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Charter Gas Engine Co.
Sterling, IL, U.S.A.
Manufacturer Class: Wood Working Machinery & Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
270,202 Jan. 09, 1883 Gas Engine John Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL
270,203 Jan. 09, 1883 Gas Engine John Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL
292,894 Feb. 05, 1884 Gas Engine John Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL
335,564 Feb. 09, 1886 Gas Engine John Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL Abstract:
My invention relates to that class of gas- engines in which each forward movement of the working-piston is affected by the explosion of a charge of mixed gas and air; and my improvements consist in constructing the engine, as fully set forth hereinafter, so as to insure an instantaneous explosion of the entire charge, facilitate the introduction of the charge in the working-cylinder, and the rapid and entire expulsion of the spent gases therefrom, and to reduce the volume of the charge in proportion as the work is reduced, and to insure the ignition of each charge.
Claim:
The combination of a working-cylinder provided with a transfer and a power-pistol, and crank-connections, substantially as described, whereby the charge is transferred troll one side of the transfer-piston and compressed between the two pistons.
356,447 Jan. 25, 1887 Gas Engine John Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL
370,242 Sep. 20, 1887 Gas Engine John Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL
415,446 Nov. 19, 1889 Hydrocarbon or Gas Engine John Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL
455,388 Jul. 07, 1891 Gas Engine John Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL
473,293 Apr. 19, 1892 Gas Engine James A. Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL
532,314 Jan. 08, 1895 Gas Engine James A. Charter Chicago, IL
542,042 Jul. 02, 1895 Clutch Driving Device for Motors John Charter Sterling, Whiteside County, IL