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posite direction, and therefore the manner and 233 are connected with the pivots of said
of reversing the mechanism will now be dis- abutments, as shown. On the compressor
closed. head 234 are two lugs 235 and 236, over
If the engine is not to be used with a which respectively pass two catches 237 and
5 compressor, it is only necessary to close the. 238, controlled by the grips 239 and 240, as 70
valves 175 and 177, to open the valves 174 shown, and serving to hold the said lever
and 176, and to rotate said engine by outside into whichever position it might be thrown.
power until ignition of the fuel and air takes After the positions of the abutments, as seen
place in the port 170, by reason of the com- in Figs. 5 and 6, are reversed in the manner
10 pression the mixture receives through the just described, the engine will be also re- 75
rotating piston 164, all as above described in versed, as above set forth, and the com-
connection with the corresponding parts on pressor piston 193 will continuously suck in
the other side of said engine. When igni- the air through.the channel 207 and com-
tion occurs, the products of combustion will press it in the channel, not shown, above
15 pass into the interior 162' of the valve 162, the abutment 195 which will now be down 80
through the perforations shown, and into the and contacting with the said piston 193, and
port 215, in the manner set' forth in con- therefore leaving such channel open. The
nection with valve 163; and from the port air so compressed will be fed to and past the
215, said products will pass into the cylinder valve 201, into the channel or passage 20,
20 151 and turn the piston 153 in a direction and thence into the hollow interior 162' of 85
opposite to that of the hands of a watch. Of the valve 162, in the manner described above,
course, it will be understood that the port in connection with the valve 198 and channel
216 of the valve 162 is a duplicate of the 203 and valve 163. In the valve 162 the com-
port 189 of the valve 163, and that it acts pressed air supplies additional oxygen for
25 to cut off the gases and to cause them to be combustion, and additional compressed fluid 90
used expansively in the cylinder 151 pre- for the cylinder 151, all as above set forth.
cisely as did the said port 189. Of course, And any surplus air that might be com-
before the piston begins to revolve, the ex- pressed is passed into the reservoir through
haust valve 159 must be closed and the ex- the valve 200 and pipe 205, as will be readily
30 haust valve 160 opened, so that the expanded understood from the foregoing. When there 95
gases may exhaust out of the pipe 156. In is a supply of compressed air in the reser-
order to accomplish this, there is provided a voih, said air may be used as the source of
reversing lever 217, Fig. 3, to which is outside power to start the engine in either
attached the links 218 and 219, joined to direction, as will now be described, or of
35 the levers 220 and 221, attached rspectively course said engine may be started by other 100
to the valves 159 and 160. Upon raising this means.
lever to the position shown in Fig. 3, the 245 and 246 represent valves controlling
valve 159 will open, as shown in Fig. 4, the admission of compressed air in the pipe
while the valve 160 will close. Upon re- 206 respectively to the valves 162 and 163,
40 versing the lever, the valve 159 will close and so if the valve 245, for example, is opened 1015
the valve 160 will open, as will be readily and the piston 153 turned counter-clockwise
understood. Also, attached to said lever 217 until the port 216 registers with the port
are a pair of rods or bars 225 and 226, to 170, the other parts having been adjusted to
the upper ends of which are connoted the their proper positions, then the compressed
45 spring rods 227 and 228, respectively attached air from the reservoir will pass down the 110
to the abutments 168 and 169, in the com- pipe 206 through said valve 162, the rows of
pressing cylinders 166 and 167. Upon perforations therein, through the port 215
operating said lever 217, the said abutments and continuously turn the piston, until the
will likewise be reversed in the said cylinders. fuel and air compressed in the port 170 ig-
50 Therefore, the.reversing lever being lowered, nites, when the valve 245 may be closed, and 115
if the products of combustion are admitted the engine operated as above described.
into the cylinder 151 in the manner just de- Should the piston 153 of the combustion
scribed, and to the right of the line of con- engine for any reason stop on a dead center
tact of the piston 153 with the interior of the and thereupon fail to reverse, it is only nec-
55 said cylinder, said piston will continuously essary to press down on one of the levers 120
rotate in a direction reverse to that first de- 250 or 251 controlling the valves 197 and
scribed, and the valve 163 and piston 165 200, and thereby permit the compressed air
will'run as idlers. If the compressor is used from the reservoir to pass into the cylinder
in connection with the engine, the reversing 194 of the compressor, which will immedi-
60 lever 229 is thrown to the right, as seen in ately convert the compressor into a motor, 125
Fig. 5, which will cause the abutment 196 and will cause the same to rotate the piston
to lift and the abutment 195 to lower, through 153 of the engine past its dead center. The
the connections 230, 231 and 232, 233 re- valve may then be closed, and the reversing
spectively, as will be readily understood levers operated to reverse the engine as
65 owing to the fact that the spring rods 231 I above disclosed. In the same way should 130p37,71'/?
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Risley, Ward & Risley, Zeph L. Internal Combustion and Air Compressing Engine, patent, October 19, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512652/m1/7/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.