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US549160A
US549160A US549160DA US549160A US 549160 A US549160 A US 549160A US 549160D A US549160D A US 549160DA US 549160 A US549160 A US 549160A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60K—ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
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  • FIG. 1 is a side elevation.
  • Fig. 2 1s n front elevation.
  • Eig 3 is a vertical section through my improved hydrocarbon-gas engine.
  • Fig. 4 is a vertical 'section through the flexible valve connections.
  • Fig, 5 represents the slotted plate for 'operating the clutch or clutches.
  • a A,.Fig. 1 is the body of my improved emotive, which may be of any ordinary or d esired form, with any number of seats and with or without a. top.
  • B, B are the driving-wheels, which are of any usual construction, and C the trailingwheels.
  • n D en d E are respectvely'the'springs of the if Wisttis ist e -w l to which th D are connected.
  • e springs G is the steering device, and H- the handwhi his t uedb M3116' Y Zisibmkc c con ro yacc runnin' toglie foot-levl'ler T.
  • Tliegas-engine is provided with a powershaft carrying a pinion N, meshing into the gear M,
  • V attaching the cylinders, which may be'of any convenient number, totheair-reservoir O, Figs. 2 and 3, lwhich is-a she'll closed at fra nged parallel to the drivingshsft,a compact each end and ararrangemntis obtained. Ifthedriving-shaft passes through the air-reservoir, it should pass through a tube secured to the heads at eac-h endin order to avoid studing-boxes. Journals ⁇ for the drvingshaft maybe formed on the heads of the air-reservoir, r where the shaft is located outside of the reservoir, as in Fig. 3, the gas-englne-is connected with the shaft by suitable bores.
  • portion of the upper side of the air-reservoir is' removed and the cylinders of the ges-engine are cast in one piece with a curved ilangewhlch is riveted over thetep of the air-reservoir..
  • the springs D are connected with a frame P, which is fastened to the wormgear constituting the fifth-wheel F.
  • Eig. 3 is a central. vertical section of the workingcyliuder and air-pump,an d in which for 'convenience of illustration the conibusf i 5 tion-chamber,- air-vslre, pump, zuid exhaustviilve are represented in the sume piane.. .It
  • each workingcylihder is provided with suitableadmission-valves and zo' combustion apparatus and that the cranks are preferablynmanged at eau'al angles with .each other.
  • the cranks are preferablynmanged at eau'al angles with .each other.
  • the inlet-valve J't'ot thelairLpump is provided with a dust-strainer composed of ine wire-gauze, cloth, or other material for o preventing the entry of dust intothe oppa- 'ltlvunda bend in the entry-pipe maybe filled with r liquid either with or without an absorbent material to further purify. the entering air from floating particles.
  • a dust-strainer composed of ine wire-gauze, cloth, or other material for o preventing the entry of dust intothe oppa- 'ltlvunda bend in the entry-pipe maybe filled with r liquid either with or without an absorbent material to further purify. the entering air from floating particles.
  • Vwheels of my improved hydrocarbon roadlengihe' may be provided ⁇ with any giuit able traction device for overcoming the -resist-ance of rough or slippery ronds orthos'e of unusual inclination.
  • Each of the universal-coup lings are connected to,
  • a suitable nrrnngement of reversin -gears applicable to this purpose is found 1n tl' system of gearing used to reverse the mot-ion of the feed-screw in engine-lathes; but I prefer to make the body of my roadengine with a crane-neck, so that the driving-wheel maybe turned completely around underneath the driver's seat wheneverit becomes necessary' to jphropel the carriage backward.
  • e central space between the working cylxnders and the air-pumps in which the cranks revolve into which access is had through suitable and-holes may be used as a cool- A ing-ohamber by the introduction of a small quantity of water within it, either with or 1hi without #imh absorbent material, provision be ing made forthe of any 'vapor by an outlet either directly to the atmosphere or into the exhaust-pipe from the engine.
  • Ii'Fig. l 'I have represented a brake-shoe attached to the 'rear axle' and arranged to be dropped into position between the wheel and the ground. It is operated-by means of a chain ofthe proper length, attaehedto the body of the carriage and provided with a. hand-wheel, spring-pawl, and ratchet. n
  • the clutch Y (or the clutches ,7 j) is interposed between the engine andthe drivingwheels, so as to admit of the running of the engine while the carriage remains stationary.
  • suitable running gear include ding propelling wheel and steering mechanism', of liquid hydrocarbon gaseng1ne of the compression type, comprising one or more power cylinders, a suitable liquid-fuel receptacle, a power shaft connected with and arranged to run faster than the propelling wheel, an intermediate clutch or disconnecting device, and a suitable carriage body located above the en gine, substantially as described.
  • suitablecarriage bo'dy located above the engine and a exible or jointed connection between the engine and the body, substantially asdescribed.
  • la suitworking cylinders communicating with a m able"l iquidfu1 receptacle, suitable deviees closed crank chamber, adapted tpholda cool. for transmitting motion from the power shaft ing liquid, and a Apowe1 ⁇ shn ⁇ 3tgeared to mn4 to the driving ax1e,and a clutch or dseonfastert-han the propelling wheel, substantially .5 neeting device, substantially as described. as deseribed.

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