Improvements in Spirit or Light Oil Motors for Vehicles and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spirit or Light Oil Motors for Vehicles and the like.
I, GEORGE IDEN, of 59, Stanford Avenue, Brighton, in the County of Sussex,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
:-
My invention relates to spirit or light oil motors for road vehicles, launches or
other purposes and consists in means of supplying these motors with combustible
mixture.
For this purpose, I place near the explosion end of the cylinder a vessel having
within it a valve the stem of which projects towards a lever.
Between this lever and the valve stem is a wedge which may be controlled by
the governor or by hand so as to increase or decrease the oil supply.
The air supply valve is also regulated by the governor or by hand and is directly
connected to the sliding wedge.
The lever is operated by tappets or stirrups on or in connection with the suction
valve spindles.
During the suction stroke the suction valve actuates the valve lever liberating
as much oil as is required, which percolates through very fine wire gauze, the
supply of air, which is also regulated, passes through the gauze along with the
oil forming an explosive mixture which passes to the cylinder.
In twin cylinder engines, I may use a diaphragm to divide the space for each
cylinder as, where cranks are placed opposite each other and worked on the Otto
cycle, one cylinder has a slight advantage over the other, on the diagram if the
vessel is common to both.
Dadh 17th Ja of Narcamba 1907
Improvements in Spirit or Light Oil Motors for Vehicles and the like.
I, GEORGE IDEN, of 59, Stanford Avenue, Brighton, in the County of Sussex,
Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
My invention relates to spirit or light oil motors for road vehicles, launches or
other purposes and consists in means of supplying these motors with combustible
mixture

page_text: For this purpose as shewn in section in the accompanying drawing I place near
the explosion end of the cylinder A a vessel having within it a valve B the stem
of which projects towards a lever C.
The valve B is in the form of a tube to the interior of which air gets access
by lateral holes facing an annular port and passage D. By another annular port
and passage oil can get access to vertical grooves formed in the side of B; the
passage in the interior of B terminates in a small nozzle and above it is a nozzle
F opening towards a cone J made with numerous circular grooves presenting a
serrated section. Around the cone is a diaphragm G of wire gauze above which
is a passage K to the suction valve H which opens into the cylinder A. The
lower end M of the stem of the valve B is fitted to slide in a socket M¹ jointed to
one arm of the lever C, the other arm of which is jointed to the stem of the valve H.
A transverse slide L which can be set by hand or moved by a governor passes
through the end M and has an oblique slot through which passes a pin fixed
in M. Under the diaphragm G are openings N for admitting air which can be
regulated by a rotating valve P.
The apparatus operates as follows:-
When the valve H opens during the suction stroke, the valve B is lowered allow-
ing oil to enter by E into the lateral grooves of B, while at the same time air enters
by E into the interior of B, and air also enters at N.
The jet of air from the interior of B causes the oil to flow from the grooves of B
and carries it in a pulverised condition through the nozzle F dashing it against the
grooved cone J so as to more effectually pulverise it and mix it with the air that
enters at N.
The mixture of oil and air passes through the gauze G and flows by the pass-
age K and past the valve H into the cylinder A.
By moving the transverse slide L so as to bring a higher or lower part of its
slot in contact with the pin, the down stroke of B terminates at a higher or lower
point and admits a less or greater charge of oil by E and air by D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
Apparatus for supplying oil motor engines with oil and air mixture constructed
and operating substantially as described with reference to the drawing.
Dated this 17th day of September 1898.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.