Abstract: An apparatus has a housing having a prismatic interior chamber with a base of a shape of two partially overlapping circles; a first rotor and a second rotor rotatably fit in the prismatic interior chamber. The first rotor and the second rotor are configured to rotate in the same direction. The first rotor and the second rotor are prismatic in shape and the base of the first rotor has a first circular arc and a second circular arc. The first circular arc and the second circular arc are concentric. The first circular arc has a smaller radius than the second circular arc. The first circular arc and the second circular arc have the same central angle. The apparatus may function as a compressor or a pump.

Abstract: A positive displacement device that converts energy, namely positive displacement compressors that rotate in a single rotational direction to displace working fluid contained in operating chambers. The device described herein is particularity advantageous for the ability to achieve high compression ratios in combination with high discharge pressure and high volumetric throughput in a single stage.

Abstract: A fluid pump system for an engine includes a transmission acting as a first pump and a second pump. In one embodiment, the first pump is a scavenge pump and the second pump is a pressure pump with the transmission being a gear set for altering a drive ratio between a transmission input drive and an input drive of the second pump, thereby allowing additional control of a speed of the second pump in comparison to the engine. The transmission, acting as a scavenge pump, can provide a scavenge pump function to an oil pan of the engine, returning engine oil that is present there from both normal drain back and acceleration/deceleration forces.

Abstract: Feed units are already known which have a first toothing part and a second toothing part which each interact with one another via a toothing and the axes of which are set obliquely with respect to one another, wherein the first toothing part engages around the second toothing part with a collar portion and wherein working spaces are formed between the toothing of the first toothing part and the toothing of the second toothing part, which working spaces can be filled via an inlet and can be emptied via an outlet. In the case of the feed unit according to the invention, an alternative filling and emptying is achieved.

Abstract: A double action rotary pump forcibly delivers fluid such as liquid or gas. A transmission unit operates at uniform or non-uniform angular speeds using driving force transmitted from a motor via a power transmission system. An operating unit is provided in series with the transmission unit. A piston of the operating unit has a pair of heads, which rotate at non-uniform angular speeds in a counteracting fashion while maintaining the distance between shafts, and divides the spaces inside cylinders. The volumes of the divided spaces of the cylinders are repeatedly and alternately contracted and expanded in response to the rotation of the piston, so that the cylinders counteractively and continuously perform intake and exhaust operations, thereby forcibly delivering fluid. The structure of the power transmission system is improved such that the sum of flow rates that are pumped by the piston at a predetermined time point stays uniform.

Abstract: In accordance with certain aspects of the invention, a pump system is provided. The pump system includes a pump casing having a process fluid inlet chamber connected to a process fluid inlet through the pump casing, and a process fluid outlet chamber connected to a process fluid outlet through the pump casing. The pump system also includes rotors disposed inside the process fluid inlet chamber and the process fluid outlet chamber. The rotors are configured to pump a process fluid from the process fluid inlet chamber to the process fluid outlet chamber. In addition, the pump casing comprises one or more fluid injection inlets axially located between the process fluid inlet and the process fluid outlet.

Abstract: A rotary machine which can be either a pump or an internal combustion engine has a housing enclosing a plurality of rotor spindles lying on the surface of an imaginary cone for driving an output shaft positioned at the vertex of the imaginary cone. The spindles have a beveled gear on one end and engaging an output shaft and a conical bearing on the other end. Angled eccentric rotors are mounted to each spindle shaped to maintain tangential sliding contact with two adjacent rotors to form a compression or combustion chamber. A spherical version of a compressor or an engine uses a plurality of rotary pistons each of which is eccentrically mounted and forms a spherical segment. Each rotary piston is mounted for tangential sliding contact with at least two other rotary pistons to form a displacement chamber therebetween. The rotary pistons use a generally “tear drop” shape. A rotary pump has a housing having a manifold for distributing intake and exhaust air.

