Sealed Rotor Valve Engine

Abstract

A rotary engine powered by external heat with a gas that is reactive to temperature sealed inside a casing where a portion, of the sealed in gas is heated and expands within a chamber on one side of the engine and is separated by a partition from another portion of the gas which is cooled and contracts within a chamber on the opposite side of the engine as the heated gas pushes the partition which rotates a rotor while simultaneously the cooled gas pulls the partition and every 180° of rotation the heated gas moves over the rotor to the cooling side of the engine while the cooled gas moves under the rotor through a valve to the heating side of the engine.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 
     
         1 . A sealed rotor valve engine comprising a rotor valve offset to one side within a cylinder at close proximity to the surface of said cylinder said rotor valve having recessed notches whereby said notches are removed to a depth from the surface of said rotor valve wherein said rotor valve further comprising corresponding protruding surfaces between said rotor valve notches, an axle base and axle that holds said rotor valve together as a single part, a partition that separates the heated gas from the cooled gas, cylinder lobes that allow said partition to rotate within said cylinder, transfer grooves that transfer gas past said partition, casing end plates that seal said cylinder within a casing that encloses the internal parts of said sealed rotor valve engine. 
     
     
         2 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said rotor valve during its rotation within close proximity to the surface of said cylinder by means of said rotor valve notches cycle open a passageway whereby said rotor valve notches allow the transfer of gas from one chamber within said cylinder to another chamber within said cylinder and enclosed sealed casing. 
     
     
         3 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said rotor valve during its rotation within close proximity to the surface of said cylinder by means of a said corresponding protruding rotor valve surfaces cycle closed a passageway whereby said rotor valve surfaces block the transfer of gas from one chamber within said cylinder to another chamber within said cylinder and enclosed sealed casing. 
     
     
         4 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said axle base and axle are part of said rotor valve whereby said axle base holds said rotor valve together as a single part, said rotor valve, said axle base and said axle all move together as a single part during rotation. 
     
     
         5 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said partition separates the heated gas on one side of said partition and said rotor valve from the cooled gas on the other side of said partition and said rotor valve within said cylinder and enclosed sealed casing. 
     
     
         6 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said cylinder lobes are part of the shape of said cylinder whereby said cylinder lobes provide relief from binding during the sliding and eccentric rotation of said partition while allowing the tips of said partition to maintain continuous contact with said cylinder. 
     
     
         7 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said partition comprising tips that are flexible and/or pliable whereby said flexible and/or pliable partition tips aid in maintaining a seal with the surface of said cylinder during rotation within said enclosed sealed casing. 
     
     
         8 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said sealed rotor valve engine casing end plates enclose said casing whereby said casing end plates seal the internal parts of said sealed rotor valve engine within said casing. 
     
     
         9 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said casing end plates having transfer grooves that are indentations into the inside surface of said casing end plates whereby said transfer grooves connect the lower portion of the cold chamber with the upper portion of said cold chamber and assist in the transfer of cooled gas to the heated side of said sealed rotor valve engine when necessary during operation. 
     
     
         10 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said cylinder having transfer grooves that are indentations into the surface said cylinder whereby said transfer grooves connect the lower portion of the cold chamber with the upper portion of said cold chamber and assist in the transfer of cooled gas to the heated side of said sealed rotor valve engine when necessary during operation. 
     
     
         11 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein two or more said sealed rotor valve engines can be attached together to create a multiple cylinder sealed rotor valve engine. 
     
     
         12 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said sealed rotor valve engine is capable of operating properly when positioned or pointed in any direction and can be mounted in any directional orientation. 
     
     
         13 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said sealed rotor valve engine requires no starter motor or external starting assistance and is self starting with only external heat and external cooling applied. 
     
     
         14 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein the rotation of said partition and said rotor valve is sensitive to pressure differentials within said sealed rotor valve engine whereby said sealed rotor valve engine can operate using a low heating to cooling temperature differential. 
     
     
         15 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said sealed rotor valve engine can be powered when used in combination with an external heat source comprised of geothermal heat. 
     
     
         16 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said sealed rotor valve engine can be powered when used in combination with an external heat source comprised of chemicals reactive to each other and mixed together to generate heat. 
     
     
         17 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said sealed rotor valve engine can be powered when used in combination with an external heat source comprised of a nuclear reaction to generate heat. 
     
     
         18 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said sealed rotor valve engine can be powered when used in combination with an external cooling source comprised of chemicals reactive to each other and mixed together to create cooling. 
     
     
         19 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said sealed rotor valve engine can be powered when used in combination with an external cooling source comprised of evaporator cooling. 
     
     
         20 . A sealed rotor valve engine as described in  claim 1  wherein said sealed rotor valve engine can be powered when used in combination with an external cooling source comprised of a bulk cool water supply for cooling.