Self Starting Synchronous Motor
Summary:
The Westclox M1 self-starting motor. Large rotor contained between plates, field coil located away from rotor to keep the bearings cool.
Patent Dates
Application Date:
1934-09-10 Issue Date:
1935-09-17
Patent Numbers
Patent Number:
2015042 Serial Number:
743334
Notes:
This is the M1 motor, which was used from 1938 until ca. 1940. The M2 and M4 motors, used until the mid-1950s, are smaller versions of the M1.
Description:
The torque of this motor in a rest position is actually greater than the torque attained when it is running at synchronous speed.
Inventor Information:
Joseph A. Reinhardt and Oscar H. Kaminky, Peru, Ill., assignors to Western Clock Company, Peru, Ill., a corporation of Illinois
Patent Type:
Utility
Patent Country:
United States
Patent Category:
Clock Synchronous Motor
Patent Companies
Assignee:
Western Clock Company (the second one, 1912 - 1936) User:
Westclox
Patent Personnel
Inventor:
Reinhardt, Joseph Inventor:
Kaminky, Oscar Attorney:
Neureuther, Andrew
Patent URLs:
U.S. Patent Database; Google Patents