Claims
- 1. A combined fluid pump and two-cycle internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a block including an upper cylinder portion having a first diameter, and including a lower cylinder portion having a second diameter, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter,
- a bi-diameter piston including an upper piston portion received in said upper cylinder portion, and including a lower piston portion received in said lower cylinder portion,
- a crankcase connected to said block adjacent to said lower cylinder portion, said crankcase, said lower cylinder portion, and said lower piston portion defining a crankcase chamber,
- an upper engine chamber defined by said upper cylinder portion and said upper piston portion,
- an ignition means for igniting gas/air mixture in said upper engine chamber,
- one-way gas/air inlet means for admitting a gas/air mixture into said crankcase chamber,
- piston outlet means, located in said upper piston portion, for permitting the gas/air mixture in said crankcase chamber to exit from said crankcase chamber,
- gas/air mixture channel means for receiving gas/air mixture through said piston outlet means from said crankcase chamber and for channeling the gas/air mixture to said upper engine chamber,
- channel port means for permitting gas/air mixture from said channel means to enter said upper engine chamber,
- exhaust port means for exhausting combusted gas/air mixture from said upper engine chamber,
- a ring-like pumping chamber defined by said bi-diameter piston and said block, said pumping chamber being circumferential with respect to said upper piston portion,
- one-way inlet means joined to said lower cylinder portion for admitting fluid to be pumped into said pumping chamber,
- one-way outlet means joined to said lower cylinder portion for discharging pumped fluid from said pumping chamber.
- 2. The combined pump and two-cycle engine described in claim 1 wherein said upper cylinder portion includes an inner cylinder wall and an outer channel wall, said gas/air mixture channel means being defined by said inner cylinder wall and said outer channel wall.
- 3. The combined pump and two-cycle engine described in claim 1 wherein said bi-diameter piston is substantially hollow, thereby providing an augmented volume for said crankcase chamber.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 791,461 filed Oct. 25, 1985 and now U.S. Pat. No. 4,745,886.
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