fourth grooves extending in the direction substantially parallel to the rotational axis. The first grooves and the second grooves, as well as the third grooves and the fourth grooves, from labyrinth seals for the chambers of the rotary device.

Abstract: An oil-lubricated slide vane rotary vacuum pump with a slide vane unit, and with an oil separating and reconditioning device, wherein oil and gas are separated by separating devices, possibly complemented by oil coolers and/or oil pumps. One or more monitoring and/or servicing devices are provided, and the oil separating and reconditioning device is installed in an oil separating and reconditioning housing. Side walls extend transversely to a plane of rotation of a slide vane rotor, and define a longitudinal extent of the oil separating and reconditioning housing. The one or more monitoring and/or servicing devices are arranged only in one or more cover parts which are attached to one or both end walls of the oil separating and reconditioning housing. The oil separating and reconditioning housing is formed with the side walls, the bottom wall and the top wall without being configured for a monitoring and/or servicing device.

Abstract: An externally-supported rotary fluid machinery and a method for eliminating axial rotor displacement. The fluid machinery includes a box body, an air cylinder and a rotor, wherein the rotor is eccentrically mounted in the air cylinder; the air cylinder is mounted in the box body; one end of a sliding plate is inserted in the rotor, and the other end is embedded in a wall of the air cylinder; a fluid inlet is provided on the box body, and a fluid outlet is provided on the air cylinder; a support end of the rotor protrudes out of the box body and is supported in a rotor bearing support structure; and a support end of the air cylinder also protrudes out of the box body and is supported in an air cylinder bearing support structure.

Abstract: In a hydraulic pressure circuit including an introduction section through which oil is introduced, a main passage section installed at a downstream side of the introduction section to be communicated with a supply section through which oil is supplied to each of slide sections of an internal combustion engine, a branch passage branched from the main passage section to supply oil to a hydraulic pressure actuator, and a control valve having a valve body which is moved in accordance with a pressure of an upstream side thereof, and a variable capacitance pump configured to drain oil to the introduction section, the variable capacitance pump is configured to vary a drained flow quantity in accordance with the drained pressure of oil and a pressure under which the oil drained flow quantity is started to be varied is higher than a pressure under which the valve body is started to move.

Abstract: A pump, particularly a vane-type pump, including a rotor guiding at least one vane and resting against at least one pressure plate, which has at least one pressure through-hole and at least one under-vane through-hole, the holes being connected to a pressure outlet provided in a housing of the pump or in a transmission housing. In between the pressure plate and the housing a flow guide device is arranged, which delimits a fluid path from the pressure through-hole past the under-vane through-hole to the pressure outlet.

Abstract: The present invention is an engine, which includes a positive displacement compression process, a variably fueled, continuous combustor and/or heat exchanger, and a positive displacement, work-producing expander. This arrangement avoids the traditional stochiometric mixture requirements utilized in spark-ignition based engines and the emission problems associated with diesel engines.

Abstract: A pump includes a pump body defining first and second cavities. First and second rotors are disposed in the first and second cavities between an inlet passage and an outlet passage and are in sealing relationship with each other during rotation of the rotors. A drive transmission mechanism is coupled to the first and second rotors for rotating the rotors in opposite directions. During a revolution of the first rotor, a vane projecting from the first rotor emerges from a recess of the second rotor, passes the inlet passage and the outlet passage, and enters a recess of the second rotor, while the inlet passage remains sealed from the outlet passage.

Abstract: The housing of a vane-type machine has a largely cylindrical space for accommodating the vane cells. A shaft is eccentrically arranged in the housing. First and second guide plates are provided on the shaft. Slides displaceable largely radially to the shaft in the direction of the inner housing wall are guided by the guide plates. A vane cell is formed with the participation of two adjacent slides of the adjacent region of the inner housing wall and the volume of the vane cells in the region of an inlet opening differs from the volume of the vane cells in the region of an outlet opening. To increase the speed of the shaft and the temperature of the medium, the slides are lubricated by pressure oil and radially and axially guided by a guideway, which is fixed with respect to the housing.

Abstract: Embodiments of rotary vane engines include rotors that rotate about an axis of rotation. The rotors can be moved in directions substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation to vary expansion and/or compression ratios of the rotary vane engines. The ability to vary the expansion and/or compression ratios can facilitate optimization of the performance of the rotary vane engines as operating conditions vary.

