Gas Engine Patents of Note Cearless Weber inverted vertical

摘要

Although best known for its line of high-quality horizontal singles, Weber Gas Engine Co., Kansas City, Missouri, got its start with a unique and somewhat complex inverted vertical engine. Designed by company founder George Weber, the engine, which apparently went into production about 1890, was awarded patent no. 444,031 in 1891. Perhaps hoping to skirt any infringement of Otto's patent, which included half-time cam gear valve actuation, Weber con- cocted a novel valve actuation system that used a double screw on the crankshaft to toggle a rocker arm to affect valve opening and closing.