Abstract: Alkaline metal fuel technology is applied to the design and construction of an electrolytic fuel cell. Highly exothermic chemical reactions and vigorous kinetic gaseous flows are promoted within a ferrous metal tubular structure called a tuyere which is used to generate electricity and to simultaneously produce nitrated products and commercial organic chemicals.

Abstract: Alkaline metal fuel technology is applied to the design and construction of an electrolytic fuel cell. Highly exothermic chemical reactions and vigorous kinetic gaseous flows are promoted within a ferrous metal tubular structure called a tuyere which is used to generate electricity and to simultaneously produce nitrated products and commercial organic chemicals.

Abstract: The inventon is an improvement of the air induction circuit for internal combustion reciprocating piston engines which employ regenerative heating for the volatilization of fuels and their admixtures in an injection cup heated by the exhaust stream, and in particular to those types of engine systems which employ exhaust gas ejectors in their intake and exhaust manifolding.An auxiliary conduit serving as an air balancing circuit is placed in communication with an air plenum which is also in communication with the ejector air charge circuit. The primary object of this improvement is in its facilitation of the control and stabilization of a uniform mixture ratio of air/fuel charge to the engine.The flow circuit of the auxiliary conduit is controlled by a cam operated poppet valve in synergistic operation with the engines crankshaft and electronically senses and compensates for the displacement of intake air by high volatilization of fuel in the injection cup positioned within the exhaust gas ejector nozzle.

Abstract: The invention relates to new and useful improvements in those types of internal combustion engines which employ a single poppet valve to alternately control both the intake and exhaust flows through the same valve port. The exhaust and intake air interact within a common manifold wherein mixing is prevented by means of pneumatic elements comprising a nozzle and diffuser combination which direct the flow. The invention improves the separation of intake air and exhaust gases within the manifold of engines of this character by curving the flow axis of the diffuser such that its exit plane is more or less aligned with the logitudinal flow axis of the exhaust pipe. A means of throttling the engine by proportionally distributing the intake air within the said manifold between the airchest and exhaust gas circuits in a manner relative to the engine speed is a further improvement.

Abstract: The invention presents new and useful improvements in the mechanical design of control elements used in the sequencing of the exhaust and intake process cycles of the 4-stroke reciprocating piston engine. The exhaust and induction circuits pass through the same valve port and their flows are alternately controlled by the same poppet valve. The camshaft exhaust and intake lobes are combined into a single broad double-cycle lobe such that the poppet valve remains fully open at the end of the exhaust stroke permitting the intake stroke to begin with the poppet valve in the same fully open position without the attendant problem of exhaust gas dilution of the air charge entering the engine, as most generally associated with valve overlap in the conventional sequencing method using two poppet valves.The simplification of having only one poppet valve, one valve port, and one cam lobe per each engine cylinder reduces the engine manufacturing cost.

Abstract: The invention relates to new and useful improvements in dual-cycle engine design and construction. The invention enhances the mechanical ability of such engines to automatically match the engine cycle with the load conditions while the system is in operation in a manner which significantly reduces the specific fuel consumption. Using the standard L-head engine configuration, the upper cylinder manifolding and the lower cylinder manifolding are combined as single flow channels reducing the number of components required to sequence flow to and from the engine. Combining the upper and lower cylinder manifold circuits standardizes the operating pressures in each system improving exhaust gas ejector efficiencies, facilitating engine control, and simplifying the application of pressure boosting in the air induction circuit. These improvements reduce the design complexity and simplify the automatic transition from 4-stroke to 2-stroke operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to new and useful improvements in the exhaust and induction processes of the piston driven internal combustion engine. In the invention a gas ejector is used in conjunction with a poppet valve to control the induction of air and the discharge of combustion gases through a common duct within the engine cylinder head. The common duct is brought into communication with the clearance volume above the engine piston by rotation of the engine camshaft which is made equal to the rotation of the engine crankshaft, such that the poppet valve is operated at twice the cycle frequency required for four-stroke operation in the conventional engine. By operating the valve at this cycle frequency, and by the employment of gas ejector systems at the cylinder head above the poppet valve, and at another position on the engine cylinder near the bottom dead center of the engine piston travel, the engine is able to function interchangeably as a four-stroke or as a two-stroke system while running.

Abstract: The invention relates to new and useful improvements in the design of combustion gas ejector systems and in particular to those types of ejector systems employed on piston driven internal combustion engines. The invention provides a method of efficiently collecting the exhaust flow from a plurality of engine cylinder side-port ejector nozzles into a single ejector diffuser duct of the gas ejector.

