(under the class definition) Apparatus in which the rotating working member either engages another rotating member or a cylinder casing or part thereof thereby barring the passage of working fluid therepast and a relief passage is provided at the convergence of these elements for the removal of the unexhausted residual working fluid normally confined thereat in the operation of the device.
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183, and the subclasses thereunder for devices in which the working fluid enroute to or from the working chamber passes through at least a portion of the rotating working member.