US Patent: 661,300
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Explosive-Gas Engine
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Patentees:
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Thomas M. Antisell (exact or similar names) - Matawan, Monmouth County, NJ |
Frank L. Antisell (exact or similar names) - Matawan, Monmouth County, NJ |
Manufacturer: |
Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Applied: |
Oct. 05, 1899 |
Granted: |
Nov. 06, 1900 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
Claim:
In a gas explosive-engine, the combination with a cylinder, of a piston arranged therein, said cylinder having a gas explosion chamber on one side of the piston and an air- compressing chamber on the other side there of, an air-inlet communicating with the interior of the air-chamber, an outwardly-closing check-valve in the air-inlet, an air-outlet communicating with the atmosphere, a compressed-air tank, means for alternately conveying the compressed air from the tank into the air-chamber and exhausting it from the latter to actuate the piston, means for throwing the tank out of communication with the air-chamber, and means for closing the air-outlet at will, the arrangement being such that air may be alternately compressed and expanded in the air-chamber to act as a cushion for the piston, may be compressed and stored in the tank, or may be conveyed from the tank and alternately admitted to and exhausted from the air-chamber to aid the gas in actuating the piston, all at the will of the operator. |
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