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1898 Article-Weber Gas & Gasoline Engine Co., Gas & Gasoline Engine |
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Gas, Gasoline and Oil Vapor Engines, 1898 pgs 241-242 |
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10/23/2012 8:15:54 PM |
The Weber Gas and Gasoline Engine
The engines of the Weber Gas and Gasoline Engine Company are of the four-cycle compression type, with poppet valves operated by direct push-rods and cams on the reducing-gear, which is enclosed with the governor in an iron box, partly filled with oil, which insures perfect lubrication of the gear and keeps out dust. The horizontal styles are made in eight sizes, of 3 to 15 B. H. P., as shown in Fig. 166. They also build a one size vertical engine, of 2 B. H. P., for pumping water, running ventilating fans and printing presses, etc., as shown in Fig. 168.
The style of horizontal engine (Fig. 166) of from 3 to 15 B. H. P. has three valve push-rods—the inner one opens the exhaust valve, the middle one opens the inlet valve, and the outside rod operates the timing-valve in the igniter passage.
Referring to the lettered diagram (Fig. 167), which is arranged for gasoline, A is the needle valve to the igniter burner, B the gasoline valve, C the handle of the gasoline mixing-valve. which is also the starting-lever for letting in the first charge of gasoline. When the engine i3 running this valve is opened by the suction of the piston. In the larger engines it is counter-weighted, as seen in Fig. 170. D is a collar for connecting the vaporizing pipe L; E, valve for regulating the gasoline supply; e, a lever to throw out the timing-valve when starting.
The governor on the smaller engines is of the pendulum type. It operates the inlet or charging valve, opening the valve at every other revolution at normal speed, and missing the contact at increased speed when the spring holds the valve closed until decreasing speed allows the governor to act on the push-rod and again open the inlet valve.
The governor on the larger engines is a fly-weight on the reducing-gear, adjusted by a spring and set nuts. O is a glass gauge to show the height of oil in the gearbox; J is its cover. |
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1898 Weber Gas & Gasoline Engine Co., Gas & Gasoline Engine
1898 Weber Gas & Gasoline Engine Co., Gas & Gasoline Engine (Reference View)
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