Abstract: The present invention discloses a rotary engine having a cylindrical stator with a plurality of radially arranged cylinders each having a piston, a shaft is rotatably mounted co-incident with the longitudinal stator axis, and an orbitor having a cylindrical interior encompasses the stator. Sequentially phased reciprocation of the pistons is transmitted to the orbitor which orbits about the shaft axis in a "polishing-cloth" motion without rotation or revolution of the orbitor. A gear mechanism converts the orbital motion of the orbitor to rotation of the shaft.

Abstract: A radial piston type hydraulic pump-motor comprises a cylinder block formed with a plurality of radial cylinders circumferentially equally spaced and each opened at its radially outer end; a plurality of piston assemblies each radially slidably accommodated in each of the radial cylinders of the cylinder block to provide a cylinder chamber defined by the radial cylinder and the piston assembly; a plurality of inlet-outlet passages formed in the cylinder block, each having one end opened at the cylinder chamber defined when the piston assembly is moved to the radially inward stroke end and the other end opened at side face of the cylinder block radially outwardly of the one end; a housing accommodating therein the cylinder block and the piston assemblies and having a radially inner face held in contact with the radially outer ends of the piston assemblies; at least an introducing passage partially formed in the housing and including a main introducing passage having one end exteriorly opened and a plurality of

Abstract: In radial piston type multi-stroke hydraulic pump or motor having undulating cam surface, said cam surface is constructed based upon an asymmetrical trapezoid torque curve (of torque-phase diagram), thereby preventing the abrasive wear of the cam surface and faulty operations of valve means due to shorter valve switching time and also maintaining the torque constant.

Abstract: A radial piston machine in which a rotor with radial bores is rotatable on a trunnion integral with the machine housing. Pistons, preferably in the form of hollows balls, are respectively located in the bores of the rotor and moved during rotation of the latter along suction and compression strokes by engagement with a displacement ring eccentrically arranged with respect to the rotor axis. Channels in part formed in the trunnion serve for feeding pressure fluid in and out of the machine.

Abstract: A hydraulic-powered motor for stepwise operation has a plurality of radial pistons in a rotatable cylinder block, the pistons engaging a cam track having a number of indentations which is different from the number of the pistons. Electrically operated valves are provided and are energizable in sequence to apply pressure pulses to the pistons to cause stepwise rotation of the cylinder block. Detent means may be provided to prevent rotation of the cylinder block in the absence of a pressure pulse to any one of the pistons.

Abstract: A lubrication system for an air motor which incorporates a positive feed oil pump, driven by the air motor, which forces lubricant, under pressure to the majority of critical lubrication zones. Because of manufacturing tolerances as well as ease of maintenance, the rotary valve and the main crankshaft are coaxial but separate. The lubricant is forced inwardly to the axis of either the crankshaft or the rotary valve and then transmitted to the other rotating member by way of a hollow elastic snubber which preloads the valve and crankshaft in opposite directions.

Abstract: A hydrostatic piston-and-cylinder machine includes an array of cylinders and a piston movable in each cylinder, a sinuous cam track and a cam-follower associated with the pistons engaging the cam track in a manner such that the pistons move to and fro along the axes of their cylinders on movement of the cylinder array along the cam track. For the relief of stresses due to high mutual convexity of the cam and cam follower the cam is shaped to give a relatively low velocity change rate for the pistons along the cylinder bores when the cam follower is negotiating the crests of the cam and a relatively high velocity change rate when the cam follower is negotiating the troughs of the cam.

Abstract: The guide means for reciprocating the pistons of the cylinder block are mounted on rings which have bearing surfaces eccentric to the surface on which the cylinder block rotates. These rings are also of a diameter greater than the diameter of the surface on which the cylinder block rotates by at least twice the eccentricity of the machine.

Abstract: A hydraulic motor having a multiple cam designed to provide a constant torque output at high load and low speed, taking into account torque dissipated in friction in the motor.

Abstract: A radial-piston machine has a rotor formed with a plurality of axially extending slots in each of whose bases is formed a piston-carrying radial cylinder. Each such piston is formed on its radially outer end with a part-spherical seat and a part-spherical portion of a respective piston shoe that rides on an eccentric cam in the housing is engageable in each seat. Each such piston shoe can move radially into and out of engagement with the respective piston. A pair of end members axially flank the piston shoes with play so that these shoes may also move axially relative to the rotor. The piston-engaging portions of the shoes are slightly narrower than the respective cross-slots so that angular free play is also present, and these portions are always engaged radially in the slots.

Abstract: A power generating device that transforms the energy of vapor under pressure from a volatile liquid into useful rotational power that may be used in a stationary location or to propel a vehicle. The vapor under pressure is generated either by heating the volatile liquid in a confined space by means of fuel, or by utilizing solar energy for this purpose.After the vapor has passed through the power generating device it is cooled and returned to the liquid state. The volatile liquid is, by means of a pump, returned to the confined space where it is again heated to transform to vapor under pressure, with the vapor then being recycled through the power generating device.

Abstract: The moving parts of the machine are mounted as a unit on the control journal. These parts include the cylinder block, pistons, piston guide ring, lateral support disks and drive shaft. The unit may be removed as such without having to remove the control journal from the housing. The diameters of the bearing surfaces for the lateral support disks and cylinder block are of successively reduced diameter from each other to facilitate the unit construction.

