US Patent: 292,525
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Duplex pumping-engine
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Patentee:
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Charles C. Worthington (exact or similar names) - Irvington, NY |
Manufacturer: |
Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Applied: |
Apr. 28, 1883 |
Granted: |
Jan. 29, 1884 |
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Jeff Joslin
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Description: |
This invention's specification notes that typical steam engines experience uneven power, which is evened out by either the momentum of the load itself, as in a locomotive, or by the use of a large flywheel. But pumping engines do not have meaningful load momentum and do not use flywheels, and instead a duplex engine design is used to provide more even power. This invention uses a compound-engine design with a single cylinder. |
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