Practical Hand Book of Gas, Oil and Steam Engines: Stationary, Marine, Traction; Gas Burners, Oil Burners, Etc.; Farm, Traction, Automobile, Locomotive; A simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines. Dealing with the various parts in detail and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuel.Rathbun, John B.
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Practical Hand Book of Gas, Oil and Steam Engines: Stationary, Marine, Traction; Gas Burners, Oil Burners, Etc.; Farm, Traction, Automobile, Locomotive; A simple, practical and comprehensive book on the construction, operation and repair of all kinds of engines. Dealing with the various parts in detail and the various types of engines and also the use of different kinds of fuel.
Rathbun, John B.
Internal combustion engines; Traction-engines
The inlet valve, and the inlet valve spring are held in one unit by a
removable metal housing known as a “Valve Cage”, which is arranged so
that the cage, valve, and spring may be removed as one piece from the
cylinder casting when the valves need attention by removing a few bolts.
As the cage is directly over the exhaust valve, and is considerably
larger in diameter, it is possible to remove the exhaust valve through
the opening left by the removal of the inlet valve cage. Both valves are
surrounded by a water jacket, as are the passages that lead to them.
Both the inlet and exhaust valves are opened and closed at the proper
moments in the stroke by means of cams mounted on the horizontal cam
shaft shown by Fig. 18 through a system of levers. The cam shaft is the
shaft running parallel to the engine bed from the crank-shaft to the end
of the cylinder and turns at one-half the speed of the crank-shaft. At a
point directly below the inlet valve in Fig. 18, will be seen an
enlargement on the shaft on which rests the rod running from the inlet
valve to the cam shaft. This is the cam.
A cylindrical casing shown above the cylinder contains the governor
which maintains a constant speed at all loads by operating a valve in
the intake pipe which varies the quantity of mixture entering the
cylinder in proportion to the load. The governor is driven from the
cam-shaft by spiral gears. The igniter which furnishes the spark for
igniting the gas is located between the two valves at the extreme left
of the combustion chamber (Fig. 17).
It should be noted that the cylinder head which closes the left end of
the cylinder, and which carries the valves is separate from the main
body of the Cylinder. By unscrewing the bolts that hold it to the
cylinder, the head may be removed when it becomes necessary to remove
dirt and carbonized oil from the combustion chamber, or when it becomes
necessary to remove the piston. The cylinder barrel in which the piston
works may also be removed through the opening left by the piston head
when it becomes worn, and another barrel or liner may be substituted,
thus practically renewing the engine at a small fraction of the cost of
a new cylinder. The liner is fastened firmly to the outer cylinder
casting at the left but is free to slide back and forth in the casting
at the right hand end, this end being provided with a packed joint. This
play given to the liner allows it to expand and contract freely with the
different changes of temperature without causing strains either in the
cylinder or in the liner.
(44) Multiple Cylinder Engines.
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