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Rotary piston machine having engaging cycloidal gears

US5513969A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 8, 1994
Grant dateMay 7, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 8, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01C3/085
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention comprises a rotary piston machine, which functions as a pump, compressor or engine, and in which the cogs (45) of teeth (46) of a rotating control part travel over a cycloidal surface (44) of a cycloidal part (42) in order to define work chambers (28), wherein the cycloidal part (42) likewise rotates (FIG. 10).

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