US Patent: 278,421
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| Gas Engine
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Patentee:
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| James A. Ewins (exact or similar names) - Birmingham, Warwick County, England |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Mar. 17, 1883 |
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May 29, 1883 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Patented in England, 29 Mar 1881, #1,388; and in Belgium,18 Feb 1882, #57,115.
Abstract:
The igniting appliances constructed according to my invention consist, substantially, of a disk, plate, or valve having either a rectilinear or rotary motion, the said motions being either continuous or intermittent, the said plate being situated at the back or other convenient part of the explosion-chamber to which the mixture of gas and air is supplied. The said plate or valve is furnished with a slit ,or opening, or a series of equidistant slits or openings, the said slits or one of the said slits at each forward movement or impulse of the said plate or valve momentarily uncovering a hole or slit in the explosion-chamber, so that an external gas jet or flame situated near the last- named hole or slit is ,made to ignite the explosive mixture in the chamber and effect the propulsion, of the piston. The said plate or valve maybe worked by ratchet-gear from the principal shaft of the engine, or by toothed or other equivalent gearing.
Claim:
In a gas-engine, the combination, with the piston, the explosion-chamber provided with a slit or opening for the admission of flame thereto, the slotted or perforated plate, disk, or valve, and the external permanent burner, of operating mechanism, as explained, for moving said plate, disk, or valve so as momentarily to uncover the aforesaid slit or opening during the advance of the piston and permit the flame of the permanent burner to be drawn into the explosion-chamber by the partial vacuum formed in said chamber by the advance of the piston.
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