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Fig. 29.-Conventional Methods of Operating Internal Combustion Motor Valves. A-Valve Actuated by Rocker Lever and Tappet Rod. B-Valve Operated by Simple Plunger Resting on the Cam.

operates on the four-cycle principle and has two sliding sleeves which are placed inside the cylinder and interposed between the cylinder wall and the piston. These are given an up and down movement by small connecting rods attached to the sleeve at one

end and a small auxiliary crankshaft at the other uncover ports which are formed in the cylinder walls.

Q. What are rotary valves?

These sleeves

A. Rotary valves are forms in which the ports in the combustion chamber are opened by a revolving cyl nder or disc at a certain portion of its revolution.

Q. Describe action of typical rotary valve.

A. The Mead rotary valve motor utilizes a cylinder of metal placed at the side of the combustion chamber and driven at one-quarter the crankshaft speed by means of silent chain gearing. One of these

cylinders is carried at Fig. 30.—Outlining Design of Typical Bevel each side of the cylinder

blocks, one serving to

Seat Motor Valve.

admit the gases into the combustion chamber, the other to provide means for their discharge. The operation of this form of valve is very simple. A series of slots are mach'ned in the revolving valve member and at the proper points in the cycle of operation these register with suitably formed ports in the combustion chamber and manifold respectively. (Figs. 33, 35.)

Q. What are piston and ring valves?

A. In ome engines a sliding member or piston is used to uncover ports in the cylinder walls as shown at Fig. 36 A or a reciprocating ring may perform the same function as in the Sphinx motor depicted at Fig. 37.

Q. What is a simple rule for size of inlet valve?

A. The effective area of a valve port when the valve is fully opened should be a little greater than the size of the passage of pipe through which the gases enter the cylinder. The size of the intake passage as determined in usual engine practice may be found as fol ows:

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Fig. 31.-End Section of Knight Engine Showing Sliding Sleeves Which Replace Poppet Valves for Controlling Gas Passages.

1. The diameter of the passage is equal to that of the piston multiplied by .30 on slow speed engines and by .40 on high speed motors. 2. The area of the inlet passage is equal to one-eighth the area of the piston. 3. Intake passage area should equal area of piston muliplied by the speed of the piston in feet per minute and then divided by 5000.

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Fig. 32.-Partial Side Sectional View of Knight Sleeve Valve Engine Showing Interior Mechanism.

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Q. Name simple rules for size of exhaust ports.

A. Usually the diameter of the exhaust port equals that of the piston multiplied by .35 on low speed engines and .50 on high speed engines. The area of the exhaust passage should equal that of the piston multiplied by the speed and divided by 5000 as a minimum.

Intake

Exhaust

Q. When should the inlet valve open?

A. The inlet valve should open from ten to. fifteen degrees crank

Piston

Fig. 33.-Sectional View of Cylinder Utiliz

ing Mead Rotary Valve.

travel after the piston

leaves its innermost position in the cylinder. Q. When should the inlet valve close?

A. The inlet valve closes from fifteen to thirty-five degrees after the piston starts to go up on its compression stroke.

Q. What is meant by valve lead?

A. If a valve opens before the piston starts on the stroke corres

ponding to valve opening, the valve is said to open early or to have lead.

Q. What is meant by valve lag?

A. If a valve opens late or remains open after it is theoretically supposed to close, it is said to have lag.

Q. When should exhaust valve open?

A. The exhaust valve usually opens about 45 degrees as indicated by crank travel before the piston reaches the end of its power stroke. In this case the exhaust valve has a lead of 45 degrees.

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