US Patent: 633,484
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Internal Combustion Motor for Bicycles, &c.
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Patentee:
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Samuel N. Pond (exact or similar names) - Chicago, Cook County, IL |
Manufacturer: |
Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Applied: |
Apr. 10, 1899 |
Granted: |
Sep. 19, 1899 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
Claim:
In a motor for bicycles and similar vehicles, the combination with a multiple-cylinder explosive engine adapted to be secured to the frame of a vehicle of a forked lever fulcrumed on the drix ing-shaft of the engine, a friction-wheel journaled in and carried by said forked lever~, driving connections between said driving-shaft and said friction-wheel, an oil-receptacle adapted to be secured to the frame of the vehicle, pipes lead-ingfrom said oil-receptacle to the inlet-valves of the cylinders, a cock in said pipes, connections intermediate said cock and the forked lever, and means connected with said forked lever whereby said friction-wheel may be pressed into contact with a wheel of the vehicle or removed therefrom, and simultaneously the flow of oil to the cylinders may be opened or closed, substantially as described. In a motor for bicycles and similar vehicles, the combination with an explosive-engine adapted to be secured to the frame of the vehicle of a forked lever fulcrumed on the driving-shaft of the engine, a friction-wheel journaled in and carried by said forked lever, driving connections between said div-ing-shaft and said friction-wheel, a source of electricity designed to be carried on the ye-hicle, ant electric circuit intermediate said source of electricity and the igniter mechanism. of the engine, a circuit making and breaking device located in said circuit, and means connected with said forked lever and with said circuit making and breaking device, whereby said friction-wheel may be pressed into contact with a wheel of a vehicle or removed therefrom, and simultaneously the electric circuit of the igniter may be closed or opened, substantially as described. |
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