Hot-gas reciprocating machine with self-centered free piston
US4058382A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 24, 1976 |
| Grant date | Nov 15, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2309/001
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A hot-gas reciprocating machine having a free piston, one face of which varies the volume of a working space while its other face bounds a buffer space of constant pressure. A control mechanism maintains a constant nominal central piston position by momentarily connecting the working space and the buffer space.
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