| US Patent: 683,886 
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| Explosive Engine | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Ellis J. Woolf (exact or similar names) - Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN |  
 
| USPTO Classifications: |  | 123/156, 123/188.2, 123/195R, 123/196CP, 123/346, 123/363, 123/378, 123/41.47, 123/41.71, 123/41.72, 123/41R, 123/65VB, 123/69V, 123/71V, 123/73AA, 123/73AB, 123/73CA, 184/18, 184/6.5 |  
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jan. 29, 1901 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 01, 1901 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Abstract:
My invention relates to explosive-engines, and has for its object to provide certain radical improvements therein with a view of securing increased efficiency.
Claim:
In an explosive-engine, the combination with a compression-chamber having an inlet-valve for the explosive mixture, a charging-port leading from the compression-chamber to the explosion - chamber and a charging-valve controlling said charging-port, of a differential cylinder having its enlarged end in communication with said compression-chamber and a corresponding differential piston working in said differential cylinder, which valves operate under the action of the crankshaft end of the larger piston. |  |