Patent ID: 6779342
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: F02G,F25B,F28D

Abstract:
A Stirling cycle engine comprising a regenerator arranged between a compression space and an expansion space so as to serve as a flow passage for working gas reciprocated between the compression and expansion spaces and operate by collecting heat from or releasing heat to the working gas,wherein the regenerator comprises a bobbin, a resin film wound around an outer surface of the bobbin so as to be kept in intimate contact therewith, and a sheath fitted around an outer surface of the resin film and having a slit formed in a longitudinal direction, one end of the resin film being firmly fitted to the outer surface of the bobbin, the outer surface of the resin film being kept in intimate contact with the sheath, and the working gas flowing between different layers of the resin film.