Kimble engines.

[Wheat47]

I'm not sure where to put this, so I'll start here.
Our club was gifted several smaller stationary engines. When I have more time (and can find them!!), I'll try to post some pic's.
One engine in particular is a Kimble. It doesn't have a piston per say, but a flapper that that goes back and forth, and that motion is converted
to rotary motion. Attached are a couple pic's of the one we have. They were made in Michigan. As of now, we have not found another one. We have absolutely no idea of the history of this engine.
We (our club) are wondering if there are any more of these engines around. According to information we have found, some were shipped to Europe and Australia among other places. SO, if anyone knows of one of these, I'd appreciate a message.
By, the way, these engines had been stored in a shed for 15-20 years, so all the steam boys had to do was clean the inlet valves, piping, oiled them good and they ran.
And to keep this in the model mode, you can find a set of plans online to download and build. I did get a copy of the plans it is on my list of things to build, along with who-knows-how-many-other-things to make. As I said, I'd appreciate any info anyone knows of.
Jon


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[GreenTwin]

Jon-

That seems to be a very rare bird you have there.
I found a bit of info on various model builds of the Kimble, but nothing about the full sized engine.
Have you had it apart, with photos ?

That dual crank arrangement is most interesting.
I would guess the piston/paddle would be difficult to keep rings in, assuming it has some sort of linear seals that act like rings.

And browsing in the background of your photos, I see some very interesting engines that we need more photos of, such as that bottle engine.

I will keep my eye open for more material on this engine.
Seems like someone posted something on it here one time, but I am not finding it.

A video would be interesting too, to hear what it sounds like running.


Pat J.

Edit:
I found this Dake on ebay a few years ago.
I never thought I would run across one of these; they seem pretty rare.
This is a two-cylinder, flat-piston style.

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[Wheat47]

Jon-

That seems to be a very rare bird you have there.
I found a bit of info on various model builds of the Kimble, but nothing about the full sized engine.
Have you had it apart, with photos ?

That dual crank arrangement is most interesting.
I would guess the piston/paddle would be difficult to keep rings in, assuming it has some sort of linear seals that act like rings.

And browsing in the background of your photos, I see some very interesting engines that we need more photos of, such as that bottle engine.

I will keep my eye open for more material on this engine.
Seems like someone posted something on it here one time, but I am not finding it.

A video would be interesting too, to hear what it sounds like running.


Pat J.

Edit:
I found this Dake on ebay a few years ago.
I never thought I would run across one of these; they seem pretty rare.
This is a two-cylinder, flat-piston style.

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No, we have not had it apart. We got several engines in the gift thing. I'll check and see what pictures I may have.
Thanks for the reeply.
Jon

 

[Greg]

Elmer Verburg modelled the Kimble.

 

[Wheat47]

I did not know that. I'll have to check into that.
Thanks for the reply.
Jon

 

[Wheat47]

I did not know that. I'll have to check into that.
Thanks for the reply.
Jon

I found those plans online and printed them out. Not that I'll ever get it built but plans are fun to look at and study.