William Mont Storm Engine, Patent Model
William Mont Storm Engine, Patent Model
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- Description
- This model formed part of the application to the U.S. Patent Office for the patent issued to William Mont Storm on July 11, 1865, no. 48777.
- This is a 3-cylinder engine of a radial type, designed to produce rotary motion with compactness and simplicity.
- The engine consists of two horizontal, opposed, single-acting cylinders and one vertical double-acting cylinder. The pistons of the horizontal cylinders are extended and joined to form a slotted crosshead in which one crank of the crankshaft moves. The piston in the vertical cylinder has a much shorter stroke and the piston rod from it extends to a second cross head and crank. D-slide valves are operated by a very small crank at the end of the crankshaft, in a valve chest located at the center of the engine. The engine is reversible.
- Reference:
- This description comes from the 1939 Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States Museum Bulletin 173 by Frank A. Taylor.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- engine, steam, model
- patent model, engine, steam
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- 1865
- patent date
- 1865-07-11
- inventor
- Storm, William Mont
- place made
- United States: New York
- associated place
- United States: New York, New York City
- Measurements
- overall-from catalog card: 6 in x 8 in; 15.24 cm x 20.32 cm
- overall: 8 1/4 in x 9 1/8 in x 5 3/4 in; 20.955 cm x 23.1775 cm x 14.605 cm
- ID Number
- MC.309195
- catalog number
- 309195
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 48,777
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Bulletin 173
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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