Steam powered head device for producing a high RPM engine

A productive, efficient and environmentally friendly Steam Powered Head Device for integral use with an engine which operates at high RPM. The inventive device includes a head block with integral cylindrical rotating valve through a longitudinal cylindrical aperture in the head block. A high temperature seal bearing is circumferentially pressed fit around the cylindrical rotating valve at each end of the aperture within said head block. The head block and cylindrical rotating valve include intake steam ports and larger exhaust steam ports to allow rapid discharge of steam which are aligned and sequentially arranged through the axis of the cam shaft according to the degrees recommended by the manufacturer of the high RPM engine to which the inventive device is adapted. One intake steam port and one exhaust steam port is typically aligned to each cylinder chamber of the high RPM engine to which the inventive device is adapted. The cylindrical rotating valve includes an extended portion outside the head block with an integral keyway to secure a sprocket or pulley to maintain a 2 to 1 ratio with the high RPM engine crankshaft thereby providing high RPM in the engine. Additional sprocket or pulleys may be secured to the extended portion of said cylindrical rotating valve to drive other engine components such as an air conditioning compressor or an alternator. The head block and cylindrical rotating valve are typically made from non-corrosive material such as stainless steel, brass or aluminum. In addition to replacing gasoline or diesel as a means to power an engine, a Steam Powered Head Device for High RPM Engines eliminates the need to lubricate an engine with oil. A liquid propane gas-fired boiler system can be used to generate the steam.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to a steam powered head device for integral 
use with an engine which operates at high RPM. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
The use of steam powered generation systems is known in the prior art. 
Known prior steam powered generation systems include U.S. Pat. No. 
4,120,160; U.S. Pat. No. 3,990,238; U.S. Pat. No. 3,759,141; U.S. Pat. No. 
84; U.S. Pat. No. 512,993; U.S. Pat. No. 556,965; U.S. Pat. No. 93,276; 
U.S. Pat. No. 105,581; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,259,841. 
While a number of these known prior art devices involve steam powered 
generation systems, such prior art functions to generate power for 
turbines, pressurizers, and various other purposes. Such prior art does 
not contemplate or suggest prior art devices for use with High RPM engines 
which typically use fuel combustion to generate power. Therefore a device 
which is simple, easy to fabricate for a manufacturer and is 
pollution-free would be desirable to power multiple cylinder automobiles 
and truck engines and two and four cycle engines used in a multitude of 
applications. 
While the prior art devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives 
and requirements, the aforementioned prior patents do not disclose a steam 
powered head device used integrally with a high RPM engine as an 
alternative power source means for engines which typically would have 
utilized fuel combustion to generate power, as described above. 
The inventive device provided herein includes a head assembly comprising a 
head block, a cylindrical rotating valve within said head block, the 
cylindrical rotating valve being supported at each end of the head block 
with pressed high temperature seal bearings. Said cylindrical rotating 
valve extends outside the head block on one end. A keyway is 
longitudinally provided at such extended end for securing one or more 
sprocket or pulleys. The head block and cylindrical rotating valve are 
provided with intake and exhaust steam ports aligned perpendicular to the 
longitudinal axis of the cam shaft. The exhaust steam ports are sized 
larger than the inlet steam ports to allow rapid exhaust of steam cylinder 
chambers in the engine block to which the steam powered head device is 
adapted. 
One intake steam port and one exhaust steam port through the head block are 
aligned to adapt to each cylinder chamber of the engine block to which the 
steam powered head device is adapted. The intake steam ports in the cam 
shaft are aligned radially and sequentially according to the degrees 
recommended by the manufacturer of the engine block to which the steam 
powered head device is adapted. Each exhaust steam port in the cylindrical 
rotating valve is aligned 90 degrees relative to its respective intake 
steam port in the cam shaft. 
A sprocket gear is typically attached to the cylindrical rotating valve end 
extending outside the head block, said sprocket gear providing preferred 
means to drive a crankshaft in the engine to which the steam powered head 
device is adapted. The sprocket is sized to maintain a 2 to 1 ratio with 
the engine crankshaft thereby providing high RPM in the engine. An 
additional sprocket may be typically attached to the cylindrical rotating 
valve end outside the head block, means to drive other components such as 
an air conditioning compressor or an alternator. A dented pulley may be 
substituted for a sprocket. 
Steam is supplied to the steam powered head device by means of tubes or 
pipes connected to the top intake steam ports of the head block. Exhausted 
steam is routed back for recycling through the steam supply system by 
means of tubes or pipes connected to the top exhaust steam ports in the 
head block. 
The steam powered head device, is constructed with non-corrosive material, 
for example, stainless steel, copper, brass, or aluminum. The rotational 
direction of the cylindrical rotating valve within the steam powered head 
device is predetermined by a starter motor. 
