US Patent: 334,978
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| Traction Engine
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Patentee:
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| Edgar Penney (exact or similar names) - Waynesborough, Franklin County, PA |
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Frick Co. - Waynesboro, Franklin County, PA |
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Patent Dates:
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Nov. 27, 1885 |
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Jan. 26, 1886 |
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Joel Havens
"Vintage Machinery" entry for Frick Co.
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Description: |
| Abstract:
My invention relates to an improvement in traction-engines; and it consists in, first, a gear-frame which consists of a large rigid casting which is bolted or riveted to the extended portions of the outside firebox sheet of the boiler, at and near the rear end of the fire-box, the casting being made to connect the sheet both above and behind second, the combination of the boiler, the engine, and a pivoted expansion-joint, by means of which the front end of the engine is connected to the boiler, as will be more fully described hereinafter. The objects of my invention are to facilitate and cheapen the cost of manufacture, and make it possible to duplicate with certainty any of the main parts of the driving and propelling mechanism; to enable the engine and gearing to be mounted and set np independently of the boiler, and then plated in position and secured to strengthen the structure of a traction-boiler, and prepare it to receive the strain, without injury, which may come upon it from the propelling motion, and so connect the front end of the engine to the boiler that the expansion of the metal, caused by the heat of the boiler, will not interfere with the fastenings by which the engine is attached to the boiler.
Claim:
A gear-frame or casting which connects the outside edges of the firebox sheet, and which has bearings for the axle and counter-shaft, and a seat upon which the bed of the engine is supported. |
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