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1898 Image-Wolverine Motor Works, Marine Gas Engine |
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Gas, Gasoline and Oil Vapor Engines, 1898 pg 173 & 175 |
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10/22/2012 8:10:30 PM |
Wolverine Motor Works
In Fig. 104 is illustrated the Wolverine single-cylinder marine engine. Its principles of action are the same as in the stationary engine, with the addition of a water-circulating pump driven from an eccentric, through a rock shaft; a reversing gear by which the motion of the engine is reversed, the same as with marine steam engines. It is reversed while running, and requires no handling of the fly-wheel for reversal. It is made in sizes of f, 1, 2, 4, and 6 H. P. , with boat shaft and propeller complete.
In Figs. 105 and 106 are illustrated the double-cylinder marine engines of this company. The eccentric on this engine operates the water pump and exploders for both cylinders, both for the forward and backward gear. The generator is a pipe with an open fitting containing an air-check valve and a needle valve for adjusting the gasoline injection. The generator pipe leads to each crank-shaft chamber, with a light check to each opening to prevent back draught from one cylinder to the other by the alternate strokes of the pistons. The down-stroke of the piston opens an exhaust port through the walls of the cylinder, and at the same time compresses the explosive mixture that has been drawn in at the previous up-stroke of the piston. A connection between the crank chamber and a valve chamber on top of the cylinder head allows the compressed air-and-vapor mixture to flow through a piston valve into the cylinder at the moment that the pressure is relieved by the exhaust. The return up-stroke compresses the gas mixture, which is exploded by the trip of the electric exploding-device. By a novel arrangement of sector and lever the engine is reversed.
Another device for reversing the propeller wheel, made by this company, is a double concentric shaft with a sleeve and lever, by which the longitudinal shifting of the centre shaft causes the blades to turn for stopping or backing. |
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1898 Wolverine Motor Works, Marine Gas Engine
1898 Wolverine Motor Works, Double Marine Gas Engine (Front View)
1898 Wolverine Motor Works-Double Marine Gas Engine (Rear View)
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