Roy J. Meyers - aircar patents

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**Roy J. MEYERS**

**Air Car**



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***Science & Mechanics* ( January, year unknown, ca.
1930**

**Compressed Air Motor Runs Car**

Either the era of "free air" is about to come to an end, or the
cost of motoring is about to be reduced to practically nothing. In
an amazing demonstration conducted recently in Los Angeles a
standard automobile chasis, powered with a newly-developed
compressed air motor, whizzed around the city streets at not one
cent of cost to the driver for fuel.

The engine, which is the result of six years of research by Roy
J. Meyers, resembled in general appearance a radial airplane
motor. It is mounted in an upright position in the same space
occupied by a gasoline motor in standard cars.

*A side view of the compressed air car, showing the four fuel
tanks which will drive the car 500 miles at a speed of 35
miles per hour. The engine requires no cooling system, no
ignition system, no carburetor, or the hundreds of moving
parts included in a standard gasoline engine.*

![](meyercar1.jpg)

*A front view, showing how the compressed air engine is
mounted. An electric heater, operated by a batter and
generator, heats the air until it attains a pressure of 200
lbs. As the warm air goes through the engine and is cooled, it
is recovered and drawn into a compressing chamber, where is is
heated again and returned to the tank.*

![](meyercar2.jpg)

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**Fluid-Pressure Generator**   
**US1608802**   
**CA272752**

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**Compressor**   
**US1654893**

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