Patent ID: 6220208
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: F01B,F02B

Abstract:
A combustion engine of the Otto or diesel type, comprising a cylinder block having at least one cylinder in which a piston with a connecting rod connected thereto are movably provided, wherein at least one cylinder is arranged in the cylinder block which is rotatable about its axis, the end of the connecting rod remote from the piston is attached to a stationary shaft whose center line does not coincide with the center line of the axis of the rotatable cylinder block, the side of the at least one cylinder which side is remote from the axis of the cylinder block, is open and wherein the rotatable cylinder block comprises a means for periodically closing and releasing the open side of the cylinder, characterized in that the means comprises a belt which is endless and flexible, said belt being provided with an opening pattern and bearing on at least a part of the outer circumference of the rotatable cylinder block.