Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS517842
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
An air compressor and engine comprising a plurality of independent cylindrical compression chambers, each of said compression chambers having an inlet valve, an exhaust valve and a piston connected by rods to a crank-shaft, said plurality of chambers in two sets, the first set of chambers being greater in number than the second set of chambers, whereby the apparatus serves as an air compressor in which said first set of chambers are adapted for the primary compression chambers for feeding the compressed air to said second set of chambers provided for further compression of the air, or as an air compressor and engine in which said first set of chambers are adapted for the engine by means of suitable switching means, while said second set of chambers for an air compressor, or as an engine in which said first and second sets of chambers are adapted for the engine by means of said switching means.
Application Number:
JP8390968A
Publication Date:
March 11, 1976
Filing Date:
November 15, 1968
Export Citation:
International Classes:
F04B25/00; F04B27/00; F04B35/01; F04B39/08; F04C23/00; F02B75/02; (IPC1-7): F04B41/04