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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1977
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1975
Eugene R Hackbarth, Kenosha, WI (US);
Harry M Ward, III, Waukegan, IL (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a rotary internal combustion engine comprising a housing assembly including first and second substantially identical housing members extending in spaced, parallel and aligned relation to each other and respectively including wall means partially defining first and second trochoid shaped rotor cavities and additional wall means partially defining first and second water jackets respectively extending partially circumferentially of the cavities and respectively including circumferentially spaced inlet and outlet ends, a first wall member located adjacent to the first housing member remotely from the second housing member and further defining the first rotor cavity and including coolant inlet means communicating with the inlet end of the first water jacket, a second wall member located adjacent to the second housing member remotely from the first housing member and further defining the second rotor cavity and including outlet means communicating with the outlet end of the second water jacket, and an intermediate member located between the housing members, partially defining the rotor cavities and including coolant conduit means communicating between the outlet end of the first water jacket and the inlet end of the second water jacket.