US Patent: 593,034 
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| Gas Engine
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	        Patentee:
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 | Fred W. Spacke (exact or similar names) - Indianapolis, Marion County, IN |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Apr. 07, 1896 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Nov. 02, 1897 | 
 
 
 
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                        Joel Havens "Vintage Machinery" entry for F. W. Spacke Machine Co. F.W. Spacke Machine Company 
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        Description: |  
| Abstract:
The objects of my invention are, first, to produce a double-acting gas-engine; second, to provide means for heating the air before it is mixed with the gas; third, to provide improved means for exploding the gas, and, fourth, to provide improved means for removing the exhaust from both ends of the cylinder.
Claim:
 In a gas-engine, a piston so shaped as to form an air-chamber between a portion of said piston and the walls of the cylinder, the said air-chamber having no direct communication with the combustion-chamber of the cylinder, an air-inlet leading into said chamber from the exterior of the cylinder, an air-outlet leading from said chamber, and intermediate valved connections between said air-outlet and the combustion-chamber of the cylinder. |  
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