US Patent: 640,673 - Gas Engine


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US Patent: 640,673

Gas Engine

Patentee:

George W. Lewis (exact or similar names) - Chicago, Cook County, IL

USPTO Classifications:

123/162, 123/179.7, 123/346, 123/378, 123/404, 123/65R, 123/74AC, 200/19.2, 73/508

Tool Categories:

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

Assignees:

J. Thompson & Sons Mfg. Co. - Beloit, Rock County, WI

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Sep. 22, 1898
Granted:	Jan. 02, 1900

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Description:

Original application filed 08 Nov., 1894. Renewed application filed 22 Sept., 1898.

Claim:

In combination, with the supply-valve of a gas-engine, a movable device or gage adapted to engage the stein of the supply-valve for the purpose of limiting the opening movements of the valve, and a centrifugal governor for operating the gage device, a spring applied to the gage device and operating in opposition to the centrifugal action of the governor, said spring being adapted to act only or principally when the engine is running light and preventing the skipping of an explosion.