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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
Daniel J. Meyer, Rushville, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
An external combustion engine burns a mixture of fuel and air to produce work. The engine contains at least one power cylinder, a compression cylinder for each power cylinder, and a moving combustion housing with a plurality of combustion chambers for each power cylinder. Each combustion chamber has a constant volume and cyclically: (1) establishes communication with a compression cylinder to receive compressed air; (2) terminates communication with the compression cylinder; (3) receives sufficient fuel from the fuel injector to create a combustible mixture of fuel and air; (4) contains the ignition of the combustible mixture of fuel and air; (5) establishes communication with a power cylinder to discharge the ignited mixture of fuel and air into the power cylinder; and (6) terminates communication with the power cylinder.