GB916403A - Amusement ride - Google Patents

Abstract

916,403. Amusement apparatus. PRICE, D. W. May 12, 1961, No. 17388/61. Class 132 (1). An amusement ride comprises a riding surface providing a guide member 13 extending longitudinally thereof, and support for a rider including a pedestal 37 carrying the support and having a base 26 movable over the surface in opposite longitudinal directions and rotatable with respect thereto, a roller 20, carried by the base in engagement with the member providing a pivot about which the base is adapted to rotate, traction means namely and wheel 29, carried by the base and engaging the surface for moving the base in opposite longitudinal directions with respect thereto and co-operating with the pivot for rotating the base axially about the pivot when the base is at either end of its longitudinal movement with respect to the member, rollers 45, carried by the base and engageable with the member for limiting the rotation of the base about the pivot and for guiding the base in its movement in the opposite longitudinal directions, and means for actuating the traction means. The base 26 mounts the pedestal 37 supporting the chassis of the body 39 of a horse and the roller 20 moving in the guide member 13 in the platform. The shaft of the roller is attached to an endless belt 17 moving in a slot in the guide member and is connected to a commutator 22 and electric motor 23. The traction wheel 29 driven by the motor, projects through a hole in the base and runs on the platform. The motor drives a chain 42 for rocking the horse. The base runs on four rollers 27 on the platform. Two guide rollers 44 engage one side of the guide member, a further roller 45 is resiliently held by a pistonrod 48 in a cylinder 49 and a counteracting helical spring, both secured to the roller and base, which act as a shock absorber during pivotal movement of the base at the ends of its run.