| US Patent: 651,780 
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| Internal-Combustion Motor | 
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| Patentees: |  
 | Henry T. Dawson (exact or similar names) - Canterbury, Kent County,  England |  | Henry A. Dawson (exact or similar names) - Canterbury, Kent County,  England |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jul. 10, 1899 |  
| Granted: | Jun. 12, 1900 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Joel Havens
 
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| Description: |  | Claim:
In an internal-combustion motor, the combination of, a combustion-cylinder; an air-cylinder forming an enlarged continuation of the combustion-cylinder; a combustion-piston; an annular air-piston in one with the combustion-piston; a crankshaft; a piston-rod connecting the piston and crankshaft; an admission-valve; an exhaust-valve; an ignition device; a valve-box; a port opening from the valve-box into the combustion-cylinder; a port opening from the air-cylinder into the valve box; an air-reservoir communicating with the said valve-box; a valve fitted to said reservoir normally adapted to admit air into said reservoir and prevent its return therefrom; a non-return valve located in the said valve-box and adapted to open and close the port opening from the air-cylinder into the valve-box and means for moving the said nonreturn valve by hand |  |