| US Patent: 657,384 
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| Explosive Engine | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Samuel F. Beetz (exact or similar names) - Mendota, La Salle County, IL |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 05, 1899 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 04, 1900 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Joel Havens
 
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| Description: |  | Claim:
An explosive-engine, comprising a main cylinder having a transverse partition for forming separate cylinders containing working chambers on opposite sides of the partition and compression-chambers at tl1e outer ends of the main cylinder, pistons reciprocating in unison in said cylinders and connected with the main driving-shaft, a rotary valve driven in unison with said pistons and having an inlet and exhaust port arranged to alternately connect said working chambers with the motive agent supply-pipe and the exhaust-pipe, and valve-casings located at the ends of the cylinder and each connected by a port with the corresponding compression-chamber, the said valve-casings being each provided with a chamber leading to the said port and connected through valve-controlled openings with the motive-agent supply and with said rotary admission-valve, so that the compressed charge from the compression-chamber of one cylinder can pass into the working chamber of the other cylinder. |  |