US Patent: 654,996 - Gasolene Motor


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US Patent: 654,996

Gasolene Motor

Patentee:

Stephen Messerer (exact or similar names) - Newark, Essex County, NJ

USPTO Classifications:

123/89, 60/315

Tool Categories:

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

Assignees:

Messerer Automobile Co. - Newark, Essex County, NJ

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Jun. 08, 1899
Granted:	Jul. 31, 1900

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Description:

Claim:

In a gas or vapor engine, the cylinder of the engine, having an exhaust-port, a vacuum chamber or cylinder provided with means for allowing the exhaust-gases to be expelled, a valve-casing at one side of the engine-cylinder in communication with the discharge-port of said cylinder, and also in communication with said vacuum-chamber, and a piston placed in the vacuum-chamber,combined with means for suddenly forcing the piston outward as the discharge takes place in the cylinder, and means for slowly returning the piston in the vacuum-chamber so as to expel the gases through the opening in the end of the vacuum-chamber.