US118227A - Improvement in balancing-pistons - Google Patents

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  • the invention relates to improvements in balancin g steam or air-pistons workin g horizontally; and it consists in Inoviding one or more cavities in the :face of the piston at the under side, and admitting steam thereto to act between the piston and the cylinder to counteract the weight.
  • the arrangement also facilitates lubrication.
  • Figure 1 is an end view of a piston, partly in vertical section; and Fig. 2 is a view of the face, also partly sectioned.
  • .l provi de one or more (preferably two) cavities, A, in that part of the principal packing-ring of the piston which works at the bottom, and steampassages B leading thereto through the side wal ls,
  • passages I prefer to admit the steam through the spaces D at the end of the outside packingrings, but it may be admitted in any approved way; and I arr-an ge the said passages to have steam admitted from one sideof the piston to one cavity and from the other side to the other, so that there will be a constant press ure of steam under the piston, lifting it from the cylinder, no matter which way it is moving.
  • the employment of the two cavities with passages arranged in this way prevents the blowing ot' the steam through from one side ofthe pistou to the other, which would take place if only one cavity with passages communicating with both sides were used. This arrangement also facilitates the lubrication of the piston, for the steam admitted below it carries with it considerable moisture.

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@Frio LEONARD FINLAY, OF ST. LOUIS7 MISSOURI.
A IMPROVEMENT IN BALANCING-PISTNS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,227, dated August 22, 1871.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, LEONARD FINLAY, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Balancing-Pistons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereot', wh ich wi ll enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part oi this specification.
The invention relates to improvements in balancin g steam or air-pistons workin g horizontally; and it consists in Inoviding one or more cavities in the :face of the piston at the under side, and admitting steam thereto to act between the piston and the cylinder to counteract the weight. The arrangement also facilitates lubrication.
Figure 1 is an end view of a piston, partly in vertical section; and Fig. 2 is a view of the face, also partly sectioned.
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.l provi de one or more (preferably two) cavities, A, in that part of the principal packing-ring of the piston which works at the bottom, and steampassages B leading thereto through the side wal ls,
to which passages I prefer to admit the steam through the spaces D at the end of the outside packingrings, but it may be admitted in any approved way; and I arr-an ge the said passages to have steam admitted from one sideof the piston to one cavity and from the other side to the other, so that there will be a constant press ure of steam under the piston, lifting it from the cylinder, no matter which way it is moving. The employment of the two cavities with passages arranged in this way prevents the blowing ot' the steam through from one side ofthe pistou to the other, which would take place if only one cavity with passages communicating with both sides were used. This arrangement also facilitates the lubrication of the piston, for the steam admitted below it carries with it considerable moisture.
Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The cavities A in the bottom of the pistonpaeking, having passages admitting the steam thereto for counteracting the weight of the piston, substantially as speeiiied.
LEONARD lEINLAY.
Vitnesses DANL. MCFARLAN, J. W. (l. HALLEY.
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