Benjamin Ziph

TL;DR: In this paper, a heat pipe system particularly adapted for use with finned evaporators is described, and a separate liquid working fluid return conduit is provided which communicates with a liquid working liquid distribution means for distributing working fluid uniformly to all of the evaporator fins.

TL;DR: In this article, a variable swashplate drive mechanism for a remotely heated Stirling engine has been proposed, which comprises rigidly combining a regenerator, a flexible heat exchanger, a short, rigid hot connecting duct and a cylinder.

TL;DR: In this article, an improved construction for a thermal engine, particularly a Stirling engine, comprising a two-part drive shaft, is described, where one part of the drive shaft (18) contains the swashplate mechanism (14) and is journaled on the engine housing (12) so that the component of force acting on the Swashplate (16) which induces bending of the Drive shaft(18) is reacted on the housing(12) by the journaling (52, 56) of the one part (18).

TL;DR: Improved lubricant control assemblies for reciprocating piston rods of an engine which prevent crankcase lubricant intruding into the cylinders and fluid from the cylinders from escaping into the crankcase are described in this paper.

TL;DR: The pressure containment device for containing pressurized gas within a Stirling engine is characterized by enclosing a drive mechanism housing with a cylindrical pressure hull having first and second ends whereby a portion of the drive mechanism house extends through the first end of the pressure hull and the second end thereof, is rigidly connected to the drive mechanisms housing as discussed by the authors.