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
In this motor both the inlet and exhaust valves are located on the same
side of the cylinder which arrangement classifies the engine as an “L”
type, the extended valve pockets forming an “L” with the center line of
the cylinder. In the motor shown by Figs. F-14-F-15, the inlet and
exhaust valves are on opposite sides of the cylinder as shown in the
cross-section, which classifies the motor as a “T” type, as the valve
chambers together with the cylinder forms a “T.” The latter type of
motor has several advantages over the “L” type, but as it requires two
cam shafts, one for the inlet and one for the exhaust valves, it is not
adopted by the builders of the cheaper grades of automobiles. Since the
exhaust valves are on the opposite side of the cylinder, in the “T”
type, the inlet air is not expanded nor the output diminished by the
heat of the exhaust passages. The piping is less complicated which
permits of a more effective arrangement of the carburetor and magneto.
Since the piping in the latter type can be arranged to better advantage,
less back pressure is the result.
[Illustration:
Fig. F-14. Cross-Section Through Wisconsin Truck Motor. “T” Type.
]
[Illustration:
Fig. F-15. Longitudinal Through Wisconsin Truck Motor.
]
As in the previous case, the valves are acted on directly by the cams
and push rods, one cam shaft being provided on each side of the
cylinders. In order to reduce the noise made by the push rods and
springs, all of the springs are enclosed by sheet metal housings or
tubes. The circulating pump is shown at the left nearly on a line with
the left hand cam shaft, the pump outlet being inclined toward the
cylinder so that it enters the water jacket under the exhaust valves.
Water leaves the jacket by the pipe shown on the cylinder tops.
From the longitudinal section it will be seen that the cylinders are
cast in pairs, two cylinders to the pair, instead of singly as in the
previous case. The large pipe crossing at about the center of the
cylinders is the exhaust pipe (shown in front of the left pair), and the
pipe shown under the exhaust is the water inlet pipe from the
circulating pump. It will be seen from the longitudinal section that the
main crank-shaft bearings are fastened to the upper half of the crank
case, and are entirely independent of the lower half which acts simply
as an oil shield. This construction allows the oil shield (lower half)
to be removed without disturbing the adjustment of the bearings, when it
becomes necessary to inspect the internal mechanism.
[Illustration:
Six Cylinder Rutenber Automobile Motor, with Cylinders Cast in Pairs.
]
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