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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
HIRAM A. SPENCER, OF ROGERS, TEXAS:
WEIGHT-MOTOR.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,717, dated December 7, 1886.
Application filed June 9, 1885. Serial N-o. 168,161. (No moel.)To al wzvhom7 it 7nay concern;:
Be it known that I, HIRAM A. SPENCER,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Ro-
gers, in the county of Bell and State of Texas,
5 have invented a new and useful Weight-Motor,
particularly useful as a ptnping-machine to
supply water-tanks on railroads, of which the
following is a specification.
TMy invention relates to an improvement in
o0 weight-motors for elevating water, and actu-
ated by passing trains; and it consists in the
peculiar construction and combination of de-
vices, that will be more fully set forth herein-
after, and particularly pointed out in th6
I5 claims.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
an elevation of a weight-motor embodying my
improvements. Fig.2 is a similar view taken
from the opposite side of the machine. Fig.
20 3 is a horizontal sectional view.taken on the
line x x of Fig. 1.
A represents a vertical supporting-framne,
which may be of any suitable construction,
and is placed alongside of a railway-track and
25 at a suitable distance therefronl.
Journaled in the frame A is a horizontal
shaft, B, which extends parallel with the track.
On the said shaft is mounted a ratchet-wheel,
C, which is free to rotate independently. A
30 spur-wheel, D, is firmly attached to the said
shaft, and a drum, E, is loosely mounted
thereon, and is attached to the ratchet-wheel
and rotates with the same. A pawl, F, is piv-
oted to the wheel D and engages the ratchet-
35 wheel, so as to lock the latter to the wheel D
and cause them to rotate together in the di-
rection indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1.
Above the shaft B is journaled a shaft, G,
which is provided with a fixed pinion, H, that
40 meshes with the wheel D, and also with a fixed
spur-wheel, I. One end of the shaft G pro-
jects beyond onesideof the frame A,and to itis
attached an escapement-wheel, K. Ananchor,
L, engages the wheel K, and is provided with
45 a pendulum, 3. On the opposite side of the
frame A from the shafts B and G is journaled
a shaft, N, having a fixed pinion, O, that en-
gages the wheel I, and a fixed spur-wheel, P.
A shaft, R, is journaled in the frame A above
50 the shaft N, and the said shaft has a fixed pin-
ion, S, that meshes with the wheel P. One
end of the shaft R projects beyond one side ofthe frame A, and is provided with a fixed gear-
wheel, T.
U represents a frame, which is arranged on 55
one side of the frame A. Journaled vertically
in the frame U is a shaft, V, having a crank,
V', and at the upper end of the said shaft is a
rigid gear- wheel, V', that meshes with the
wheel T. A shaft, W, is journaled vertically 6o
in the frame U, alongside the shaft V and par-
allel therewith, and the said shaft W has a
crank, W', and a rigid spur-wheel, W', at its
upper end.
X represents a shaft that is journaled verti- 65
cally in the frame U alongside of the shaft
W, and is provided at its upper end with a
spur-pinion, X', that meshes with the wheel
W'. To the central portion of the shaft X is
attached a cylindrical cam, X', having a spiral 70
groove, X'.
Y represents a vertical reciprocating rod
that is secured in guides Y', with which the
frame U is provided. This rod has a projec-
tion, Y", provided with an anti-friction roller 75
that enters the groove X3 of the cylindrical cam.
Z represents one of the rails of the track
which is nearest to the weight-motor. A le-
ver, a, has its fulcrum at b, and extends from
the track to the frame A. The inner end of 80
this lever is upturned, forming an arm, a', that
bears nearly against the inner side of the rail Z.
Below the ratchet-wheel C is fulcrnumned a
trip-lever, <t, having a curved arm; d'. A push-
rod, e, is pivoted to the outer end of the lever 85
a and extends vertically therefrom, and is
adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet-
wheel E. This push-rod is caused to normally
bear against the curved arm of the trip-lever
by a spring, f, which is attached to the lever a. 90o
In the upper end of the frame A, at a suita-
ble height above the drum, is journaled a
sheave, g. A rope, h, has one end attached to
the drum E and passes over the sheave g, and
to the pendent end of the rope is attached a 95
weight, i.
k represents a rod which extends vertically
on the frame A, being guided in keepers 1.
The lower end of this rod is attached to the
outer end of the trip-lever, and the upper end ioo
thereof is bent outwardly at right angles and
provided with an eye, k', through which the
weight-rope passes.
The operation of my invention is as follows:
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Spencer, Hiram A. Weight Motor., patent, December 7, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171411/m1/2/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.