Abstract: A heat engine having a rotary vane compressor and a rotary vane turbine operates in a highly efficient thermodynamic cycle which includes a power expansion phase up to ambient pressure and a limited temperature constant volume combustion followed by a constant pressure combustion and/or a constant temperature combustion. A compound propulsion engine utilizing the thermodynamic cycle has a primary stage having an axial compressor and a rotary vane turbine, and a secondary stage having an axial turbine and a rotary vane compressor, the two stages being aero-thermodynamically coupled to each other without provision of an interconnecting drive shaft.

Abstract: A rotary vane device for hydraulic transmission of mechanical energy with industrial scale measures of power and rotational velocity. The device offers high measures of both volumetric efficiency and rotational velocity and hence substantial measures of functional excellence in terms of power density and functional efficiency. Additionally the device functions without the use of reciprocating primary components and for this reason potentially offers substantial measures of excellence in terms of enhanced operational reliability and relatively low measures of radiated mechanical noise and vibration.

Abstract: A radial vane type machine intended for production of compressed gaseous and vaporous fluids with industrial scale measures of compression amplification and throughput. Fluid compression is accomplished by mechanical volume manipulation but without the use of reciprocating pistons and/or intermittently operating mechanical valves. The machine incorporates features for thermal control necessary for high performance single stage pressure amplification, and features for minimization of mechanical friction necessary to ensure functional viability. The physical and input power characteristics of the machine are compatible with the physical and output power characteristics of modem, commercially available internal combustion and electrical power sources. Compared with reciprocating piston type fluid compressors the machine potentially offers substantial measures of excellence in terms of vibration-free operation, functional efficiency, reliability, and power density relative to both space and weight criteria.

Abstract: A radial vane type machine intended for production of compressed gaseous and vaporous fluids with industrial scale measures of compression amplification and throughput. Fluid compression is accomplished by mechanical volume manipulation but without the use of reciprocating pistons and/or intermittently operating mechanical valves. The machine incorporates features for thermal control necessary for high performance single stage pressure amplification, and features for minimization of mechanical friction necessary to ensure functional viability. The physical and input power characteristics of the machine are compatible with the physical and output power characteristics of modern, commercially available internal combustion and electrical power sources. Compared with reciprocating piston type fluid compressors the machine potentially offers substantial measures of excellence in terms of vibration-free operation, functional efficiency, reliability, and power density relative to both space and weight criteria.

Abstract: A high pressure fluid forcing pump having a cavity adaptable for receiving an impeller assembly rotatable within the cavity of the pump. The impeller assembly includes an impeller engaged between first and second spaced apart bearing plates and having tips fixed to the bearing plates adjacent an outer circumference of the bearing plates. The impeller includes a locking arrangement that ensures that the impeller rotates about a motor shaft of the pump. The shaft is positioned in the cavity of the housing, wherein the rotational axis of the shaft and impeller are offset from the longitudinal axis of the cavity and first and second bearing plates.

Abstract: A rotational mechanism which consists of a circular armature fitted with a plurality of radial vanes which rotates within a stationary, cylindrical, containment structure with a circular bore. The rotational armature is concentrically installed on a rotational shaft which passes through the axial ends of the containment structure and which is supported by low friction rotational bearings such as to rotate on an axis which is parallel to, but radially separated from, the axis of the containment cylinder. The axial ends of the shaft provide the interface with external mechanically dynamic systems. The armature is a hollow cylinder which incorporates a plurality of uniformly distributed radial slots each of which extends through the annulus. The axial slots are each sized such as to provide annular support for a radial vane but allow relative sliding movement of the vane in axial and radial directions.

Abstract: A rotary compressor includes a stationary member composed of a plate member, and a downwardly projecting shaft defining a first axis. A roller is freely rotatably mounted on the shaft. A cylinder is rotatably mounted below the plate element with the roller disposed therein. The cylinder is rotatably driven about a second axis parallel to and spaced from the first axis. Vanes are mounted in radial slots formed in the cylinder for radial sliding movement relative to the cylinder to divide the cylinder into fluid-compressing and fluid-discharging chambers. The plate element includes an annular groove, and a ring is loosely mounted in the groove for rotation relative to the plate member about the first axis. A radially outer end of each vane includes a protuberance mounted in a respective slot formed in the ring.

