Abstract: An improved rotary valve for a spherical rotary valve engine in which the intake spherical valve and the exhaust spherical valve have an aperture on the spherical periphery for communication with the inlet port and exhaust port of the cylinder, respectively, the aperture having longitudinal parallel edges spaced apart a distance equivalent to the diameter of the inlet port or the exhaust port of the cylinder head, the lateral ends of the aperture on the spherical periphery of the intake and exhaust valve being curvilinear and of a semi-circular design, the apertures being bifurcated by a rib member extending between the curvilinear semi-circular lateral end walls of the aperture, the rib members upper surface conforming to the spherical peripheral arcuate shape of the rotary valve.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine operating on spherical rotary valves in combination with a steam engine driven by the exhaust heat of the internal combustion engine, both engines are utilized to generate electricity, a portion of the waste steam is also utilized to scrub the pollutants from the exhaust of the internal combustion engine prior to its introduction to the ambient atmosphere.

Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine wherein the piston includes a piston body fabricated from a metal and a piston head fabricated from a ceramic or ceramic composite material, the ceramic or ceramic composite piston head is press fit to the piston body and secured by an internal circumferential locking ring.

Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine wherein the piston includes a piston body fabricated from a metal and a piston head fabricated from a ceramic or ceramic composite material, the ceramic or ceramic composite piston head is press fit to the piston body and secured by an internal circumferential locking ring.

Abstract: A spark injection system for an internal combustion engine for the detonation and combustion of remaining fuel/air mixture within the cylinder, the spark injection system introduces a pulsed electrical charge into the cylinder after the initial detonation when the piston is in a position of approximately five degrees after top dead center and the spark continues or is intermittently continued through the power stroke and through three quarters of the exhaust stroke, thus combusting the remaining fuel/air mixture and maintaining a higher temperature within the cylinder and alternatively the pulsed electrical charge is introduced during all four cycles of the cylinders operation.

Abstract: A valve seal for a rotary valve assembly for use in an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type, the valve seal having a valve seal body member having a curved annular upper surface conforming to the spherical periphery of a spherical rotary valve, the valve seal body member having a centrally disposed aperture there through defined by an inner circular side wall, the valve seal body member further having an outer circumferential side wall having a plurality of mounting ribs for the positioning of lateral sealing rings, the valve seal body member further having a plurality of vertical axial throughbores formed between the inner circular side wall and the outer circumferential side wall for pressure equalization.

Abstract: A spark injection system for an internal combustion engine for the detonation and combustion of remaining fuel/air mixture within the cylinder, the spark injection system introduces a pulsed electrical charge into the cylinder after the initial detonation when the piston is in a position of approximately five degrees after top dead center and the spark continues or is intermittently continued through the power stroke and through three quarters of the exhaust stroke, thus combusting the remaining fuel/air mixture and maintaining a higher temperature within the cylinder and alternatively the pulsed electrical charge is introduced during all four cycles of the cylinders operation.

Abstract: A valve seal for a rotary valve assembly for use in an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type, the valve seal having a valve seal body member having a curved annular upper surface conforming to the spherical periphery of a spherical rotary valve, the valve seal body member having a centrally disposed aperture there through defined by an inner circular side wall, the valve seal body member further having an outer circumferential side wall having a plurality of mounting ribs for the positioning of lateral sealing rings, the valve seal body member further having a plurality of vertical axial throughbores formed between the inner circular side wall and the outer circumferential side wall for pressure equalization.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for lowering and raising the floor bed of a transport trailer to facilitate loading and unloading, the transport trailer having at least one pair of wheels mounted on a swing arm, the swing arm connected to a transverse axle, the transverse axle having mounted thereon a first quarter bevel gear in communication with a worm drive gear combination for raising and lowering the swing arms and thus raising or lowering the trailer bed, there being at least one second quarter bevel gear and worm drive gear combination in communication with a motor and a V-shaped yoke, the worm gears being mounted on a common shaft extending from the motor rearwardly to a manual coupling which would permit the manual lowering and raising of the trailer bed in the absence of motor power.

Abstract: A mixing chamber for dissimilar or alternate fuels for use in an internal combustion engine, the mixing chamber comprising a centrifugal mixing chamber having a plurality of pressurized alternative fuel intake conduits tangentially arranged with said mixing chamber to feed a plurality of alternative fuels centrifugally into said mixing chamber for mixing, the mixing chamber having a outlet conduit for directing a mixture of the alternative fuels to an injector for atomization of the mixture of alternative fuels into the cylinders of the internal combustion engine, the mixing chamber having a feedback mechanism for controlling the quantity of alternative fuels introduced into the mixing chamber.

Abstract: A valve seal for a rotary valve assembly for use in an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type, wherein the cylinder head/combustion chamber is designed for high compression and of long stroke, such as a diesel engine, the rotary valves and the valve seals being positioned in relationship so as to permit charging of the cylinder with a fuel/air mixture and evacuation of spent gases, and to regulate the pressure within the valve seal and valve seat and hence regulate the pressure between the valve seal and the rotary valve.

