Cooling system for rotary mechanisms

Claim 1

A ROTARY MECHANISM EMPLOYING A WORKING FLUID AND COMPRISING AN OUTER BODY HAVING A CAVITY WITH SPACED END WALLS AND A PERIPHERAL WALL INTERCONNECTING THE END WALLS; AN INNER BODY MOUNTED WITHIN THE CAVITY FOR ROTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE OUTER BODY TO FORM WORKING CHAMBERS BETWEEN THE INNER BODY AND OUTER BODY WHICH VARY IN VOLUME UPON RELATIVE ROTATION OF THE INNER BODY WITHIN THE OUTER BODY SO THAT A RELATIVELY HIGH TEMPERATURE PHASE OF THE WORKING FLUID CYCLE ALWAYS TAKES PLACE IN THE WORKING CHAMBER ADJACENT TO A FIRST REGION OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL AND A RELATIVELY LOW TEMPERATURE PHASE OF THE WORKING FLUID CYCLE ALWAYS TAKES PLACE IN THE WORKING CHAMBER ADJACENT TO A SECOND REGION OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL; THE FIRST REGION OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL BEING A REGION OF RELATIVELY HIGH HEAT INPUT AND THE SECOND REGION OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL BEING A REGION OF RELATIVELY LOW HEAT INPUT; THE OUTER BODY HAVING A PLURALITY OF PERIPHERAL WALL PASSAGES EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY AROUND THE PERIPHERAL WALL WALL FOR THE FLOW OF A COOLANT LIQUID THROUGH THE PERIPHERAL WALL; AN INLET FOR SUPPLYING THE COOLANT LIQUID TO THE PERIPHERAL WALL PASSAGES ADJACENT TO THE REGION OF RELATIVELY HIGH HEAT INPUT; THE OUTER BODY ALSO HAVING A PLURALITY OF END WALL PASSAGES EXTENDING AROUND EACH END WALL FOR THE FLOW OF A COOLANT LIQUID THROUGH THE END WALLS OF THE OUTER BODY; A DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD IN THE PERIPHERAL WALL DOWNSTREAM FROM THE INLET FOR CONNECTING THE END WALL PASSAGES TO THE PERIPHERAL WALL PASSAGES; AN OUTLET MANIFOLD IN THE PERIPHERAL WALL, THE END WALL PASSAGES BEING CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET MANIFOLD; A RESTRICTED PASSAGE PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DOWNSTREAM ENDS OF THE PERIPHERAL WALL PASSAGES AND THE OUTLET MANIFOLD; AND AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE COOLANT LIQUID FLOWING FROM THE INLET ALONG A RELATIVELY HIGH HEAT INPUT REGION AROUND THE PERIPHERAL WALL TO THE DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD FROM WHICH AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LIQUID IS SUPPLIED TO THE END WALLS AND THE REMAINING PORTION PROCEEDS IN THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION AROUND THE PERIPHERAL WALL TO THE OUTLET MANIFOLD.