In these respects, the steam powered head device according to the present 
invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs 
of prior art, and in so doing, provides an apparatus primarily developed 
for the purpose of providing productive, efficient, and pollution-free 
generation of power utilizing steam in an engine. Because steam is a 
lubricant, there is no need for an engine block to use oil to lubricate 
the pistons. The crankshaft of an engine can be lubricated with grease by 
means of grease fittings. Further, where a steam powered generation system 
is more efficient if heat can be conserved, an engine need not be equipped 
with a water cooling system. Heat may be conserved by insulating the steam 
powered head device and associated engine block. Steam may be generated by 
means of a liquid propane gas fired boiler system. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described 
subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a steam powered head device 
for high RPM engines which has many of the advantages of the prior art 
devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in 
productive, efficient, and pollution-free means to power a high RPM 
engine, which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even 
implied by any of the prior art steam generation systems, either alone or 
in combination thereof. 
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a head block with 
an integral cylindrical rotating valve, having multiple steam ports along 
said the cylindrical rotating valve's longitudinal dimension. The steam 
ports are perpendicular to the cylindrical rotating valve to allow 
sequential steam flow therethrough. The cylindrical rotating valve is 
integral to and movably located in said head block such that the 
cylindrical rotating valve can rotate within said head block. 
The cylindrical rotating valve extends outside the head block on one end of 
said head block, the cylindrical rotating valve having a keyway on the 
outside portion of the cylindrical rotating valve for securing one or more 
sprocket or pulleys. A high temperature seal bearing is pressed into each 
end of the head and circumferentially around the cam shaft. 
The head block has a longitudinal cylindrical aperture to receive the 
cylindrical rotating valve with a larger diameter bore concentric to said 
aperture on each end of said aperture sufficient in depth to receive 
pressed high temperature seal bearings. The cylindrical rotating valve 
extends outside the head block on one end. A keyway is longitudinally 
provided at such extended end for securing one or more sprocket or 
pulleys. The head block and cylindrical rotating valve are provided with 
intake and exhaust steam ports aligned perpendicular to the longitudinal 
axis of the cylindrical rotating valve. The exhaust steam ports are sized 
larger than the intake steam ports to allow rapid exhaust of steam 
cylinder chambers in the engine block to which the steam powered head 
device is adapted. 
One intake steam port and one exhaust steam port through the head block are 
aligned to adapt to each cylinder chamber of the engine block to which the 
steam powered head device is adapted. The intake steam ports in the 
cylindrical rotating valve are aligned radially and sequentially according 
to the degrees recommended by the manufacturer of the engine block to 
which the steam powered head device is adapted. Each exhaust steam port in 
the cylindrical rotating valve is aligned 90 degrees relative to its 
respective intake steam port in the cylindrical rotating valve. The size 
and configuration of the head block and cylindrical rotating valve is 
dependent on the size and configuration of the engine block to which the 
Steam Powered Head Device is adapted. 
A sprocket is typically attached to the cylindrical rotating valve end 
extending outside the head block, said sprocket providing preferred means 
to drive a crankshaft in the engine to which the steam powered head device 
is adapted. The sprocket is sized to maintain a 2 to 1 ratio with the 
engine crankshaft thereby providing high RPM in the engine. An additional 
sprocket may be typically attached to the cylindrical rotating valve end 
outside the head block, preferred means to drive other components such as 
an air conditioning compressor or an alternator. A pulley may be 
substituted for a sprocket. 
Steam is supplied to the steam powered head device by means of tubes or 
pipes connected to the top intake steam ports of the head block. Exhausted 
steam is routed back for recycling through the steam supply system by 
means of tubes or pipes connected to the top exhaust steam ports in the 
head block. 
The present invention is capable of being adapted to an engine such as to 
produce high RPMs in the engine. The invention provides for a sprocket or 
toothed pulley on a portion of the cylindrical rotating valve extending 
outside the head block. A flexible transmitter engaged with the sprocket 
or pulley is connected to a corresponding sprocket or pulley on a 
crankshaft as depicted in FIG. 4. The sprockets or pulleys on the valve 
and crankshaft are sized so as to provide a 2 to 1 ratio in rotation 
between the cylindrical rotating valve and the crankshaft. As steam is 
introduced into an intake steam port, the force of the steam pressure 
through the head device releases energy which forces or drives the piston 
in a chamber of an engine down, thereby driving the crankshaft to which 
the piston is attached. In other words, the cylindrical rotating valve 
controls the steam into the cylinder so that as the piston is forced down, 
the crankshaft rotates. Another piston along the crankshaft simultaneously 
lifts within another chamber and steam is exhausted through an exhaust 
steam port. As the crankshaft rotates, the rotation drives the sprocket 
attached to the crankshaft which in turn drives the flexible transmitter 
which rotates the sprocket on the extended portion of the cylindrical 
rotating valve outside the head block, thereby rotating the valve and 
directing steam to another cylinder. The present invention is suitable for 
adaptation to engines capable of withstanding high RPMs such as 
multi-cylinder automobile and recreational vehicle engines, including 
boats, and 2-cycle and 4-cycle engines in boats and yard-care equipment. 
