Water pump hoist

Claim 1

A hoist for a water pump which may be suspended in a well by a predetermined length of flexible conduit, said hoist comprising a hand truck, a horizontally disposed shaft means, bifurcated main support means mounted on said hand truck and including left and right stanchions, the upper ends of said left and right stanchions terminating with semi-cylindrical bearing surfaces, said shaft being rotatably received upon said bearing surfaces, said left stanchion additionally including a first horizontally disposed platform positioned adjacent the upper end thereof, main reel means for receiving convolute windings of the flexible conduit, said left and right stanchions of said main support means straddling said main reel means with said shaft means extending through said main reel means concentrically thereof and being fixedly attached thereto, large diameter spur gear means concentrically disposed relative to said shaft means and fixedly coupled thereto, a second horizontally disposed platform contiguously engaging and supported by said first platform, said second platform including tubular bushing means fixedly attached at one end thereof, said bushing means rotatably receiving one end of said shaft means, pin means fixedly attached to said bushing means to secure said main reel means to said main support means, said pin means having proximal and distal ends thereto, said proximal end of said pin means being fixedly attached to said bushing means and said distal end thereof extending inwardly beyond said bushing means a predetermined distance and being radially arranged about said bushing means so that said distal end thereof engages a portion of the underneath surface of said first platform, brake gearmotor means mounted on said second platform, said brake gearmotor means including a rotatably driven small diameter spur gear means, said small spur gear means meshingly engaging said large spur gear means so that rotation of said small spur gear means causes said main reel means to rotate, and means for operably energizing said brake gearmotor means selectively in forward and reverse directions for respectively winding and unwinding the flexible conduit about said main reel means.