Abstract: The invention relates to new and useful improvements in the design of partially constrained five-bar mechanism for use in reciprocating piston engines and compressors. The design comprises a piston and connecting rod assembly which is driven by a crank having an intervening linkage which varies the effective crank radius. The advantages of the design are in the larger swept cylinder volume which increases the air consumption rate and in the increased mechanical advantage during the power stroke. The mechanism accelerates the piston during the terminal phase of the compression stroke which improves ignition and combustion at lean limit operating conditions.

Abstract: The invention is a new and useful improvement in the design of connecting rods and pistons for use in reciprocating piston driven internal and external combustion engines and in reciprocating compressors. In the design presented the connecting rod is pivotally attached by a pin to a slider which is slidably mounted in the internal volume of the piston crown. Gas pressure forces generated in the engine cylinder above the piston crown are transmitted to a second pin which is pivotally mounted in a carrier which is in turn slidably mounted in an inclined slot in the connecting rod. Changes in angularity of the connecting rod, caused by rotation of the engine crankshaft, result in the piston being alternately raised and lowered as the carrier holding the second pin slides alternately to the right side and to the left side of the inclined slot thus augmenting the reciprocating motion of the piston.

Abstract: The invention presents new and useful improvements in the method of designing air induction circuits for use in the intake manifolds of super-charged internal combustion engines. An air vortex generating chamber having a single air inlet conduit and two outlet conduits is placed between the compressed air source and the engine fuel atomizing device. The compressed air source entering the vortex chamber inlet is divided into two outlet streams, one hotter and one colder than the initial inlet stream. In the invention the vortex chamber functions as an air temperature management device which separates and classifies the air inducted into the engine in accordance with its heat content and distributes the separated streams to component areas of the intake manifold which are sensitive to temperature change.

Abstract: The invention is a reciprocating mechanism for use in piston driven compressors and in internal and external combustion engines. The design comprises a piston and connecting rod which is driven by a crank with an intervening transfer linkage for extending and contracting the crank radius during each revolution of the crankshaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to exhaust and induction manifolds used in internal combustion engines and in particular to those types of engines employing cylinder ventillating facilities at each end of the piston stroke. The upper-stroke process flows, comprising the initial induction and final exhaust pumping events, are controlled in the conventional manner using poppet valves located within the cylinder clearance volume while the lower piston stoke process flows, which define the engine bottom-cycle pumping events, are controlled by bidirectional flow ejector design at side-ports positioned along the slidable working surface of the engine cylinder. The integrated flow pattern between the upper-stroke and lower-stroke process controls overlap at certain portions of the engine operation providing vertical ventillation of the engine cylinder at each bottom-stroke piston position for each discrete engine process.

Abstract: The invention relates to new and useful improvements in the pivotal movement of the intra-articulate connecting rod used in reciprocating heat engines and positive displacement pumps and compressors. The device described is a small spring which is used to hold the articulating components in the toggled or untoggled configuration during periods when the system is free of dynamic operating loads or static friction loads when the system is not in operation. The purpose of the spring during engine operation is to guide the pivotal movement of the intra-articulating connecting rod and thus provide a smoother and more positive action particularly at low speed.

Abstract: The invention relates to new and useful improvements in the design of fluid ejectors and in particular to their use in the exhaust and induction manifolds of the piston driven internal combustion engine. Accelerated exhaust gases jetting from an engine cylinder side-port are directed through an intervening air space toward a diffuser duct. Impact between the accelerated exhaust particles and air particles within the air space causes a resultant vector change of the momenta of the sum total of reacting particles in a manner which reverses the direction of air flow toward the diffuser. The inertial flow of the fresh air stream, drawn into the air space after the exhaust cycle is complete, is again directed toward the engine cylinder side-port nozzle to facilitate induction on the subsequent intake stroke of the piston.

Abstract: This invention relates to new and useful improvements in the mechanism comprising the crankshaft of internal or external combustion engines and also for use in other externally heated closed vapor cycle systems. In the engine system presented an eccentric is placed between the connecting rod and crankpin and is made to rotate with each revolution of the crankshaft by use of eccentric gearing. Rotation of the eccentric augments the simple harmonic motion induced by rotation of the crankpin thus changing the reciprocating motion of the piston in a manner which improves the efficiency of the mechanical conversion process.