A New or Improved Rotary Internal Combustion Engine

• Main Authors: JAMES HOLLIDAY, BENJAMIN HOLLIDAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.02.1916
• Subjects: BLASTING; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TOTRANSPORTATION; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES; STEAM ENGINES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; WEAPONS

12,517. Holliday, B., and Holliday, J. Aug. 31. Movable-abutment type; working-fluid supply. -The radially sliding abutments 6 are carried by a rotor 5 arranged between two elliptical stator members 1, 2. Each abutment comprises two parts 6, 7 pressed apart by springs 8, the inner part bearing on the member 2, and the outer part having a roller 20 guided by a groove in the member 1. The charge is admitted through the fixed hollow shaft 4 to the working chambers 9 formed within the rotor 5, where the gases are first compressed and, after ignition at the point A, expanded, finally exhausting through another compartment of the shaft 4. To reverse the engine, the shaft 4 and the cam 2 are turned through 180 degrees.