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| Abstract:
The economical working of a steam-engine requires that the point of cut-off be the same at both ends of the cylinder and that the port opening also be the same at both ends. In a reversing-engine it is further desirable that this uniformity extend to both the over and under motions.
Claim:
In a reversing valve-gear, the combination with the crank-shaft, of an eccentric, an eccentric-arm mounted thereon, a reversing lever pivoted at a point between the axis of the engine and a line normal thereto through the shaft, a controlling link, of the same length as the reversing-lever, pivoted at one end to the end of the reversing lever and at the other end to the eccentric-arm, a link pivoted at one end to the eccentric-arm at a point between and in line with the eccentric center and the pivot of the controlling-link, intermediate connections between the link and the valve, and means for holding the reversing-lever in any desired position. |
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