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US Patent: 162,715
Valve-Gear for Steam Engines
Patentee:
Joseph W. Thompson (exact or similar names) - Salem, Columbiana County, OH

USPTO Classifications:
91/259, 91/331

Tool Categories:
propulsion and energy : steam engines : steam engine valve gear

Assignees:
Joseph W. Thompson - Salem, Columbiana County, OH
Buckeye Engine Co. - Salem, Columbiana County, OH

Manufacturer:
Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:
Joseph F. Smith
Peter Ambler
A. Bennendorf
A. F. Terry

Patent Dates:
Applied: Mar. 20, 1875
Granted: Apr. 27, 1875

Reissue Information:
Reissued as RE8,433 (Sep. 24, 1878)

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Description:
Abstract:

The invention relates to the construction and arrangement of devices for connecting the main valve and its sliding cutoff valve with the eccentrics from which they derive motion, that of the cutoff valve being adjustable around its center of rotation.

Claim:

The double-armed rockshaft, R, of the cutoff valve, mounted on the rock-arm, S, of the main valve, which is operated by a fixed eccentric, in combination with an eccentric arranged for adjustment around its center of motion, and the rods connecting said parts, whereby the movement of the cutoff is varied.

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