Abstract: The power and compressor units of an internal combustion rotary engine system utilize a rotor assembly, concentrically mounted on a stationary distributor core member, for rotation about an axis eccentric to the central axis of a cylindrical cavity that provides the working chamber of the unit. Three vanes are disposed in the body of the rotor assembly for slidable movement in a radial direction, which engage the cylindrical surface disposed eccentrically thereabout so as to define chambers of dynamically increasing and decreasing volume as the rotor assembly operates. The core member functions as a valve, permitting or preventing the flow of air into the compartments defined by the vanes in a sequence that is timed to establish air introduction, compression, combustion (in the power unit) and exhaust phases of the operating cycle. In certain embodiments, the surface that cooperates with the vanes may be provided by a shell that is also mounted for rotation within the engine block.

Abstract: A rotary machine for handling a fluid includes a housing having a rotor chamber and a rotor rotatably mounted in the chamber. The rotor has a plurality of generally radially disposed vane slots, and a plurality of vanes are slidably mounted in the vane slots and operable to define variable volume chambers for the fluid as the rotor rotates and the vanes move generally radially in and out of the vane slots. The vanes have projections projecting from the longitudinal ends thereof, and the housing has annular rings having inner cylindrical surfaces disposed to be engaged by projections. Grooves on the outer surface of the rings are operable to produce a layer of fluid between such outer surface and the housing to thereby minimize the frictional rotational resistance of the rings on the housing, the rings thereby being rotated in approximately synchronization with the rotor.

Abstract: A rotary machine for handling a fluid includes a housing having a rotor chamber and a rotor rotatably mounted in the rotor chamber. The rotor has a plurality of generally radially disposed vane slots and a plurality of vanes are slidably mounted in the vane slots and operable to define variable volume chambers as the rotor rotates and the vanes move generally radially in and out of the vane slots. Rotatable retainer plates are disposed between the housing and the longitudinal ends of the vanes, the retainer plates having stoppers extending axially into recesses in the vanes, the stoppers being operable to limit the extent of outward radial movement of the vanes to preclude sliding contact between the vanes and the inner peripheral surface of the rotor chamber.

Abstract: A vane pump in which a projection is provided on the end of a vane which radially slides as a rotor rotates, and an annular race concentric with an inner peripheral surface of a housing is provided in the inner surface of the end wall of the housing, the projection being brought into engagement with the annular race to control the slide of the vane.

Abstract: A vane pump in which a projection is provided on the end of a vane which radially slides as a rotor rotates, and an annular race concentric with an inner peripheral surface of a housing is provided in the inner surface of the end wall of the housing, the projection being brought into engagement with the annular race to control the slide of the vane.

Abstract: Variable capacity swivelling vane pump, comprising a radially displaceable rotor (13) connecting eccentrically in a rotor cage (h) with guided vanes (15), which are rotatably supported in vane recesses (16) and on cage pins (14). The vanes (15) thus convert the rotor eccentricity (d) into a pivoting-propulsion movement. Furthermore, the rotor (13) rests on a hollow secondary shaft (7), which is mounted outside the pump casing in a bearing carrier (4) arranged in a horizontally movable manner. The rotor (13) is driven by means of the primary shaft (12) located in the hollow secondary shaft (7), the primary shaft being connected with the rotor cage (h). This structure has small oscillating masses, is versatile, easy to manufacture and assemble and operates with minimum frictonal losses and is free from bearing and sealing problems.

Abstract: There is provided a positive displacement hydraulic rotator unit capable of operating in either direction of rotation. The rotator unit comprises a housing defining a substantially cylindrical internal chamber centered about a first central axis, and a rotor within the chamber. The rotor is rotatably mounted about a second axis, parallel to the first axis but radially displaced. There are intake and exhaust openings into the chamber, angularly displaced about and through the cylindrical surface. The rotor comprises a substantially rigid core having at least three radially extending, centrally interconnected channels for slidably holding rigid elongated blades. The blades are in turn interconnected by a rigid member so that the rigid member and the blades rotate and move radially as a single unit.

