US1021019A - Amusement apparatus called indian trip. - Google Patents

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B. F. VAN KANNEL.

AMUSEMENT APPARATUS CALLED INDIAN TRIP.

APPLIOATION TILED MAY 23, 1911.

1 ,021 ,019, Patented Mar.26, 1912.

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B. F. VAN KANNEL.

AMUSEMENT APPARATUS CALLED INDIAN TRIP. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1911.

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B. F. VAN KANNEL.

AMUSEMENT APPARATUS CALLED INDIAN TRIP.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 23, 1911. 1 1 ,021 ,01 9. Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

BENJAMIN F. VAN KANNEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AMUSEMENT APPARATUS CALLED INDIAN TRIP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. VAN KANNEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at 519 West One Hundred and Fortyfirst street, New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Apparatus Called Indian Trip, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to a device in which balls are thrown by the players for the length of a ball-alley, against a hinged target, for the purpose of dropping a seat upon which a. performer sits. Such hinged target is connected with mechanism which causes the seat to drop and the performer to fall into a tank containing water, a cushion, straw, or other means for relieving the concussion of the fall. The player in such case pays so much per ball for the privilege of throwing at the target, with the chance of hitting the same to cause the fall of the performer.

The invention consists in the various de tails of construction herein described and set forth in the claims. 1

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a ball-alley having two of the seats arranged over tanks therein; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the apparatus with the nearer wall of the ball-alley removed; Fig. 3 is aplan of the post carrying the hinged seat and the target-fixtures to drop the seat; and

I Fig. 4 is an elevation of the post showing the target connections to the trip-rod to drop the seat.

a designates the side-walls of the ballalley, and b a counter at one end of the alley to carry the balls I) for the player. At the opposite end of the alley two tanks 0 are jected from the inner sides of the posts toward one another. The plank e is hinged to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 23, 1911.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

Serial No. 629,015.

the front side of a cleat f upon the post (Z and has at its outer end a strip f to support the free end of the plank e hinged to the post (7 A toggle-brace g is shown connecting the bottom of the plank c with the nearer side of the post, and a drop-rod h is extended from one arm of the toggle-brace and provided on its outer end with a button it through the post to its outer side. Upon such outer side, a bearing i is secured, and a toggle-spindle is journaled therein and provided with a target-arm 7:: having a small circular ring Z upon its end to which a larger disk m of flexible material is secured to form the visible target.

A crank 7' extends from the target-spindle to the end of the trip-rod 71. with which it is connected by an eye Icfitted looselytotherod l1 beneath the button it, so that a blow upon the target gives a jerk to the trip-rod and bendsthe toggle-brace sufficiently to drop the plank e, the plank a falling also at the same time. The cleat f holds the seat when thus dropped sufficiently clear of the post for the toggle to fold between the seat and post.

\Vhen a player throws a ball at the target and hits the edge of the same, it merely bends and allows the ball to pass, only such balls as strike the smaller ring Z upon the target-arm causing the fall of the operator from the seat 6.

The tank is shown with a cushion 'm/ therein to break the fall of the performer when dropped from the seat.

In alleys where a ball is thrown toward a target, as in the present construction, it has been found that the screen placed behind the target to arrest the ball is rapidly worn out and involves considerable expense for renewal, and a special construction of screen is therefore provided in the present invention, such construction being shown in Figs. 1 and 2 where the entire back of the ballalley is covered with a coarse wire netting n,

as poultry netting, to prevent the loss of any balls, and sections 0 of much stronger wire nett ng as No. 14 wire and one inch and a .half mesh) are secured to the same behind each target and covered with a canvas or duck facing 72. Such strong wire netting is found to wear much longer if secured to the framing n by its edges only, leaving its middle entirely yielding and elastic, and the duck is found to wear better if attached to the net at its upper edges only and the lower edge provided with means, as the rings q, the screweyes r and cords s, for tightening it from time to time as it becomes loosened by wear. The elasticity of such combined wire and canvas screen prevents it from tearing and enables it to resist wear for a long time, and such canvas, and also the strong wire netting behind it, are renewable at a very slight expense when worn, on account of their small size.

