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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ENOC LEVINGS, OF WOODVILLE, TEXAS.
POWER-MOTOR.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,222, dated May 19, 1896.
Application filed January 27, 1896. Serial No. 576,979, (No model,)To all wheuo7, it 7may colncernu:
Be it known that I, ENoc LEVINGS, a citizen
of the United States, residing at Woodville,
in the county of Tyler and State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful Im-
provements in Power-Motors; and I do hereby
declare the following to be a full, clear, and
exact description of the invention, such as
will enable others skilled in the art to which it
io appertains to make and use the same.
31y invention is a power-motor; and it con-
sists of gearing mounted on a frame, wind-
ing-drum, and horse-power, elevations and
weights, with means for operating and regu-
15 lating the same.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a top plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a
side elevation; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail
views.
20 My invention is described as follows:
A is the frame.
A' are sills extending from one to the other
side of the frame and secured in place by
bolts or other fasteners. On the upper faces
25 of said sills are bearings o, in which are jour-
naled shaft a' and axles c ". On one end of
the shaft a' is journaled a cog and ratchet
wheel b. This wheel may turn upon the axle
in one direction, but is prevented from turn-
30 ing in the other direction by means of a
ratchet-pawl b'. On the same end of said
shaft is secured a cog-wheel b2, bearing on
one face the pawl b'. On the same end of
said shaft is secured a spool b3. Said spool
35 is provided with arms b*. This end of said
shaft is cylindrical and hollow and is secured
on the end by means of a pin b", which passes
down through perforations be and b' in the
shaft a' and spool b3, respectively. (See Fig.
40 3.) Said pin b is provided with a notch bs,
which, when placed in the perforations bl b7,
are held in place by a notched spring-pin b'.
On the other end of said shaft ca' is rigidly
secured a wheel c, carrying a pawl c', and on
45 the same end of said shaft is journaled a
spool c2, bearing arms cr. This spool is ex-
actly similar to spool b", and is secured to the
end of said shaft in exactly the same way
that spool b3 is secured to the other end of
50 said shaft. The inner face of the inner end
of said spool c2, however, is provided with
ratchet-notches in which pawl c' catches, andwhile said spool is free to. turn in one direc-
tion it is prevented from turning in the other
direction by means of said ratchet-notches 55
and said pawl c'.
On the right-hand end of the frame A are
erected elevations D, consisting of the stand-
ards d and braces d' and d2, or these elevations
may be secured in the ground at the end of 60o
said frame. Between the upper ends of the
braces are journaled double-grooved wheels
dc. To the spools b3 and c2 is secured one
end of a cable d4. The other ends pass up
through the clamps d' de, thence over the 65
pulleys dc di, and have secured to their ends
weights cl cs.
Clamp d' (see Fig. 4) consists of a square
frame e, having secured in one side a block
e' and in the other side a moving block e2, 70
and through a threaded opening e' works a
screw e5 and presses the two blocks e' and e2
together, causing them to grasp and firmly
hold the cable d4. When the screw e5 is
turned back, the movable block e2 is pushed 75
back by means of the spring e6, and thus the
cable d is released. Said clamp d' is pivoted
between the standards d by means of the
axles or projections e'.
Clamp d' (see Fig. 5) consists of a perfo- So
rated axle dc, threaded spring-standards d'0,
and nut d1n. Cable d' passes through the
perforation in the axle d' and between the
upper ends of the spring-standards dip, and
is clamped and held by turning down the 85
nut dil
To the rear face and lower ends of the
standards d are secured bearings f, and in
these bearings are journaled axles f', and on
said axles are loosely journaled grooved 90
wheels fi, and in the grooves of said wheels
run cables d'. In the lower ends of the bear-
ings f, attached to the nearest elevation D, is
journaled a shaft f3, and on said shaft is se-
cured a pinion-wheel fl, which meshes with 95
cog-wheel b2, secured on the shaft a'. On
said shaft f is journaled a spool f5, provided
with a dog, which catches in ratchet-teeth
on the face of the cog-pinion f . Said spool
fi is also provided with arms f6, and is held moo
from turning on the said shaft f by means
of a pin b', which passes down through a
perforation f' in said spool and through a
corresponding perforation in the shaft f2.
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Levings, Enoc. Power-Motor., patent, May 19, 1896; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174286/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.