| US Patent: 658,595 
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| Internal-Combustion Motor | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | William E. Simpson (exact or similar names) - London, Middlesex County,  England |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Apr. 26, 1900 |  
| Granted: | Sep. 25, 1900 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Joel Havens
 
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| Description: |  | Patented in Great Britain 11 May, 1899, #9,977.
Claim: 
An internal-combustion motor, having in combination a cylinder of varying bore, a trunk-piston to form with said cylinder working chambers, an inlet-valve for each of the working chambers through which a gaseous explosive charge may be admitted into each of the said chambers, and an exhaust-valve for each of the working chambers, through which the products of combustion may be discharged, and means for holding open one of the exhaust-valves for the whole cycle of operations except and until almost the end of the ordinary compression-stroke. |  |