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No. 559,017. PatentedAprn 28, 1896.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known"that I, JAMnsM. Wonrn, a citizen-of the United States, residing at Chi; cego, county of Cook, andv State of Illinois, have invented'certain. new and useful Improvements in Gas-Engines; and I'deelare the following to be e fulheleztr, and concise description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying specification and drawmgs. Y

My purpose is'to produce a geseng'ine wherein an explosion takes place at eahend of the working cylinder at every complete cycle'of motion, pi'ocuringthereby practically as the source of energy.

thesaine result as obtained in the use of all single cylinder steeim engine. I have designed to use either generated gas or gnsolene Referring to the drawings, Figure 1, is the side of one side elevation on an engine em bodying my invention. Fig.2 is-a central. vertical section of same, taken lengthwise of the cylinder and on theline 22 of Fig. 8.

Fig Sishtrarisirerse sectional. view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2

Similar letters refer to like parts'througho ut the specification and drawings. 1

Suitably. mounted on the base A of the en'- 'gineare the parallel-cylinders B G. The interior of the cylinderB is divided by the pieton 1) into two \carbureting-chambers B" B The interior'of the cylinder 0 is divided by the piston E into two combustion-chambers (3 O. The cylinder B has cast upon one side a parallel gas-chamberB, said chamber communioeting with the gas supplythrough the throttle-valve B and pipe B. The throttleernor B; The gas-chamber B- communicates.

'nlve is controlled by an ordinary ball-govwith the chambers B B of the cylinder B through the puppet-valves B B placed in theiopeningsBlB v y The earbureting-chambors B B communicate with the atmosphere through the pup tyalve's B B in the cylinder-heads B said puppet-valves being adapted to opento allow air. to enter the carbureting-chnmher and to close to prevent the cerhureted air from escapin g into the atmosphere when coinpressed by the piston D;

Communicating between the cylinder B and,

the cylinder '0 erev passages or ports C C.

in the cylinder .thesource, of energy.

The chambers C G of cylinder Uere pro vid edwith exheust ports G C, communicating with the atmosphere through the exhaust pipes 0 i i with the csrbureting-chembers B B through the puppet velvesD' D placed ,in the openings 1) D The 'pistonl) is also provided with transverse slots D- 1), adapted to'regis thepnssages C 0 3 r i i Q The piston E is secured to the piston D'hy means of a, suitable connection The pie- The piston D is'hollow and communicates terat either limit of the pistenstroke with l ton E is also hollow, the interior of same com 'municeting with the external atmosphere.

through the slotsE' inthesides-thereoi, correspondingto the slots G in the sides of cyl-- inder (J. The piston E is connected-with the crank-shaft F hymeensof the drivingernis F,'seid driving-arms having outside connection to the wrist-pin'h er the piston 5E. I The head of the piston E is provided with.

spring-electrodes E E", adapted to contact with the insulated electrodes 0* C", secured The insulated ,lectrodes 1C 0" and the spring-electrodes r conductors 0 to an electric circuit-orgslvenic battery; (Not herein shown). Also secured upon the heads of the piston E are the deflec- E are connected by the tors E Mounted'upon theshdft Here the fl y-wheels F F? and the driving-pulley or belt-wheel F. The hubof the fiy-wheel F hns a groove cut therein .toreceive the governor-belt F. I

The action of my engine wlllhe described as it-operetes when generated gasis needle-s It-will he that as thepiston D. time in the cylinder B',,II1OVG S to the left a certain amount of gas will be drewnintei the chamber B from the gas-chamber B through the puppeirvali'e B At the same time acertain amount of air will be drawn into the chamber Bf through the vulve'B, plncedin the right cylinder-heed BI. The return of the gas and air thus admitted is prevented by the puppet-valves B" B. As the piston starts on its return stroke the earbureted air will Us compressed in the chamber B, the puppetvelve D will beopen and the cerburetedia ii will pass into thehollow piston D wherefit stantially asr shown in Fig. 2.

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will remain nnderslight compression until the opening of slot D coincides with the port or passage when the gas will pass into the chamber t." of the cylinder C, strike the de- 5 Hector E secured upon the head of the piston E, and fill the chamber 0. The piston E on its return stroke toward theleft will out oh? the port or passage C and exhaust-port C and compress the carhureted air within the [O chamber C.

As the piston E nears thelimit of. its stroke the spying-eleetrodeE will conin the cylinder (3.

a spark produced that will ignite the gas and caifse an explosion which will force the piston to the extreme limit of its travel toward the right, uncover the exhaust-port, and allow the expanded gas to escape to the atmosphere through the exhaust-port C and exhaust-pipe 0'. The action-is the same in the chambers 13 C as in B C, an explosion taking place in each combnstion-ehamher at every rerun-ocelion of the pistons l) E. The piston D is rigidly conneoted to the piston E by means sublhis connection insuresa corresponding stroke to the two pistons; The "e linder C is provided with longitudinal slo s l to allow the crank-arm connectionaml-wrist-pin to pass to and 'frox' These slots also allow air topass into the piston through the corresponding slots E in the sides thereof, thus aiding in reducing the temperature due to the heat caused by the ex'plo sions. The eombustioii-ehambers C I" are surrounded by water-jackets O U, conneeied with a water supply. shown.) reduce the temperature due #li0= l-h0 abovestatedcause. I

Having thus described my invention, what I wish to secure by Letters Patent is- A gas-engine, having in combination a denble-acting compression-eylinder, a doubleacting hollow piston havingpuppet-valve in either head thereof and-transverse slots in the upper face thereof, said piston adapted to reciprocate in saideyiihder, ai'donhl'emeting combustionwylinder having suits-bleinletports and exhaust-ports, and a donble-aiin working piston adapted-to reciprocate in said eonibustion-eylhnler, said piston having outside eonneeti ons with the crankshaft, all substaniially as SllOWll.

In testimony whereof I] have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

JAMES M. 'WORTH.

Witnesses: 4

Gee. I. ilioin'rynn,

S: W. Bunisnnn.

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