US Patent: 720,934
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| Speed-Regulating Device for Engine-Governors
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Patentee:
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| Roy C. Kimble (exact or similar names) - Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, MI |
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Patent Dates:
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Feb. 17, 1903 |
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Description: |
| Abstract:
This invention relates to improvements in speed-regulating devices for engine-governors. It is particularly adapted for use as a speed-regulating device in connection with engine-governors of the class described in United States Letters Patent No. 654,007, issued to James E. Kimball July 17, 1900, although by proper structural variations it may be applied to any engine-governor which throttles the steam.
Claim:
In a speed-regulating device for engine-governors, the combination of a suitable governor-valve; a valve-stem divided in two parts C and D; a shaft G; an arm or lever E secured to said shaft engaging the upper part of the valve-stem; an arm or lever F pivoted on said shaft, engaging the part C of the valve-stem; a spring G' on said shaft engaging said lever F and arranged to put tension on the same; means for adjusting said spring; and a thumbscrew through the projecting end of one of said arms and adapted to engage the other, whereby the relative position of said arms is controlled. |
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