Machine for Lifting and Holding Automobiles off the Ground (Patent No: 189504)

Inventor: Gordon, Alexander Wilberforce

Location: Crossfield

Comments: see Prairie Sod and Golden Rod: history of Crossfield and District; biographical information; b Ontaro 1880; shipwright; carpenter; moved to Curlew 1904-05; m Jane Morrison 1908; Crossfield; insurance business; sold DeLaval cream separators and Case machinery; owned first car in the area; 1930s Justice of the Peace

Description: Alexander Wilberforce Gordon, Crossfield, Alberta, Canada. 8th April, 1919; 6 years. Filed 14th August, 1918. Receipt No. 298,359.

Claim.—1. In a lifting jack and in combination a power lever adapted to be engaged by the front axle of an automobile, a lifting member adapted to engage the rear axle thereof a rack on the lifting member, a gear engaged with the rack, an operating lever, a pawl on the operating lever engaging the gear, and means for operating the operating lever from the power lever.

2. In a lifting jack and in combination a power lever adapted to be engaged by the front axle of an automobile, a lifting member adapted to engage the rear axle thereof, a rack on the lifting member, a gear engaged with the rack an operating lever, a pawl on the operating lever engaging the gear, means for operating the operating lever from the power lever, a pivoted socket on the lifting member, and means controlled by the power lever for swinging the said socket.

3. In a lifting jack and in combination a power lever adapted to be engaged by the front axle of an automobile, a lifting member adapted to engage the rear axle thereof, a rack on the lifting member, a gear engaged with the rack, an operating lever, a pawl on the operating lever engaging the gear, means for operating the operating lever from the power lever, and a trip lever adapted to control the pawl on the operating lever.

Clatims allowed, 8.