The framing n for the strong wire netting is shown at the right hand side of Fig. 1, where the bottom of the canvas is shown loosened and curled upwardly to expose such netting 0. The present improvements produce a very durable and efficient construc tion for such an amusement apparatus.

A semi-circular, netting d is shown in Figs. 2 and 3 extended from the posts 611 a? in front of the seat e, to protect the performer from the ball.

The tank 0 is commonly made of sheetmetal and to prevent injury to the performer, if accidentally falling against the top edge of the tank, a hose 0 is split open upon one side and fitted over the top edgeof the tank and serves to protect the performer fully in case of a fall against such edge.

To avoid obscuring the parts at the right hand end of Fig. 2, the wire netting which forms the side-wall a is shown only at the left hand end of such side-wall; and in order to fully expose the support for the seat, the semi-circular netting (Z is omitted from the posts d, d at the left side of Fig. 1.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention what is claimed herein is:

1. In an amusement apparatus, the combination, with a ball-alley, of a seat near one end of the alley, a toggle-brace arranged to support the same, and a target with connection to such toggle-brace to drop the seat when the target is hit.

2. In an amusement apparatus, the combination, with a post, of a seat projected transverse to the line of view at one side of the post, a target projected transverse to the line of view at the opposite side of the post, and a toggle-brace arranged to support the seat, with connection to the target for dropping the seat when the target is hit.

3. In an amusement apparatus, the combination, with a post, of a seat projected transverse to the line of view at one side of the post, a cleat beneath the seatwith hinge connecting the seat upon the forward side of the cleat, a toggle connecting the post and seat and adapted to fold under the cleat, a target projected from the opposite side of the post and a connection from the target to the toggle-brace to drop the seat.

4. In an amusement apparatus, the combination, with a post, of a seat projected at one side of the same, a toggle-brace connecting the under side of the seat with the side of the post, a trip-rod extended from the toggle-brace through the post, a bearing for a target-arm upon the opposite side of the post with a target having its arm hinged therein and a.crank-connection to the said trip-rod, whereby a blow upon the target starts the bending of the toggle and causes the dropping of the seat.

5. In an amusement apparatus, the combination, with a post, of a seat projected at one side of the same, a toggle-brace connecting the under side of the seat with the side of the post, a trip-rod extended from the toggle-brace through the post, and provided with a button upon its end, a vertical bearing for a target-arm upon the opposite side of the post with a target-spindle journaled therein andhaving an arm with a target thereon, and a crank with loose eye embracing the trip-rod beneath the butt-on, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In an amusement apparatus having a seat with a target-arm and mechanism for dropping the seat when the target-arm is moved, the combination, with said targetarm, of a rigid ring to receive the impact, and a flexible disk larger than the ring secured thereto to form a visible target.

7. In an amusement apparatus, the combination, with a ball-alley, of a tank having yielding material in the bottom, a post carrying a hinged seat above said tank, a toggle-brace for supporting the seat upon the post, and a target with connection to such toggle-brace to drop the seat when the target is hit.

8. In an amusement apparatus, the combination, with a ball-alley, of a tank with posts at opposite sides of the same, one of the posts carrying a hinged seat above said tank, an arched screen attached to the posts to protect the performer on the seat, a tar get projected from the outer side of the post and means for dropping the seat when the target is hit.

9. In an amusement apparatus, the combination, with a ball-alley and a post having a seat hinged upon one side, with a target hinged upon the opposite side and means for dropping the seat when the target is hit, of a ball-screen in the rear of the target, consisting of a section of strong wire netting secured by its edges only, a canvas of the target, consisting of a screen of strong Wire netting with a renewable covering of canvas.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing 15 facing for the same secured by its upper edge and means for tightening its free lower edge.

10. In an amusement apparatus, the combination, With a ball-alley and a post having a seat hinged upon one side with a target Witnesses.

hinged upon the opposite side and means for BENJAMIN F. VAN KANNEL. dropping the seat When the target is hit, WVitnesses:

of a Wire net extended behind the entire ap- L. LEE,

paratus and a special ball-screen in the rear THOMAS S. CRANE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

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