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1898 Article-Prouty Motor Co., Prouty Electro-Gasoline Engine |
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Gas, Gasoline and Oil Vapor Engines, 1898 pg 212 |
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10/23/2012 12:26:42 PM |
The Prouty Electro-Gasoline Engine
The engines of the Prouty Company are built in the vertical style, from 5 H. P. upward. It is designed for stationary and road-wagon service, and for this last purpose the water-cooling arrangement is a departure from the practice in other engines, by the use of a small metal tank placed directly over the cylinder, as shown in the cut (Fig. 141). By the quick and direct circulation, the evaporation of the warm water and radiation of the tank surface are sufficient to keep the cylinder walls at the proper temperature.
The engines are of the four-cycle compression type, using poppet valves with electric ignition by contact points, operated from a cam on the reducing-gear shaft. Primary or storage batteries are used. The governor is located on a disc attached to the reducing-shaft.
A gasoline pump, on the level with the tank at the left in the cut, is driven by a cam on the governor shaft and controlled by the governor. The gasoline is thus discharged in regulated quantity against the bottom of the intake valve; its opening is automatically closed, so that there is no possibility of spilling or discharge from the air inlet by the jarring or tipping of a wagon or carriage which the engine is driving. The pump has a positive throw controlled by the governor, which itself is not influenced by the jostling of a vehicle. The design of this engine was in view of its adaptation for driving road and traction wagons. It is also built for stationary power.
A peculiar muffler made by this company gives a silent discharge of the exhaust so desirable in road and street motors.
Ignition by spark takes place in the inlet throat, between the valve chamber and cylinder, and at such time as to avoid the jar from sudden explosion at the exact end of the stroke of the piston. |
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1898 Prouty Motor Co., Prouty Electro-Gasoline Engine
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