US Patent: 1,946,659
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| Engine Valve Gear
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Patentees:
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| Abner D. Baker (exact or similar names) - Swanton, Fulton County, OH |
| Louis R. Baker (exact or similar names) - Swanton, Fulton County, OH |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Feb. 04, 1932 |
| Granted: |
Feb. 13, 1934 |
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Joel Havens
"Vintage Machinery" entry for A.D. Baker Company
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Description: |
| Claim:
In a steam engine having a cylinder, a piston in said cylinder, and a main crosshead connected to be driven by said piston, a ported sleeve valve, a gear for reciprocating said valve, a pair of cylindrical cut-off valves reciprocable within said sleeve valve, rods connected to said cutoff valves respectively and extending forwardly therefrom, a pair of slide blocks to which the forward ends of said rods are respectively connected, a crosshead in which said blocks are guided, a bracket in which said last crosshead is recipracable, an extension on said last cross-head, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends on said extension, links connecting opposite ends of said lever and said slide blocks respectively, b0 means for adjusting said lever for concomitantly moving said cut-off valves toward or away from each other, and lever and link connection between said extension and said main crosshead for reciprocating said cutoff valves. |
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