US Patent: 648,689 - Igniting Device for Gas-Engines


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US Patent: 648,689

Igniting Device for Gas-Engines

Patentee:

LLewellyn Hutchinson (exact or similar names) - Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

USPTO Classifications:

123/146.5A

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : internal combustion engines : ignition systems

Assignees:

E. D. Mellen - Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA

Isaac H. Davis - Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Nov. 11, 1899
Granted:	May 01, 1900

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Description:

Claim:

An igniting device comprising an eugmie having a plurality of cylinders and a single crank-shaft, a pinion attached to said shaft, two gears meshing with said pinion on either side of it, a plurality of ignition-points relating to the respective cylinders, a primary and a secondary controller attached respectively to the shafts of the said two gears and controlling the action of the said ignition-points, combined with the induction-coil having a source of electrical energy included in its primary circuit, and said circuit controlled by the primary circuit-controller, and the secondary circuit of said coil including the ignition-points and controlled by the secondary circuit-controller.