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Motion conversion rotator apparatus and method

  • US 5,816,787 A
  • Filed: 04/24/1996
  • Issued: 10/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A motion conversion rotator apparatus for a reciprocating piston system comprising:

  • a housing with walls defining an inner rotator chamber surrounding a drive shaft,at least two opposed cylinders mounted within the walls of the housing spaced equidistant apart about the inner rotator chamber,at least two equal mass counterbalanced opposing reciprocating pistons mounted within each respective opposed cylinder,at least two piston rods each having a first end attached to a piston and a second end extending into the rotator chamber to reciprocate uniformly about a center of rotation to maintain a center of mass,track guide means attached to the housing and associated with the second end of each piston rod to hold said second end in alignment as it reciprocates back and forth,a rotator with at least two equidistant nodal ends attached to a drive shaft journal mounted to the housing to rotate within the rotator chamber, said rotator having guide rail system means along its perimeter edge, andcam follower means mounted to run along the guide rail system and operably associated with the second ends of the piston rods to alternatively push and pull the opposed pistons in response to the rotation of the rotator.

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