Abstract: To maintain the functionality as a compact and inexpensive motor-mounted internal gear pump and also offer further inexpensiveness and reliability. The motor-mounted internal gear pump 80 has a pump part 81 including: an inner rotor 1, an outer rotor 2, a pump casing and an internal shaft 5. The pump casing has flat inner surfaces facing both end faces of the inner rotor 1 and the outer rotor 2. The internal shaft 5 includes a bearing 51 which is inserted into an axial hole of the inner rotor 1 and a fitting part 53 extending from both its ends in both axial directions. The pump casing includes two pump casing members 3, 4 as separate members with flat inner surfaces 25, 26 respectively.

Abstract: A rotary-type fluid machine includes a compression mechanism having piston mechanisms arranged one on top of the other and a drive mechanism having a drive shaft that is configured and arranged to drive the piston mechanisms. Each of the two piston mechanisms includes a cylinder member with a cylinder chamber, a piston member housed eccentrically in the cylinder chamber such that the cylinder chamber is partitioned into first and second compression chambers. A phase difference of 90 degrees in volume change is made between the cylinder chambers of the two piston mechanisms. A movable one of the cylinder and piston has a first surface facing one of the first cylinder chambers and a second surface facing one of the second cylinder chambers, with a surface area of the first surface being equal to a surface area of the second surface.

Abstract: A rotary machine which can be either a pump or an internal combustion engine has a housing enclosing a plurality of rotor spindles lying on the surface of an imaginary cone for driving an output shaft positioned at the vertex of the imaginary cone. The spindles have a beveled gear on one end and engaging an output shaft and a conical bearing on the other end. Angled eccentric rotors are mounted to each spindle shaped to maintain tangential sliding contact with two adjacent rotors to form a compression or combustion chamber. A spherical version of a compressor or an engine uses a plurality of rotary pistons each of which is eccentrically mounted and forms a spherical segment. Each rotary piston is mounted for tangential sliding contact with at least two other rotary pistons to form a displacement chamber therebetween. The rotary pistons use a generally “tear drop” shape. A rotary pump has a housing having a manifold for distributing intake and exhaust air.

Abstract: A rotary machine including: a housing; a plurality of rotor spindles aligned along three orthogonal axes; rotor blades on the rotor spindles and arranged relative to each other so that each rotor blade is in tangential sliding contact with at least two other rotor blades and forming a plurality of working chambers each having a volume which changes as the rotor spindles rotate; a gear system including a plurality of internal bevel gears on the ends of the plurality of rotor spindles and for synchronizing rotation of the rotor spindles during operation; and a central valve mechanism with the rotor spindles extending radially outward therefrom and around which the rotor blades are arranged, wherein the central valve mechanism controls flow of a fluid to at least some of the working chambers formed by the rotary blades.

Abstract: Rotor having a pair of parallel side surfaces and a cured perimeter surface therebetween formed of contiguous mutually tangential curves each including a major portion defining a first major arc subtending a predetermined angle at a predetermined center of rotation, and having a first radius; a minor portion defining a first minor arc subtending a predetermined angle at the center of rotation, and having a second, shorter radius, the major and minor arcs arranged along an axis of symmetry; and intervening curves extending tangentially between major and minor arcs, each formed of a second major arc and a second minor arc, of predetermined radii; the curved perimeter shaped for coplanar, non-touching, and same-directional rotation with another identical rotor, and having mutually parallel orientations at the start of rotation and rotated at the same angular velocity, and separated from the curved perimeter of the other rotor by a predetermined fixed distance.

Abstract: At least two rotors are mounted in a chamber and rotate synchronously to compress and/or transport fluid. The chamber has the shape of partially overlapping circles with each circle intersecting the center of the adjacent circle. The rotors are non-eccentric and have curved sides with the same radius as the circles. In exemplary embodiments, the rotors are trochoidal and the chamber is epitrochoidal. Also provided are compressors, pumps, actuators, and engines incorporating the rotary machine.

