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Hot-gas reciprocating machine with self-centered free piston

US4058382A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 24, 1976
Grant dateNov 15, 1977
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Expiry dateNov 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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