US Patent: 646,867 - Igniter for Gas Engines


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US Patent: 646,867

Igniter for Gas Engines

Patentee:

Oscar Owens (exact or similar names) - San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

USPTO Classifications:

123/157, 123/163

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : internal combustion engines : ignition systems

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

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Feb. 06, 1899
Granted:	Apr. 03, 1900

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Description:

Claim:

In an igniter, terminal electrodes, one of which has a contact-surface, while the other is a rod of polygonal cross-section having a plurality of angles, the axes of the said electrodes being parallel and one of them having movement in a direction transverse to the axes to engage the different angles of the polygonal electrode, substantially as described.