Shoulder exercising machines

Claim 1

A SHOULDER EXERCISING MACHINE, COMPRISING: A FRAME SUPPORTED MEMBER PRESENTING A CENTRAL BEARING THERETHROUGH; A SHAFT ROTATABLY AND HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED IN AND THROUGH SAID BEARING AND EXTENDING THEREFROM ON EITHER SIDE THEREOF; A SHEAVE SECURED ON ONE EXTENDING END OF SAID SHAFT; A WEIGHT CARRIER FOR SAID MACHINE; A CABLE HAVING ONE END SECURED TO SAID WEIGHT CARRIER AND THE OTHER END FASTENED TO AND WINDABLE ON SAID SHEAVE FOR DIRECT SUSPENSION OF SAID WEIGHT CARRIER FROM SAID SHEAVE; A REST SUPPORTED DIRECTLY ON THE OPPOSITE EXTENDING END OF THE SHAFT, IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO BUT OFFSET FROM THE CENTRELINE THEREOF, FOR ROTATION OF SAID REST AROUND AND WITH SAID SHAFT; SAID FRAME SUPPORTED MEMBER HAVING A CIRCULAR PLURALITY OF SPACED HOLES AROUND THE SHAFT; A CRANK CARRIED BY THE SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH AND SWINGING MOVEMENT OVER SAID HOLES; PIN MEANS FOR INSERTION IN THE HOLES TO LIMIT THE ARC SWING OF THE CRANK AND THE REST; A PAIR OF HANDLES MOUNTED ON THE REST END OF THE SHAFT AND FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH; EACH OF SAID HANDLES BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT ONE OF THE LONGITUDINAL ENDS OF THE REST AND ADJUSTABLY MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAME, MEANS FOR RECEIVING WEIGHT ON THE WEIGHT CARRIER; AND MEANS ON THE REST FOR SECURING A HUMAN ARM THERETO, WITH THE HUMERUS THEREOF CENTRALLY ALIGNED WITH THE SHAFT AND THE FOREARM THEREOF POSITIONED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SHAFT, AND SUCH THAT THE SHOULDER MUSCLES CAN ACT THROUGH SAID HUMERUS AND SAID FOREARM TO TURN SAID SHAFT, WHILE THE HAND THEREOF GRASPS ONE OF SAID HANDLES.