Hermetically sealed transmission system for a free piston Stirling engine
US4429530A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 3, 1982 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 3, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02G2243/24
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A torsionally flexible seal formed with alternating layers of elastic and reinforcing material provides a gas-tight barrier between a drive shaft and a portion of the Stirling engine housing surrounding a passageway through which the drive shaft extends. The shaft is connected to a series of mechanical linkage devices located within the housing which transmits power between the linearly reciprocative power piston and rotationally reciprocative drive shaft and which eliminates substantially the side forces exerted on the piston.
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