Rotary Motor With Intermittent Movements of the Rotors

Abstract

The invention provides a rotary motor comprising a first rotor member rotatable about a first axis; and a transmission system for rotating the first rotor member and the second rotor member; characterised in that the first rotor member and the second rotor member are adapted to rotate at variable angular velocities.

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       17 . A rotary Motor comprising:
 a first rotor member rotatable about a first axis;   a second rotor member rotatable about a second axis; and   a transmission system for rotating the first rotor member and the second rotor member;   the first rotor member and the second rotor member being adapted to rotate at variable angular velocities characterised in that:   in a 360° cycle of the rotors, from a starting position the first rotor is rotated at a first average rotational velocity, and the second rotor at a different average rotational velocity for part of a revolution and thereafter the average rotational velocity of the first rotor and the average rotational velocity of the second rotor are changed for a subsequent part of a revolution of that after 360° rotation of the rotors, the rotors again assume the starting position.   
   
   
       18 . The rotary motor according to  claim 17  wherein the first rotor member and the second rotor member each include vanes extending radially outwardly and having receiving formations between them with the receiving formations of the first rotor member being dimensioned and configured for receiving the vanes from the second rotor member and receiving formations of the second rotor member being dimensioned and configured for receiving the vanes from the first rotor member, with compression chambers formed in the receiving formations as the rotors rotate. 
   
   
       19 . The rotary motor according to  claim 17  wherein the first rotor member and the second rotor member each include a plurality of radially extending vanes; and the rotors reassume the starting position at a plurality of rotational positions during a 360° rotational cycle. 
   
   
       20 . The rotary motor according to  claim 17  wherein the housing includes internal chambers within which the first and the second rotor members rotate, and the internal chambers are extended outwardly at opposed zones thereof to form a generally elliptically shaped structure. 
   
   
       21 . The rotary motor according to  claim 20  wherein all or selected vanes terminate at their free ends in a radially extendible section adapted to follow the contour of the internal chambers within the housing. 
   
   
       22 . The rotary motor according to  claim 17  wherein the first rotor member and the second rotor member are coupled to each other for rotation by means of a transmission system. 
   
   
       23 . The rotary motor according to  claim 22  wherein the transmission system is adapted to drive the first rotor member at a first angular velocity and the second rotor member at a second angular velocity for at least part of a revolution, and thereafter drive the first rotor member at the second angular velocity and the second rotor member at the first angular velocity for the complementary part of the revolution. 
   
   
       24 . The rotary motor according to  claim 22  wherein the transmission system comprises a plurality of gears which are partially of a first radius and partially of a second radius. 
   
   
       25 . The rotary motor according to  claim 22  wherein the gears are of a variable radius. 
   
   
       26 . The rotary motor according to  claim 18  wherein the housing includes an inlet passage for introducing air into the compression chamber, an outlet passage for exhausting gasses from the compression chamber, means for introducing fuel into the compression chamber at predetermined zones, and ignition means for igniting fuel introduced into the compression chamber. 
   
   
       27 . A rotary motor substantially as herein described and exemplified with reference to the accompanying drawings.