US Patent: 664,632
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Internal Combustion Engine
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Patentee:
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Walter K. Freeman (exact or similar names) - Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, NY |
Manufacturer: |
Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Applied: |
Oct. 30, 1900 |
Granted: |
Dec. 25, 1900 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
Abstract:
This invention relates to improvements in engines the power for which is derived from the explosion of a gaseous medium in more or less intimate relation to a piston or moving part suitably connected with a crankshaft by means of which the power is transmitted.
Claim:
In an internal-combustion engine the combination with the cylinder, explosion-chamber and piston working in said cylinder with valves for the admission and exhaust of the explosive mixture and products of combustion respectively, of a housing connected with the cylinder, one side of said housing having an inwardly projecting centrally arranged stud axle or bearing and an outwardly projecting stud axle or bearing, a flywheel journaled on said inwardly-projecting stud-axle or bearing, a gearwheel carried by said flywheel within the housing, a double pinion-journaled in the wall of said housing and meshing with said gear-wheel, a second gearwheel journaled on the outwardly projecting stud axle or bearing and meshing with the outer end of said pinion,and a valve-operating mechanism operated by said last mentioned gearwheel. |
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