Abstract: An intermittent hydraulic motor which comprises: a crank shaft; a plurality of hydraulic cylinders having pistons engaging with an eccentric member of said crank shaft; pressure oil lines connected to said hydraulic cylinders; check valves having choke valves; and independent changeover valves which connect one of said hydraulic cylinders to a pressure pump and the others to an oil tank; and being characterized in that said crank shaft together with said eccentric member is rotated independently of synchronism with the crank shaft for a certain angle only by the application of oil pressure to said one of the hydraulic cylinders.

Abstract: A fixed displacement fluid motor or pump of the ball or roller piston type in which a plurality of axially or radially extending reciprocating pistons coact with a cam track to produce output motion or to generate pressure fluid output, respectively. A mechanical locking device, preferably in the form of an expansible retaining ring, is secured to each piston, being adapted to lock the piston in a fixed retracted position and out of contact with the cam in a tapered portion of the cylinder bore in modes of operation during which no motor or pump output is required.

Abstract: The guide member for the pistons is made of a guide ring and a pair of disc-shaped side parts. The mating bearing surfaces of the guide ring and each side part are disposed about a plane of symmetry which is coincident with the plane of symmetry of the bearing surface of side part on the pin. This avoids deformation of the guide member under high radial loads.

Abstract: In a positive-displacement hydraulic motor a valve is mounted so as to be moved positively, individually and continuously during the operation of the hydraulic motor. Spacings between adjacent pairs of valve ports, variable volume chambers and cam portions of the guide element are selected from a predetermined relationships. Such an arrangement makes it possible to predetermine the mode of operation for the hydraulic motor by selecting previously the speed of the movement of the valve.

Abstract: A radial piston-type pump is disclosed which includes a non-rotating control pin projecting into a cup-shaped housing. A pivoted cylinder block having radial holes is arranged on the pin. As the cylinder block rotates, the holes are alternately connected with a suction line and a pressure line. A connecting channel is provided which leads from the radial outer area of the inside chamber of the housing to the suction line of the pump.

Abstract: In a pump or motor having a plurality of radial pistons adapted to perform a plurality of strokes per revolution, a stator, a rotor and a fluid-distributor slide valve fast with the stator and having a radially extending plane face opposite a radially extending plane face of said rotor, said slide valve is provided in a chamber which communicates with the interface between said faces and, by a pressure-maintaining device, with a substantially unpressurised enclosure such that the effect on said slide valve of the pressure of fluid in said chamber will substantially balance the effect of pressure of fluid acting on said interface between said faces.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for producing a rotary motion by means of a fluid or eous pressure medium in which a working shaft and an eccentric part within a housing are acted upon by at least one freely deformable expansion cell mounted between the housing and the eccentric part in such a manner that expansion of the collapsible cell exerts a rotational moment on the eccentric part, a force that is directed along the central axis and therefore along the working shaft. The expansion cells are connected with the working medium by suitable control means.

Abstract: In a hydraulic motor or pump comprising a casing, a shaft, means journalling said shaft in said casing, an eccentric on said shaft, a bearing block within said casing and about said eccentric and having a bore permitting relative rotation between said bearing block and said eccentric, a plurality of hydraulic cylinders formed and grouped in said bearing block radially about said eccentric in a common plane normal to the axis of said shaft, a plunger slidable in each of said cylinders, said plunger having an outer end face, flat faces of abutments formed in said casing at its internal surface for engagement with said outer end faces of said plungers, respectively, means urging said plunger in the direction of said face abutment of said casing during the operation of said motor or pump, and said bearing block having a port communicating between its bore and the interior of each of said cylinder interior, whereby pressure liquid is admitted to the cylinders in turn one after another during the operation of said

Abstract: A hydraulic device which is primarily intended for use as a motor, includes an annular stator having an internal cam surface consisting of a plurality of outwardly and inwardly extending reaction surfaces, and a rotor disposed within said stator having a plurality of open-ended fluid pressure chambers with a rolling element therein engaging the outwardly and inwardly extending reaction surfaces and extending the width of the rotor. The rotor is mounted on a shaft and when operating as a motor is rotated by the rolling elements reacting on the outwardly extending reaction surfaces to rotate the shaft. Fluid inlet and outlet passages are disposed in a port plate disposed along the side of the rotor and communicate with the fluid pressure chambers through one of their open ends.

Abstract: There is disclosed a cylinder wheel connected in rotary engagement with a ball-piston wheel, the cylinder wheel having a multiplicity of cylindrical cavities, each cavity having at least one coil with a plurality of electrically conductive turns circularly disposed therearound. The ball-piston wheel has a multiplicity of balls of magnetic material or permanent magnets which engage the cylindrical cavities. The coils may be periodically activated by selectively applying electric current thereto to sequentially propel each ball into and out of the respective cylindrical cavity thereby turning the cylinder wheel and ball-piston wheel in rotating motion. When the balls are magnets, and the cylinder and ball-piston wheel assembly is rotated by an external driving means, a voltage is induced in each coil as a permanent magnet ball passes therethrough thereby forming an electric generator.

Abstract: The specification discloses a motor activated by a combination of fluid pressure, such as air, and gravity. The motor comprises a rotor, the shaft of which carries a cylindrical shell divided into an even number of sectors or cells. Each cell contains an envelope or bag of elastomeric material which communicates through a transverse passage in the shaft with the bag of a diametrically opposite cell. Each connected pair of bags contains a supply of high density liquid, such as Mercury, sufficient to fill one bag. A rotary valve carried on the shaft outboard of the shaft bearings controls admission and release of fluid pressure to and from the cells in the cylindrical shell via longitudinal passages in the shaft communicating therewith to sequentially supply fluid pressure to the cells to expel the liquid from bags in lower cells to bags in upper cells, thereby producing a torque on the rotor due to gravity acting on the Mercury in the upper cells.