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Weber Gas Engine Co.
During 1897 Weber broke new ground in the engine business by offering an extensive line of gasoline powered hoisting outfits. This illustration from the July 29, 1897 issue of American Machinist depicts a big 50 horsepower outfit. A small pinion on the engine crankshaft engaged the big reduction gear on the winch itself. otal control of the winch was obtained through a heavy friction clutch plus a huge brand brake on the hoisting drum. Weber noted that one of their 20 horsepower hoists running a ten hour day would consume only 10 gallons of gasoline, about half that required when operating at full load on the belt.
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Weber Gas Engine Company was organized in 1884. About 1890 the company began to build an inverted vertical engine designed and patented by George J. Weber. In January, 1889 Weber filed application papers on his unique design, subsequently reveiving protection under No. 444, 031 of January 6, 1891. THe following March, Weber also received Patent No. 449,507 which covered certain refinements in the original design. In their January 28, 1893 issue, The Age of Steel gave full page coverage to the Weber horizontal engine shown here. Hot tube ignition is an obvious feature – the enclosed cam gear mechanism was unusual for its time, since the vast majority of engines employed an open gear drive. In this and several other respects, the Weber engine was far ahead of its time.
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