Compressed air motor

Claim 1

A ROTOR FOR A FLUID POWERED MOTOR COMPRISING: A ROTOR SHAFT HAVING A SHOULDER PORTION, A DRIVINGLY ASSEMBLY ON THE SHAFT ABUTTING THE SHAFT SHOULDER AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF WASHER LIKE DRIVING DISKS; EACH OF SAID DISKS HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING SLITS EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERY OF THE DISK, DEFINING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL RADIALLY EXTENDING BLADES BETWEEN THE SLITS, THE ENDS OF THE BLADES DEFINING A FIRST CYLINDER AND HAVING THE OUTER ENDS OF THE BLADES SKEWED RELATIVE TO THE PLANE OF THE DISK AT AN ANGLE OF FROM 15* TO 30*, THE INNER ENDS OF THE BLADES EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AND THE BLADES HAVING A SMOOTH TRANSISTION BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER ENDS; AND A PLURALITY OF WASHER LIKE SPACERS ASSEMBLED IN CONSECUTIVE ALTERNATION WITH SAID DISKS ON THE SHAFT, SAID SPACERS COLLECTIVELY DEFINING A CYLINDER HAVING A DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS A DIAMETER OF THE DISKS AT THE INNER END OF SAID SLITS FOR PROVIDING A LARGE ROTATIONAL INERTIA, SAID BLADES EXTENDING A RELATIVELY SHORTER DISTANCE RADIALLY FROM SAID SPACERS THAN THE RADIUS OF THE SPACERS, AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID DISKS BEING RELATIVELY SMALLER THAN THE RADIAL EXTENT OF THE BLADES FROM SAID SPACERS, SAID DISKS BEING AXIALLY ALIGNED SO THAT EACH BLADE IS ALIGNED WITH A CORRESPONDING BLADE ON AN ADJACENT DISK; MEANS FOR PREVENTING RELATIVE ROTATION OF THE DISKS; AND A JAM NUT SECURED ON THE SHAFT AND IN LOCKING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DRIVING ASSEMBLY OF DISKS AND SPACERS.