US Patent: 445,110 - Gas Engine


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US Patent: 445,110

Gas Engine

Patentee:

Marcellus A. Graham (exact or similar names) - San Francisco, CA

USPTO Classifications:

123/161, 123/196R, 123/325, 123/405, 123/90.16, 184/18, 92/159

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : internal combustion engines : gas and gasoline engines

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Marcellus A. Graham - San Francisco, CA

Witnesses:

George H. Strong

S. H. Nourse

H. C. Lee

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 20, 1890
Granted:	Jan. 20, 1891

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Description:

Abstract:

My invention relates to certain improvements in what are known as, gas or explosive engines.

Claim:

In a gas-engine, a cylinder with a piston reciprocating therein and a means for supplying gas or explosive vapor to the interior of the cylinder, with inlet-valve, governor, and exhaust-valve, as shown, in combination with a spring-arm projecting into the cylinder and forming one electrode, a horizontal rotary shaft extending through the side of the cylinder explosion-chamber to form the other electrode and having its inner end slotted, a radial arm f, fitted to the slot, and a set-screw by which the arm is secured and its radial length is regulated with reference to the elastic electrode.