Patent ID: 9714573
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: F01C,F04B,F04C

Claim:
1. A rotor mechanism for use in moving fluid, the rotor mechanism comprising: a plurality of rotor units spherically arranged to form a rotor mechanism body; each rotor unit including an outer surface and an inner surface and at least one rotor unit having a first opening on the outer surface and a second opening on the inner surface such that an elongate aperture extends between the first and second openings to create a port through the rotor unit; wherein the rotor mechanism body is supported by an external frame comprising a plurality of apertures which allow fluid to flow therethrough and contact an outer surface of the rotor mechanism body; and wherein rotation of at least one rotor unit causes rotation of adjacent rotor units which thereby moves fluid without compression between the outer surface of the rotor mechanism body and the port via a central substantially spherical uninterrupted free space cavity formed by the cooperation of the inner surfaces of the rotor units.