Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis

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F01B3/00Reciprocating-piston machines or engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis

F01B3/0002having stationary cylinders F01B3/0005having two or more sets of cylinders or pistons F01B3/0008having self-acting distribution members F01B3/0011Cylindrical distribution members F01B3/0014Conical distribution members F01B3/0017Component parts, details F01B3/002Cylinders F01B3/0023Actuating or actuated elements F01B3/0026Actuating or actuated element bearing means or driving or driven axis bearing means F01B3/0029Casings, housings F01B3/0032having rotary cylinder block F01B3/0035having two or more sets of cylinders or pistons F01B3/0038inclined to main shaft axis F01B3/0041Arrangements for pressing the cylinder barrel against the valve plate F01B3/0044Component parts, details F01B3/0047Particularities in the contacting area between cylinder barrel and valve plate F01B3/005Bearing arrangements F01B3/0052Cylinder barrel F01B3/0055Valve means F01B3/0058Cylindrical valve means F01B3/0061Conical valve means F01B3/0064Machine housing F01B3/0067cylinder barrel bearing means F01B3/007Swash plate F01B3/0073swash plate bearing means or driving or driven axis bearing means F01B3/0076Connection between cylinder barrel and inclined swash plate F01B3/0079having pistons with rotary and reciprocating motion F01B3/0082Details F01B3/0085Pistons F01B3/0088Piston shoe retaining means F01B3/0091Casings, housings F01B3/0094Driving or driven means F01B3/02with wobble-plate F01B3/04the piston motion being transmitted by curved surfaces F01B3/045by two or more curved surfaces F01B3/06by multi-turn helical surfaces and automatic reversal F01B3/08the helices being arranged on the pistons F01B3/10Control of working-fluid admission or discharge peculiar thereto F01B3/101for machines with stationary cylinders F01B3/102Changing the piston stroke by changing the position of the swash plate F01B3/103for machines with rotary cylinder block F01B3/104by turning the valve plate F01B3/105by moving the swash plate in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cylinder barrel F01B3/106by changing the inclination of the swash plate F01B3/107using wedges F01B3/108by turning the swash plate (with fixed inclination) F01B3/109by changing the inclination of the axis of the cylinder barrel relative to the swash plate