US Patent: 659,944 - Gas Engine


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US Patent: 659,944

Gas Engine

Patentee:

Harry D. Weed (exact or similar names) - Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY

USPTO Classifications:

123/158, 123/338, 123/363, 123/73A, 123/73AB, 123/73SC, 123/73V, 73/493, 73/551

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:	Mar. 24, 1900
Granted:	Oct. 16, 1900

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Description:

Claim:

In a gas engine the combination with a working cylinder, a gas-chamber communicating with said cylinder and a piston common to both said cylinder and said chamber, of means for admitting to the working cylinder full charges of explosive gas from the gas-chamber and means whereby a portion of the admitted charge of gas proportionate to the amount of work the engine is called upon to perform is withdrawn from the wo ing cylinder prior to ignition.