US Patent: 657,384 - Explosive Engine


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US Patent: 657,384

Explosive Engine

Patentee:

Samuel F. Beetz (exact or similar names) - Mendota, La Salle County, IL

USPTO Classifications:

123/179.31, 123/190.4, 123/41.34, 123/41.76, 123/58.2

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : internal combustion engines

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	May 05, 1899
Granted:	Sep. 04, 1900

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Description:

Claim:

An explosive-engine, comprising a main cylinder having a transverse partition for forming separate cylinders containing working chambers on opposite sides of the partition and compression-chambers at tl1e outer ends of the main cylinder, pistons reciprocating in unison in said cylinders and connected with the main driving-shaft, a rotary valve driven in unison with said pistons and having an inlet and exhaust port arranged to alternately connect said working chambers with the motive agent supply-pipe and the exhaust-pipe, and valve-casings located at the ends of the cylinder and each connected by a port with the corresponding compression-chamber, the said valve-casings being each provided with a chamber leading to the said port and connected through valve-controlled openings with the motive-agent supply and with said rotary admission-valve, so that the compressed charge from the compression-chamber of one cylinder can pass into the working chamber of the other cylinder.