US Patent: 365,701 - Gas Motor Engine


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US Patent: 365,701

Gas Motor Engine

Patentee:

Nicolaus August Otto (exact or similar names) - Deutz-on-the-Rhine, Prussia, German Empire

USPTO Classifications:

123/144

Tool Categories:

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

Assignees:

Gas-Motoren-Fabrik-Deutz - Deutz-on-the-Rhine, Prussia, German Empire

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Feb. 17, 1887
Granted:	Jun. 28, 1887

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Description:

Patented in England, 19 Jan 1887, #847; in Belgium, 03 Feb 1887, #76,214 and in Italy, 24 Feb 1887, #XLLI, 8.

Abstract:

This invention relates to an improved construction of apparatus for igniting the charges of those gas-motor engines in which the charge is subject to compression before ignition. The apparatus consists of a slide that is pressed against a slide-face of the cylinder by means of a loose cover acted on by springs, and is worked by suitable gearing from the engine-shaft.

Claim:

Igniting apparatus for gas-motor engines, consisting of a slide, n, having a channel, b, communicating by a small hole, c, with a chamber, that in its turn communicates by an annular opening, cl, with a passage, c, having opposite lateral openings a' e , the passage e being made to communicate with the firing-port of the engine by a passage.