US Patent: 656,539 - Multiple-Cylinder Gas-Engine


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US Patent: 656,539

Multiple-Cylinder Gas-Engine

Patentee:

Russell A. Frisbie (exact or similar names) - Middletown, Middlesex County, CT

USPTO Classifications:

123/41.69, 123/58.2

Tool Categories:

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

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Dec. 19, 1899
Granted:	Aug. 21, 1900

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Description:

Claim:

In an engine of the character described, the combination, of a cylinder formed of a single casting with a single partition presenting two compartments or piston-chambers located on a line with each other, said partition forming the head of the lower compartment, inlet and exhaust valves for the com-partments, pistons located in the compartments and connected to each other and to the crank-shaft, the cylinder having openings leading into the lower part of the upper compartment above the partition or head, and opposing valves located in said openings.