Floating chamber machine

• US 3,973,469 A
• Filed: 12/16/1974
• Issued: 08/10/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John Humen
• Original Assignee: John Humen
• Inventors: Humen, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Maslousky, Paul E.
• Application Number:
  US05/533,334
• Time in Patent Office: 603 Days
• Field of Search: 91/3, 91/196, 91/51, 92/122, 92/119, 92/161
• US Class Current: 91/51
• CPC Class Codes: F01C 3/06 the axes being arranged otherwise than at an angle of 90 degrees

Abstract

An orbiting, floating mechanism which reciprocates while rotating and is capable of varying, stopping, or reversing a flow of fluid therethrough at any one revolution or any combination of revolutions or any part thereof.

Claims

1. A floating chamber machine, comprising:

a hollow chamber;

a first support yoke including a fluid passage therethrough and adapted to support said hollow chamber and allow rotational movement thereof about a first axis;

a first yoke support adapted to support said first support yoke and allow rotational movement thereof about and lineal movement along a second axis perpendicular to said first axis;

a second support yoke including a fluid passage therethrough and adapted to support said hollow chamber and allow rotational movement thereof about a third axis bisecting the common intersection of said first and second axes;

a second yoke support adapted to support said second yoke and allow rotational movement thereof about a fourth axis perpendicular to said third axis;

a first divider rigidly affixed to said first support yoke and adapted to fit within said hollow chamber and bisect said hollow chamber along said first axis;

a split divider comprised of two halves, each rigidly affixed to the interior of said hollow chamber on opposite sides of said first divider and adapted to bisect said hollow chamber along said third axis;

first fluid port means adapted to permit fluid flow between said hollow chamber and said first support yoke as a function of angular position therebetween about said first axis; and

second gas port means adapted to permit gas flow between said hollow chamber and said second support yoke as a function of the angular position therebetween about said third axis.

2. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, further including means to enable movement of said first yoke support radially to said common intersection of said first, second, third, and fourth axes and transverse to said second axis.

3. An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said first fluid port means comprises:

a plurality of fluid ports positioned in said hollow chamber about said first support yoke; and

a plurality of fluid ports in said first support yoke positioned to cooperate with said fluid ports in said hollow chamber.

4. An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said second fluid port means comprises:

a plurality of fluid ports positioned in said hollow chamber about said second support yoke;

a plurality of fluid ports in said second support yoke positioned and adapted to cooperate with said hollow chamber fluid ports; and

a plurality of fluid ports positioned and adapted in said split divider for cooperation with said hollow chamber fluid ports and said second support yoke fluid ports.

5. An apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein said first divider and said split divider are adapted to cooperate with said first and second fluid port means to provide interrelated variable volume chambers associated with fluid flow paths between said first and second support yokes.

6. An apparatus as defined in claim 5 wherein said first divider includes seal means affixed along its outer periphery for cooperation with the inner surfaces of said hollow chamber.

7. An apparatus as defined in claim 6 wherein said split divider includes seal means on each half adapted to cooperate with the portion of said first yoke support passing through said hollow chamber.

8. An apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein said hollow chamber, said first and second support yokes and said first and second yoke supports are adapted to permit reciprocal, rotary, and orbital motion of said hollow chamber.

9. An apparatus as defined in claim 8 wherein said hollow chamber is comprised of a plurality of compartments.

10. An apparatus as defined in claim 9 wherein said first divider comprises a plurality of displacers adapted to create volume flow through said compartments.

11. An apparatus as defined in claim 10 wherein said displacers are adapted to permit instantaneous changes in said volume flow.

12. An apparatus as defined in claim 1 configured to function as an optical effects apparatus.

13. An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said hollow chamber is a sphere.

14. An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said hollow chamber is a cylinder.

15. An apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein said hollow chamber, said first and second support yokes and said first and second yoke supports are adapted to permit said hollow chamber to describe a limacon trajectory.

16. An apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said second support is additionally adapted to allow lineal movement of said second yoke along said fourth axis.

17. An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said fluid is a gas.