Direct action compressor fitted with a one-piece piston

US3986796A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Auguste Moiroux · Écully, FR
• Francois-Xavier Bernard · Les Ulis, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 1975
• Grant date: Oct 19, 1976
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 1995

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02B2075/025
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A variable stroke alternating compressor is disclosed wherein a movable one-piece free piston 1 serves at the same time as an engine piston 2, a compressor piston 3, and a bounce piston 4; the elements are integrated; the assembly is dynamically balanced, cooled, and insulated. It has no movable mechanical connections. The elements thereof have motions which are all controlled by the travel of the free piston.