dumb waiter service.

The design arrived at was not standard; it was

the 300 foot tower,

The mechanism for operating the safety grips was

completely developed by H & N and called for specially designed safety
grips similar in general design to those used for the skip hoist on
entirely different from that of the 300 foot towers,
It worked only
in the event of a broken rope or slack hoisting rope conditions, as
no personnel were to be carried on the dumb waiter.

The hoisting rigging for the dumb waiter was mounted entirely be-

low the level of the tower house floor to eliminate any obstruction
at the unloading space at the top, The cable was attached low on the
dumb waiter platform subframing to permit the platform to go 2 feet
above the floor level, for easier handling of freight in loading or
unloading.

Extra-flexible hoisting cable was used for hoisting the platform;
this allowed the use of comparatively small diameter sheaves. All
sheaves were cast steel with grooved bronze bushings and were provided
with Alemite lubrication fittings. The hoisting rope operated inside
of the tower line.
A pipe guide was provided for the hoisting rope
at a point where the rope operated between the stairs and the tower
framing. This was done to eliminate the possibility of the rope rubbing against the tower or stairs, Figure 5.11-10 shows assembly of
a dumb waiter for a 75 foot tower,
On September 19, 1950, H & N received a request from Edgerton,
Germeshausen & Grier, Inc. asking that motor operated roll-up type
doors be provided on two sides of the 75 foot tower house. These
doors and operating motors were to be mounted on the outside of the
building, to close openings 14 feet, 3 inches wide by approximately
7 feet high. This request was approved by J-Division on September

20, 1950, and the H & N Mechanical Engineering Department contacted

the Los Angeles representative of the Kinnear Mamfacturing Co., at
the request of EG&G, to obtain information on the type of motor
operated rolling doors required. On the basis of the information
obtained about price and delivery, the doors were purchased from the
vendor by H & N. The vendor furnished shop drawings of the doors,
which were approved by the Mechanical Engineering Department.
Since
the doors would have to be installed in the field, it was necessary
for H & N to prepare installation drawings for the doors. This work
was shown on two drawings which supplemented the vendor's drawings
and showed how the door guides were to be attached to the tower cab.
Because the door and motor were mounted outside the building and
above the roof, it was also necessary to design a support for them.
As this was a special condition, such supports were not supplied by
the door vendor, These drawings were completed October 5, 1950, am
prints of each were submitted to the vendor for his check. They were
found to satisfy the conditions required for mounting the doors, and
the doors were installed according to the drawings.
The electrical facilities for each of the six 75 foot towers

consisted of lighting panel, lighting fixtures and wiring, time-switch-

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