US Patent: 675,501 
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| Valve Gear for Explosive Engines
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	        Patentee:
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 | William G. Stolz (exact or similar names) - Brooklyn, Kings County, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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Feb. 05, 1901 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jun. 04, 1901 | 
 
 
 
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                        Joel Havens "Vintage Machinery" entry for Conger Mfg. Co. 
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        Description: |  
| Abstract:
The present invention has relation to that class of valve-gear for explosive-engines in which the inlet-valve and the outlet-valve are arranged in line with each other. The object thereof is to provide means whereby the inlet-valve may be forced from its seat and opened to supply gas to the engine-cylinder should the valve from any cause fail to act, attained by the mechanism.
Claim:
In an explosive-engine, a suction inlet-valve and a supplemental device for operating said valve should it fail to operate by suction, said device comprising a spring-actuated plunger-rod arranged to strike the valve-rod, a pivoted lever  arranged to strike the plunger-rod, and suitable means for operating the lever. |  
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