Patent ID: 7959417

Claim:
A hydraulic engine comprising: first and second reaction chambers, the first and second reaction chambers each having an enclosure within which is disposed a floating piston; an impulse turbine in fluid communication with the first and second reaction chambers; a delay valve in fluid communication with the first and second reaction chambers and the impulse turbine, the delay valve operable to switch between a first position and a second position, the first position providing a flow of pressurized fluid to the first reaction chamber to cause an explosion therein and the second position providing a flow of pressurized fluid to the second reaction chamber to cause an explosion therein, successive explosions in the first and second reaction chambers providing flows of high pressure fluid to drive the impulse turbine and to switch the delay valve; and a pressure tank in fluid communication with the first and second reaction chambers, the impulse turbine and the delay valve, the pressure tank providing pressurized fluid to the first and second reaction chambers, the impulse turbine and the delay valve.