Abstract: A vane pump in which between an end surface of a rotor and an inner surface of an end wall of a housing having the rotor supported in an eccentric state is interposed a retainer coaxial with the housing or a bearing, and the retainer or bearing is engaged with vanes to define the pratrusion of the vaned to a given amount, and an inner peripheral surface of the housing is formed correspondingly to the end edges of the vanes which rotates while being subjected to said defining to make a clearance therebetween constant.

Abstract: A tubular cylindrical housing encloses an eccentrically mounted rotor provided with radial slots receiving the inner ends of slideable vanes, the outer ends of which are connected to wiper bars which ride along the interior peripheral surface of the housing. Opposed rotatable sealing plates disposed between the ends of the rotor and the ends of the housing are concentric with the interior of the housing and carry the ends of the wiper bars. Gear trains synchronize the rotation of the discs and rotor.

Abstract: Constraining rings are provided in a fluid displacement machine of the kind in which an eccentrically mounted rotor revolves within a hollow chamber and is equipped with radially displaceable vanes to contact the wall of the chamber and separate working spaces of the machine. The constraining rings surround lugs in the vanes and limit outward centrifugal displacement of the vanes to prevent excessive contact pressure between the vanes and the wall of the chamber. Recesses for the rings may be provided in the ends of the vanes or the rotor may have end pieces sealingly engaging the ends of the hollow chamber and incorporating cavities to accommodate the rings and lugs. To center the rings they may be formed as the inner rings of bearings whose outer rings are fast with the ends of the chamber. Stress may be distributed by providing additional rings intermediately along the axial length of the vanes. Runners may be interposed between the lugs and the rings.

Abstract: Constraining rings are provided in a fluid displacement machine of the kind in which an eccentrically mounted rotor revolves within a hollow chamber and is equipped with radially displaceable vanes to contact the wall of the chamber and separate working spaces of the machine. The constraining rings surround lugs in the vanes and limit outward centrifugal displacement of the vanes to prevent excessive contact pressure between the vanes and the wall of the chamber. Recesses for the rings may be provided in the ends of the vanes or the rotor may have end pieces sealingly engaging the ends of the hollow chamber and incorporating cavities to accommodate the rings and lugs. To center the rings they may be formed as the inner rings of bearings whose outer rings are fast with the ends of the chamber. Stress may be distributed by providing additional rings intermediately along the axial length of the vanes. Runners may be interposed between the lugs and the rings.

Abstract: A rotary machine includes a stator housing having an inner surface defining a stator chamber. The housing further defines inlet and outlet ports through the housing into the chamber. A substantially cylindrical rotor is rotatably mounted within the chamber for rotation about a rotor axis. A plurality of vanes are slidably received in the rotor and movable therewith about the rotor axis during rotation of the rotor, with tip portions of the vanes projecting outwardly toward the inner surface of the stator housing. A continuous, substantially cylindrical cam surface means defines a camming surface substantially concentric with the inner surface of the stator housing. A cam follower is mounted on each of the vanes contacting the substantially cylindrical cam surface. A cam follower retaining means is free to rotate with respect to the cam surface and defines a substantially cylindrical retaining surface which is concentric with the camming surface.

Abstract: An engine of the rotary or orbital type having a piston member mounted to move eccentrically within a housing with a plurality of vanes disposed between the piston member and the housing to form a number of chambers which vary in volume as a piston member orbits within the housing. Each vane is supported in the piston member or housing for radial sliding movement as the piston member orbits and the vanes are mechanically controlled between respective sets of parallel surfaces which engage radially spaced portions of the vane to prevent radial movement of the vane relative to these surfaces while allowing lateral movement of the vanes along the surfaces as the piston member orbits.

Abstract: A rotary internal combustion engine which includes a housing having a cylindrical inner peripheral wall surface, a hollow, cylindrical rotor rotatably shaft-mounted in the housing in eccentric relationship with respect to the housing, a cylindrical vane track positioned in the hollow cavity of the rotor and located in the center of the housing, and vanes slidably and radially disposed in the walls of the rotor and adapted to traverse the vane track and inner peripheral wall surface of the housing as the rotor rotates. The rotor and vanes cooperate with the housing to define a plurality of chambers which become successively smaller as they are charged with fuel and approach the firing area of the housing, and larger after combustion as they approach the exhaust and intake segments of the housing.