The practical application of the slide valve and link motion to stationary, portable, locomotive, and marine engines : with new and simple methods for proportioning the parts (1897)
Auchincloss, William Stuart, 1842-1928 · New York : Van Nostrand · leaf 35
ere is secnrely fastened to the crank shaft a devicecalled an eccentric, which serves to impart a recipro-cating motion to the slide valve. Upon close inspection itappears that this is only a mechanical snbterfuge for asmall crank. The travel of any valve being small compared with that 30 PISTON,… … ting the shaft and the expense of forming the crank c b, thepin m, n, and enclosing strap of the rod are greatly en-larged until they attain the common diameter M N, theformer may then be slipped on, and keyed fast to the shafta e. Of course the motion will not be altered by thischange, but the…
Steam-engines
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