Abstract: A valve arrangement for a rotary valve assembly for use in an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type, wherein the cylinder head/combustion chamber is of the hemispherical type, the valve seals being positioned in angled relationship to the hemispherical heads so as to permit charging of the cylinder with a fuel/air mixture and evacuation of spent gases.

Abstract: An improved spherical rotary intake valve for a spherical rotary valve assembly for internal combustion engine, the improved rotary intake valve having a drum body of spherical section defined by two parallel planes of a sphere disposed symmetrically about the center of said sphere thereby defining a spherical periphery and planar side walls, the rotary intake valve being formed with a shaft receiving aperture centrally, axially positioned therethrough, the drum body formed with doughnut-shaped cavities in each of the side walls thereof, about the shaft receiving aperture, the doughnut-shaped cavities segregated by a partition wall, the doughnut-shaped cavities in communication with a passageway formed in the spherical periphery of the drum body, the partition wall bisecting the passageway formed in the spherical periphery of the drum body, the bisecting portion of the partition wall having an upper surface, the upper surface being an arcuate surface complimentary with the spherical periphery of the drum body

Abstract: A bearing assembly for a rotatable shaft, the bearing assembly having a bearing carrier housing, the housing having a fixed first end and a removably securable second end, the first and second ends having an aperture therethrough for passage of the rotatable shaft, there being packed within the housing a plurality of bearing elements, each bearing element having an inner race having an inner bearing surface dimensioned to the circumference of the rotatable shaft, and an outer race concentric with the inner race and separated therefrom by a plurality of rotatable bearing means positioned between said the race and the outer race, the inner race and the rotatable bearing means freely rotatable in relationship to the outer race and rotatable shaft.

Abstract: A valve arrangement for a rotary valve assembly for use in an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type, wherein the cylinder head/combustion chamber is of the hemispherical type, the valve seals being positioned in angled relationship to the hemispherical heads so as to permit charging of the cylinder with a fuel/air mixture and evacuation of spent gases.

Abstract: An improved spherical rotary intake valve for a spherical rotary valve assembly for internal combustion engine, the improved rotary intake valve having a drum body of spherical section defined by two parallel planes of a sphere disposed symmetrically about the center of said sphere thereby defining a spherical periphery and planar side walls, the rotary intake valve being formed with a shaft receiving aperture centrally, axially positioned therethrough, the drum body formed with doughnut-shaped cavities in each of the side walls thereof, about the shaft receiving aperture, the doughnut-shaped cavities segregated by a partition wall, the doughnut-shaped cavities in communication with a passageway formed in the spherical periphery of the drum body, the partition wall bisecting the passageway formed in the spherical periphery of the drum body, the bisecting portion of the partition wall having an upper surface, the upper surface being an arcuate surface complimentary with the spherical periphery of the drum body

Abstract: A bearing assembly for a rotatable shaft, the bearing assembly having a bearing carrier housing, the housing having a fixed first end and a removably securable second end, the first and second ends having an aperture therethrough for passage of the rotatable shaft, there being packed within the housing a plurality of bearing elements, each bearing element having an inner race having an inner bearing surface dimensioned to the circumference of the rotatable shaft, and an outer race concentric with the inner race and separated therefrom by a plurality of rotatable bearing means positioned between said the race and the outer race, the inner race and the rotatable bearing means freely rotatable in relationship to the outer race and rotatable shaft.

Abstract: A valve seal for a rotary valve assembly for use in an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type, wherein the rotary valves are of a spherical section defined by two parallel planes of the sphere, the planes being disposed symmetrically about the center of this sphere defining a spherical periphery and planar end walls, the valve seal being substantially circular in cross section and having a valve body member having a curved annular upper surface conforming to the spherical periphery of the spherical rotary intake and spherical rotary exhaust valve, the valve seal having a centrally disposed aperture therethrough defined by an inner circular side wall coincidental with the aperture and the inlet port and outlet port, the valve body member having an annular receiving groove formed on its curved upper surface for receipt of a lubricating insert ring, the valve body member further having an outer circumferential side wall having a plurality of mounting ribs for the positioning of lateral sealin

Abstract: A valve seal for a rotary valve assembly for use in an internal combustion engine of the piston and cylinder type, the valve seal having a valve body member having a curved annular upper surface conforming to the spherical periphery of a spherical rotary valve, the valve seal having a centrally disposed aperture therethrough defined by an inner circular side wall, the valve body member having an annular receiving groove formed on its curved upper surface for receipt of a lubricating insert ring, the valve body member further having an outer circumferential side wall having a plurality of mounting ribs for the positioning of lateral sealing rings, the valve body member further having a plurality of radial throughbores formed between the inner circular side wall and the outer circumferential side wall, the throughbores being in the same plane as one of the sealing rings.

Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine of the high compression type, the piston having a body member defined by a cylindrical side wall and a lower end with means for connection to a piston rod and an upper end defining the piston head, the piston head having an upstanding spherical section portion having a diameter less than the diameter of the piston, the spherical section portion being flared outwardly and upwardly to the circumferential periphery of the piston head so as to form an annular U-shaped trough about said spherical section portion and an annular crest about said annular trough, the annular crest terminating at and defining the circumferential periphery of the piston head coincidental with the cylindrical side wall of the piston.