US Patent: 627,338 - Gas Engine


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US Patent: 627,338

Gas Engine

Patentee:

Lowry S. Kirker (exact or similar names) - Pittsburg, Allegheny County, PA

USPTO Classifications:

123/156, 123/402, 123/41.37, 123/58.2, 123/90.16, 123/90.17

Tool Categories:

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

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 20, 1898
Granted:	Jun. 20, 1899

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Description:

Claim:

In a gas-engine, the combination of two aligning water-cooled cylinders composed of middle and end sections respectively secured together, pistons therein mounted on a common piston-rod, means for maintaining a water circulation through the pistons and rod, explosion-chambers in each of the end sections of the cylinders provided with an upper gas and air inlet valve, a lower exhaust-valve with means for maintaining a water circulation therethrough, an igniting device in each explosion-chamber, and means for operating the valves and igniting devices, substantially as set forth.