Internal Combustion Engine (Patent No: 399427)

Inventor: Burke, Carl Elmer

Location: Bloomsbury

Comments: N/A

Description: 1. An internal combustion engine including oppositely mounted pairs of aligned cylinders, pistons for reciprocation in the cylinders, piston rods for the pistons, a piston bar for each pair of pistons to which the piston rods attach for operation of each pair of pistons as a unit, equalizer bars between the piston bars pivotally connected therewith, a shaft journalled in the frame and on which the equalizer bars are carried to provide a fixed pivotal mounting therefore, a driving arm secured to said shaft, a main shaft, and a driving connection between the driving arm and main shaft, said connection including a connecting rod in pivotal attachment to the driving arm.
2. An internal combustion engine including pairs of oppositely mounted pistons, piston rods for the pistons, a piston bar rigidly connecting each pair of piston rods for operation of the connected pistons as a unit, equalizer bars connecting piston bars of opposing pairs of pistons, a drive shaft, an arm assembly in fixed attachment to the equalizer bar, said assembly including a section mounted to be endwise adjustable, a rod forming a driving connection to the endwise adjustable section of the arm assembly for driving said shaft by oscillation of the equalizer bars, and means for effecting movement of the endwise adjustable section of the arm assembly relative to the remaining portion thereof, said means including a remote control.
3. An internal combustion engine including a cylinder block and casing, oppositely mounted pairs of aligned cylinders in the block, pistons for reciprocation in the cylinders, piston rods for the pistons, a piston bar for each pair of pistons to which the piston rods rigidly attach for operation of each pair of pistons as a unit, an assembly of plates carried at opposite ends of each of the piston bars intermediately pivotally mounted thereon, pivotally connected arms between the upper ends of each assembly of plates and the engine casing, equalizer bars connected to the opposite ends of the assembly of plates for opposing piston bars, means providing a fixed pivotal mounting for the equalizer bars, a drive shaft, a crank wheel on the drive shaft including a crank pin, an arm mounted fixed on the equalizer bars and a connecting rod between said arm and the crank pin.
4. An internal combustion engine including two opposing pairs of cylinders, pistons for reciprocation in the cylinders, piston rods for the pistons, a piston bar for each pair of pistons to which the piston rods attach for operation of each pair of pistons as a unit, an equalizer bar assembly, means forming a pivotal operative connection between the piston bars and said assembly, a transverse shaft on which said assembly is carried, said shaft being mounted for rotation in fixed bearing members, and a power take off including a driving arm on said shaft and a connecting rod with pivotal connection to the driving arm.
5. In an internal combustion engine two pairs of oppositely mounted cylinders, pistons for reciprocation in the cylinders, piston rods for the pistons, a piston bar connecting each pair of piston rods for operation of the pair of pistons as a unit, a pair of equalizer bars pivotally connected to opposing piston bars, a shaft for oscillation of the equalizer bars, said shaft being mounted in fixed bearing members, a driving arm on the shaft, a drive shaft, crank means for drive shaft, a connecting rod between the driving arm and crank means, and means for variation in the effective length of the driving arm.
6. In an internal combustion engine including an engine casing and two pairs of oppositely mounted cylinders therein, pistons for reciprocation in the cylinders, piston rods for the pistons, a piston bar for each pair of pistons to which the piston rods attach, each pair of pistons operating as a unit, plates carried by the piston bars pivotally mounted thereon, guide arms for each piston bar, said arms having pivotal connection with the piston bar plates and engine casing, equalizer bars pivotally connected to opposing piston bar plates, a transverse shaft for oscillation of the equalizer bars, said shaft being mounted for rotation in fixed bearing members, and a power take off including a driving arm on the transverse shaft and connecting rod with pivotal connection to the driving arm.
7. In an internal combustion engine including oppositely mounted pairs of cylinders, pistons for reciprocation in the cylinders, piston rods for the pistons, a piston bar for each pair of pistons, trunnions on the piston bar ends, plates intermediately mounted loose on the trunnions, equalizer bars mounted for oscillation between the piston bars, means forming a pivotal connection between the equalizer bars and plates, and guide arms pivotally connected to said plates and the engine casing, the connection of the guide arms and equalizer bars being opposite ends of the plates.