Rope drive careful fireproofing from the loom floors. It was sometimes arranged for large drives that the engine drove a set of horizontal ropes to a pulley on a layshaft or 'second motion shaft' alongside the engine house, then diagonally up through the shaft. Rope drive A rope drive is a form of belt drive, used for mechanical power transmission. Rope drives use a number of circular section ropes, rather than a single flat or vee belt. The first multiple rope drive was a 9 rope drive of 200 bhp produced by Combe Barbour for their Falls Foundry, Belfast, in 1863. James
Off-tackle run ball carrier. The Maryland I used the 2nd back to lead through the hole and block the linebacker. More complicated versions of the play have pulling guards block the linebacker or combination blocks by a tight-end and tackle to create the hole and block the linebacker. The off-tackle play is a key feature of the single wing offense. Off-tackle run An off-tackle run in American football is a play in which the running back carries the ball through a running lane off of the tackle's block. The lead block kicks out the end man on the line of scrimmage, and