US Patent: 4,776 - Rotary Engine


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US Patent: 4,776

Rotary Engine

Patentee:

James Miller (exact or similar names) - Philadelphia, PA

USPTO Classifications:

267/75, 418/188, 418/249

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : steam apparatus : rotary steam engines

propulsion and energy : steam engines : steam engine valves

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Granted:	Sep. 26, 1846

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Description:

Claim:

The combination with the revolving disk in rotary steam engines of a valve having the form herein described, or any modification thereof analogous in design and effect, by which the pressure of steam upon the valve, is directed wholly or mainly toward its center or axis of motion and upon its axle, and (for the purpose of avoiding friction) only so much on the sliding part as may be desirable or necessary to keep the valve closed on the sliding surface, against the revolver.