Abstract: A rotary machine in which plural, non-cylindrical rotors are provided for rotation within partially overlapping cylindrical bores, formed within a machine housing. Each rotor each said rotor has a curved outer surface formed of a plurality of contiguous mutually tangential curved portions.* The rotors are eccentrically mounted for synchronized, same directional rotation, within their respective bores, and each is arranged to alternately provide intake and exhaustion of working gaseous fluids, such that each rotor is continually either admitting or exhausting a working gas. The machine is constructed such that the rotors are cylindrical, each being of internally balanced form. The rotors do not touch each other or any portion of the machine casing at any time, while being positioned so as to define minimal gaps therebetween. A high rotational speed may be developed, thereby obviating the need for seals entirely, and thus further increasing the available speed, and thus the work efficiency of the machine.

Abstract: A screw pump includes a screw rotatably arranged in a housing, the threads of which are partially in engagement with a rotatable sealing device having radial sealing discs, whereby the screw area of the screw, including thread grooves and thread walls, are formed by a generatrix which is a part of a circle arc, the circle of which is rotatable around an eccentric rotation axis when the generatrix rotates around the axis of the screw and is displaced along this with a velocity being proportional to the rotational velocity of the screw. The sealing device includes at least one circular disc, the eccentric rotational axis of which, which is arranged transverse to the axis of the screw coincides with the rotation axis of the generatrix i.e., the rotation axis of the disc is a tangent to the generatrix, whereby the screw is mounted in one end and has a radially, partially extending broad flange without any rise in a cross section immediately above the sealing device.

Abstract: A rotary machine in which plural, cylindrical rotors are provided for rotation within partially overlapping cylindrical bores, formed within a machine housing. The rotors are eccentrically mounted for synchronized, same directional rotation, within their respective bores, and each is arranged to alternately provide intake and exhaustion of working gaseous fluids, such that each rotor is continually either admitting or exhausting a working gas. The machine is constructed such that the rotors are cylindrical, each being of internally balanced form. The rotors do not touch each other or any portion of the machine casing at any time, while being positioned so as to define minimal gaps therebetween. A high rotational speed may be developed, thereby obviating the need for seals entirely, and thus further increasing the available speed, and thus the work efficiency of the machine.

Abstract: A dual piston rotary pump (10) having a housing (12) equipped with two ports (13a, 13b) to accommodate fluid flow through the housing (12) and having two generally cylindrical chambers (14a, 14b) within which cylindrical pistons (16a, 16b) are disposed. The chambers (14a, 14b) intersect to form a passage (15) therebetween and to allow the pistons (16a, 16b) to engage in tangential contact. Each piston (16a, 16b) rotates within its chamber (14a, 14b) in a direction counter to the direction of the other piston while maintaining tangential contact with the other piston and at least one piston is in tangential contact with its chamber wall. The pump includes variable offset transmission means (52a, 50a, 48a, 54a) to change the offset of the center of the piston from the center of rotation of the piston during the course of each rotation to allow the pistons (16a, 16b) to remain in mutual tangential contact at all times.

Abstract: A prime mover for transforming energy from the pressure form to the mechanical form. The prime mover comprises a pair of toothed rotors which engage one another so as to be self-timing. Each rotor has a first portion of relatively large diameter and a second portion of relatively small diameter, each of the portions extending approximately 180.degree.. The rotors are enclosed in respective intersecting cylindrical chambers in a housing, with the tips of the teeth of the small diameter portion of each rotor being displaced radially inwardly from the peripheral surface of the corresponding chamber, and with the tips of the teeth of the large diameter portion of each rotor being directly adjacent to the inner surface of the corresponding chamber. First and second sealing members are mounted in the housing, and these engage the tips of successively passing teeth of the large diameter portion of each rotor, as the rotors turn.

Abstract: Rotary machines of the type having a fluid chamber of changing volume, e.g. as ion an engine or pump, in which two rotors rotate in the same direction; a cylindrical surface of the first rotor of substantial arcuate extent, of radius substantially equal to the radius of its bore is arranged for sealing relationship throughout a chamber-defining range of rotation, with both its bore wall and with a surface of the second rotor; and the surface of the second rotor has a progressively changing radius to cause the chamber volume to progressively change during rotation. For forming multiple chambers, each subject to successive compression and expansion, each of the rotors has a transition surface preceding its large cylindrical surface and a transition surface following its large cylindrical surface, with an apex seal formed at each end of each large cylindrical surface.