US Patent: 652,382
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| Gas Engine
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Patentee:
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| John H. Atterbury (exact or similar names) - Avon, Norfolk County, MA |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Sep. 14, 1899 |
| Granted: |
Jun. 26, 1900 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Claim:
As is well understood, gas-engines explode their gas at the beginning of the stroke of the to piston, or, in other words, when the piston- rod and crank are in ]ine. The effect of this is that the force of the explosion is largely expended in heating the cylinder and other parts to an intense degree, making a water-jacket necessary around it for the purpose of carrying off the heat. Thus a large proportion of the power which might be applied to the engine is lost. The burned gas expands until it loses value when the crank is at the zo point indicated in the accompanying drawings, say at one-sixth of its stroke. A large portion of the heat is lost to the engine for the reason that the explosion chamber or cylinder has so much space to be filled. |
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