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1898 Article-Fairbanks Co., Gas Engine |
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Gas, Gasoline and Oil Vapor Engines, 1898 pgs 323-325 |
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10/27/2012 7:43:01 PM |
The Fairbanks Gas and Gasoline Engines
Ever onward is the progress of improvement in the design and construction of the explosive engine. The latest comes from the Fairbanks Company, 311 Broadway, New York.
In the production of the "Fairbanks" the best points in former constructions and experiments have been adopted that would tend to perfection in running regulation and economy, as well as to make a light and strong motor. In appearance it is a finished machine.
These engines are of the four-cycle compression type with screw-geared cam-shaft, which is thrown in and out of gear by the action of the ball governor, which is located just forward of the main shaft and driven by the screw gear on the shaft. The governor operates a friction-clutch in contact with the screw on the secondary shaft, causing it to stop at the moment of over--speed. The main exhaust is through a port in the cylinder at the end of the piston impulse stroke with a supplementary exhaust through a poppet-valve near the cylinder head, which is operated by a cam on the side shaft. In Fig. 248 is shown a sectional plan of the engine in which is delineated the relation of the cylinder exhaust-port and the supplementary exhaust-port and passage of the products of combustion directly to the exhaust-pipe, thus greatly saving the overheating and wear of the exhaust-valve caused by its exhausting the entire contents of the cylinder. In the section, Fig. 248, is also shown the location and arrangement of the electric igniter and the hot tube.
The supplementary regulator is operated directly from the governor and is delicately adjustable, through the rod connecting a small and independent throttle in the gas-inlet pipe. |
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1898 Fairbanks Co., Gas Engine (Electric Igniter)
1898 Fairbanks Co., Gas Engine (Hot Tube Ignition)
1898 Fairbanks Co., Gas Engine (Sectional Plan)
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