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US Patent: 644,295
Vapor or Gas Engine
Patentees:
John G. Lepper (exact or similar names) - Bridgeport, Fairfield County, CT
Wilbur F. Dial (exact or similar names) - Bridgeport, Fairfield County, CT

USPTO Classifications:
123/157, 123/18R

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: Jan. 02, 1899
Granted: Feb. 27, 1900

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Description:
Claim:

In an explosive-engine of the character described, the cylinder having chambers and oscillating pistons as described, the shaft connected to such pistons and having a crank thereon, a pitman connected to said shaft and a second shaft having a rotating crank connected to said pitman, a sprocket-wheel on the second shaft, and a sprocket-chain leading back to a sprocket and cam wheel conecen-tric with the first shaft, and exhaust-valves connecting to the cylinder-chambers and operated by said sprocket and cam wheel, all combined substantially as described. In an explosive-engine of the character described, the cylinder and oscillating pis-tons, the shaft concentric with the cylinder and supporting the pistons, the sparking and exhaust mechanism,and a cam-wheel, concentric with the shaft and driven continuously in one direction, said cam-wheel controlling the sparking and exhaust mechanism to insure the described sequence of explosion and exhaust, all the specified elements in combi-nation, substantially as described.

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