| US Patent: 220,612 
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| Road Engine | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Willard T. Hatch (exact or similar names) - Indianapolis, IN |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jun. 10, 1879 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 14, 1879 |  
 
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                        Joel Havens
 "Vintage Machinery" entry for Atlas Engine Works
 
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| Description: |  | Abstract:
I have devised an improved arrangement of the parts for transmitting power from the engine to the driving-wheels. I use a single engine, with the obvious economy of construction and repair and the diminished friction due to such, and have connected an efficient device f for starting the engine when it is stopped on the center. 
Claims: 
1. In a portable and traction engine having a chain, D, for communicating power to the bearing-wheels W, the shaft I, turning on a fixed center, and the shaft H, turning on a movable center, in combination with means, C C, for adjusting the position of the latter in a path concentric to I. 
2. In a portable engine having a single cylinder, the friction-piece R, rod Q, lever P, and connection N, adapted to serve as herein specified. |  |