[SEL] Engine ID needed.

[Elden DuRand]

Curt:

Try this link:

http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?docid=US000740571&SectionNum=1&IDKey=A0CBB3ABBB1A&HomeUrl=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1%2526Sect2=HITOFF%2526d=PALL%2526p=1%2526u=%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r=1%2526f=G%2526l=50%2526s1=0740,571.PN.%2526OS=PN/0740,571%2526RS=PN/0740,571

Take care - Elden
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com]On
>  Behalf Of
> curt at rustyiron.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 08:49 AM
> To: The SEL email discussion list
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Engine ID needed.
> 
> 
> Tommy, Elden,
> Odd duck is right! I initially thought this was a 
> 2 cycle engine because
> of what looked like ported exhaust, and the fact 
> that every time the
> piston heads toward TDC it is on compression. 
> Makes sense eh? But I found
> the engine in the BYB and it claims it is a 4 
> cycle engine with a "special
> mechanism that allowed skipping of the exhaust 
> valve push rod.
> 
> I'm trying to get the patents to load on my 
> computer, but am having
> problems with viewing them. I'm getting only 
> partial views at the moment,
> so I've got a computer issue to muddle thru 
> before learning more.
> Patent number is 740,571 if you'd like to have a 
> look. If someone happens
> to get the tif's to download in completion, I'd 
> appreciate an offlist
> email with the tif's attached, so I can read 
> them. I think there are 8
> pages.
> 
> Currently the engine is belted to a large 3 phase 
> motor and that's how it
> is rotated and made to fire on occasion. Turn the 
> power off and the poor
> engine barely chuffs and can't produce enough 
> power to even sustain
> itself, so there is much to do to get it running 
> well and making decent
> power.
> 
> As to the governor linkage, it leads me to 
> believe it is a throttle
> governed engine. That's fairly unusual too 
> considering the year of
> manufacture was 1902/3.
> Curt