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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1995
John M Clarke, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
An improved dual compression and dual expansion internal combustion engine defined by an external housing with a first piston sleeve and a second piston sleeve, a reciprocating internal housing disposed within the external housing, the internal housing having a conical first piston member operatively disposed in the first piston sleeve to define a first compression chamber and a conical second piston member operably disposed in the second piston sleeve to define a second expansion chamber, and the internal housing further defining an operating chamber assembly with two reciprocating, opposed pistons disposed in a rotationally oscillating cylinder sleeve valve therein to form a combustion chamber, the cylinder sleeve valve providing selective flow connection from the first compression chamber to the combustion chamber and to the second expansion chamber from the combustion chamber.