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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1978
Steven Reich, Waterloo, IA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A rotary Stirling cycle machine is disclosed comprising at least two chambers, said chambers being epitrochoidal in cross-sectional area and having an upper portion, a middle waist portion and a lower portion, with the first chamber mounted to the second chamber in tandem, each chamber having a seal element attached to the waist portion and disposed inwardly, the crank shaft rotatably mounted within the chambers and extending therethrough with the first crank throw portion within the first chamber being 180.degree. out of phase with the second crank throw portion within the second chamber, the first and second rotor elements rotatably mounted on said respective crank throw portions with each rotor element being limicon shaped in circumference and adapted to register with the upper and lower portions of the respective chambers so that the rotor elements cyclically rotate about the rotating crank shaft from a position in registration with the upper portion to a position in registration with the lower portion, said seal elements being in constant sealing engagement with the respective rotor elements to define first cavities in the upper portions and second cavities in the lower portions, and heater-regenerator-cooler means operatively connected to said first and second cavities to condition a working fluid through repeated Stirling cycles.