72. Lifting Cables
and Rigging:
Both the upper and
lower frames shall be hung on twelve (12) steel lifting cables, one at each end
and one at intermediate points not over ten (10’) feet apart. These cables shall be not less than one-half
(1/2”) inch diameter and shall be attached to the curtain with three-quarter
(3/4”) inch turnbuckles and to the top of the counterweights with eyebolts and
coil springs. The counterweight frames
shall be made of not less than six (6”) inch thick top and bottom weights
connected by two (2) rods spaced to receive the intermediate
counterweights.
73. The counterweight frames shall operate on two
and one-half inch by two and one-half inch by three-eight inch (2-1/2” x 2-1/2”
x 3/8”) tee bar tracks, which shall have spacing U brackets of two and one-half
by three-eight inch (2-1/2” x 3/8”) iron every four (4’) feet and shall be
double bolted to the wall. The
counterweight tracks shall set on the stage floor and continue for the full
travel of the counterweight frame plus five (5’) feet. The tracks at the stage floor shall be
enclosed to a height of eight (8’0”) feet by a guard made of number sixteen
(#16) sheet iron.
74. For each cable, there shall be a heavy pattern
twenty (20") inch diameter machine turned curtain block. Each counterweight shall have a heavy pattern
twenty-four (24") inch head block with separate machine turned grooves for
each cable. All blocks shall be
securely keyed to solid shafts. The
shafts run in two (2) double roller bearing pillow blocks. The pillow blocks shall be supported on two
(2) ten (10") inch channels set parallel to the proscenium wall. These channels shall extend across the full
width of the stage and shall rest on and be securely bolted to the steel of the
building. Between the upper and lower sections of the curtain there shall be a
system of cables and sheaves so arranged that the two (2) sections of the
curtain shall move simultaneously - both sections starting and stopping at the
same time. This system of cables and
sheaves shall be of the same size as specified for the lifting cables.