Abstract: A rotary device containing a housing having a curved inner surface with a profile equidistant from a trochoidal curve, an eccentric mounted on a shaft disposed within the housing, a rotor mounted on the eccentric shaft which contains at least three intersecting faces and a partial bore located at the intersection of adjacent faces, and at least three hollow rollers rotatably mounted within the partial bores of the rotor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 15, 1999
Date of Patent:
October 16, 2001
Inventors:
Ewan Choroszylow, Giovanni Aquino, Howard J. Greenwald