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
On cylinder No. 1, (left) is seen the exhaust pipe (32) and the inlet
pipe (31) entering to valve chamber and connected to the exhaust valve
and inlet valve respectively. The pipes are held in place by the clamp
or “crab” (33). The exhaust pipe connects with the exhaust valve of each
cylinder, and terminates at the fourth cylinder as shown by (32).
Screwed into the top of the valve chamber on cylinder No. 1 are the two
spark plugs (34) and the relief cock (35).
Referring to cylinder No. 2, the inlet valve (42) is shown at the left
of the chamber and the exhaust valve also shown by (42) is shown at the
right. Above the valves are the spark plugs (34) which project into the
space above the valves. Pressing against the lower ends of the valve
stems and holding the valves tight on their seats are the springs (44)
which fit into the washers (45) fastened to the stems. The valve stems
terminate in a nut at (48). The valve stem guides (43) form a support
for the valves and at the same time form an air tight connection for the
stems to slide in.
Immediately beneath the stems are the push rods (46) which are provided
with an adjustment (48) at the upper end, and a roller (49) at the lower
end. The rollers (49) rest directly on the cams mounted on the cam shaft
(27), and as the irregular cams revolve, the push rods are moved up and
down which in turn act on the valve stems and raise the valves at the
proper moment. The cams raise the valves and the springs close them. The
two cams (exhaust and inlet) appear as two rectangular enlargements on
the shaft (27). The bearings (53), support the cam shaft, one being
supplied for each cylinder.
At the extreme left of the crank shaft is shown the half time gear (20)
which meshes with the gear on the crank-shaft and drives the cams. Next
to this gear is the large cam shaft bearing 26. It should be noted that
the section through the valve chamber taken on cylinder No. 2 is at a
point considerably back from the center line of the cylinders and not in
the same plane as the section shown on cylinder No. 3, which is taken
through the center line of the cylinders.
[Illustration:
Fig. 19. Cross-Section Through Typical Four Cylinder Automobile
Engine. Courtesy of the Chicago Technical College.
]
In the section of cylinder No. 3, we see the water space surrounding the
upper portion of the cylinder with the opening (37) connected to the
water manifold (36), through which the water leaves the cylinder and
passes to the radiator. At the lower end of the stroke is the piston,
one-half of which is shown in section and one-half in elevation so that
internal and external appearance may be readily seen. The piston pin
(60) is located approximately in the center of the piston to which it is
secured by means of the set-screw (61).
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