12-03-2020 дата публикации
Номер: US20200080421A1
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A rotor can comprise a body having arcuate voids each presenting away from a rotation axis and, for each void, a vane. The vane is mounted to the body for pivotal movement between retracted and extended positions; is adapted to sweep the void in the manner in which a piston sweeps a cylinder during movement between the positions; and terminates in a tip. A stator defines the rotation axis; and has an annular surface which, in use, is swept by the tips during rotation of the body. The surface is positioned such that, in each rotation, each vane cycles between its extended and retracted positions. A sealing arrangement defines a pair of ports and, in combination with the rotor and stator, defines, in use, chambers that increase in volume when in communication with one of the ports and that decrease in volume when in communication with the other of the ports. 1. Apparatus comprising: a body having defined therein a plurality of arcuate voids each presenting away from the rotation axis; and', 'for each of the voids of the plurality, a vane, the vane: being pivotally mounted to the body for movement between a retracted position and an extended position; being adapted to sweep the void in the manner in which a piston sweeps a cylinder during movement between the retracted and extended positions; and terminating in a tip;, 'a rotor which, in use, rotates about a rotation axis, the rotor havinga stator: defining the rotation axis; and having an annular surface which, in use, is swept by the tips of the vanes during rotation of the body, the annular surface being positioned such that, in each rotation, each vane makes a cycle between the extended position and the retracted position thereof;a sealing arrangement defining a pair of ports and adapted, in combination with the rotor and the stator, to define, in use, chambers that increase in volume when in communication with one of the pair of ports and that decrease in volume when in communication with the other of the pair of ...
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