US Patent: 641,659 
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| Explosive Engine
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	        Patentee:
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 | Gustavus A. Tuerk (exact or similar names) - Chicago, Cook County, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Mar. 25, 1899 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jan. 16, 1900 | 
 
 
 
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                        Joel Havens 
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        Description: |  
| Claim:
The combination with the outlet-valve of an explosive-engine, and the lever for operating said valve, of a governor provided with a coned extension on its movable sleeve, and a detent-lever on the engine-frame, one end of which engages such coned extension and the other end of which is adapted to engage the upper end of the valve-operating lever to hold the same in a dormant position, substantially as set forth. |  
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