exhaust stroke

British  

noun

1. another name for scavenge stroke

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exhaust stroke

At the end of the exhaust stroke the volume is but that of the dead space, and from one-third to one-fifth its volume before compression.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

Some engineers, however, were concerned because this engine, on the completion of the exhaust stroke, had not entirely evacuated all of the products of combustion.

From The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology by Donald H. Berkebile

On the exhaust stroke the unrestrained outer piston moved all the way to the head, expelling all of the products of combustion and pushing the exhaust valve shut again.

From The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology by Donald H. Berkebile

Because the piston no longer struck the exhaust valve, a short rod had to be screwed into the pistonhead; this pushed the valve shut at the completion of the exhaust stroke.

From The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology by Donald H. Berkebile

In order to obtain this result, the mixture-valve is opened before the end of the exhaust stroke of the piston and the closing of the exhaust-valve.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by R. E. Mathot

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