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161,970
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Apr. 13, 1875
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Portable Steam Engine
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Frank F. Landis |
Lancaster, PA |
Abstract:
My invention consists in the combination of a cold-water reservoir with the boiler of a portable steam engine, in such a manner that the said reservoir shall form the bed for the crankshaft journal-bearings, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter set forth.
Claim:
In a portable steam-engine, the water-reservoir A, located between the boiler and the crank-shaft, and supporting the bearings of the latter.
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