The steam powered head device, is constructed with non-corrosive material, 
for example, stainless steel, copper, brass, or aluminum. The rotational 
direction of the cylindrical rotating valve within the steam powered head 
device is predetermined by a starter motor. 
Because steam is a lubricant, there is no need for an engine block to use 
oil to lubricate the pistons. The crankshaft of an engine can be 
lubricated with grease utilizing grease fittings. Further, where a steam 
powered generation system is more efficient if heat can be conserved, an 
engine need not be equipped with a water cooling system. Heat may be 
conserved by insulating the steam powered head device and associated 
engine block. Steam may be generated by one of several means known in the 
art, including a liquid propane gas fired boiler system. 
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features 
of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that 
follows may be better understood, and in order that the present 
contribution of the art may be better appreciated. There are additional 
features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which 
will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment in detail, it is 
to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to 
the details of construction and to the arrangement of the components set 
forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The 
invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and 
carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the 
phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of 
description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a Steam 
Powered Head Device which offers a productive, efficient and 
environmentally friendly means of powering High RPM Engines. 
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various 
features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with 
particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this 
disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating 
advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should 
be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there 
is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 4 
thereof, a new Steam Powered Head Device for High RPM Engines embodying 
the principles and concepts of the present invention will be described. 
As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4, the Steam Powered Head Device for 
High RPM Engines comprises a head block 5. The head block 5 includes a 
longitudinal cylindrical aperture for receipt of a cylindrical rotating 
valve 6. The head block has a larger diameter bore concentric to said 
aperture on each end of the aperture for receipt of high temperature seal 
bearings 4A and 4B. The cylindrical rotating valve 6 extends outside the 
head block on one end. A keyway 3 is longitudinally provided at such 
extended end for securing a sprocket gear 11A and, if necessary, an 
additional sprocket 11B. The head block 5 and cylindrical rotating valve 6 
are provided with intake steam ports 8, 9B, and 10A and exhaust steam 
ports 7, 9A, and 10B, the ports being aligned perpendicular to the 
longitudinal axis of the cam shaft 6. 
The exhaust steam ports 7, 9A, and 10B are sized larger than the intake 
steam ports 8, 9B and 10A to allow rapid exhaust of steam from cylinder 
chambers in the engine block. The head block 5 and the cylindrical 
rotating valve 6, are manufactured from non-corrosive material, for 
example, stainless steel, brass, aluminum. One intake steam port, for 
example 8 and 10A, and one exhaust steam port, for example 7 and 9A, are 
aligned to adapt to a cylinder chamber of the engine block to which the 
Steam Powered Head Device is adapted. The intake steam ports 9B and 10 A 
in the cylindrical rotating valve 6 are aligned radially and sequentially 
according to the degrees recommended by the manufacturer of the engine 
block to which the steam powered head device is adapted. Each exhaust 
steam port in the cylindrical rotating valve is aligned 90 degrees 
relative to its associated intake steam ports in the cam shaft, for 
example, exhaust steam port 9A is aligned 90 degrees from intake steam 
port 10A. The rotational direction of the cylindrical rotating valve is 
typically determined by the manufacturer's installation of a starter motor 
which initiates rotation. 
The sprocket gear or dented pulley 11A, alternative means to drive a 
crankshaft in the engine block to which the steam powered head device is 
adapted, is sized to maintain a 2 to 1 ratio with the engine crankshaft 
thereby providing high RPM in the engine. An additional sprocket gear or 
dented pulley 11B may be attached to the extended portion of the 
cylindrical rotating valve to drive other components such as an air 
conditioning compressor or an alternator. 
In the preferred embodiment, steam is typically supplied by means of a 
gas-fired propane boiler through high pressure, high temperature tubes or 
pipes 1 connected to the head block intake steam ports 8. Exhausted steam 
is routed back to the boiler system from head block exhaust steam ports 7 
through high pressure, high temperature tubes or pipes 2. 
As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the 
present invention; the same should be apparent from the above description. 
Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage or 
operation will be provided. 
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the 
optimum dimensional relationship for the parts of the invention, to 
include variation in size, materials, shape, form function, and manner of 
operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to 
one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those 
illustrated in the drawings and described in the specifications are 
intended to be encompassed by the present invention.