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US1058536A
US1058536A US65993211A US1911659932A US1058536A US 1058536 A US1058536 A US 1058536A US 65993211 A US65993211 A US 65993211A US 1911659932 A US1911659932 A US 1911659932A US 1058536 A US1058536 A US 1058536A
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  • JOHN BLEIKER OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 ERNEST KOHLER, OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.
  • ment devices and more particularly to that class in which a compound movement is 1111- f parted to a car or cars, which preferably travel about a given center during the op eration of the device.
  • the principal object of my lIlVGl'llZlOIliS to j provide a simple, efficient device wherein the desired movements are imparted to the cars of the device and consistent with the de sired safety of the occupants thereof.
  • FIG. 2 is an elevation of a portion of a device embodying my invention, parts being shown in section to bring out details of construction.
  • Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through a portion of the standard used in connection with the device.
  • Fig. 4 is a detailed view in elevation of mechanism for imparting an undulating movement to certain of the cars, used in connection with the device.
  • Fig. 5 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 6 is an elevation of mechanism for imparting a reciprocatory movement to the supporting means of certain other cars used in connection with the device.
  • Fig. 7 is a plan view of the mechanism as shown in Fig. 6.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 are views in central vertical section taken through different types of cars used in connection with the device. 7
  • a standard 1 is fixedly carried by a base 2 which is provided with a bearing block 3.
  • a rope gearing pulley 4 Ro-tatably mounted upon said bearing block, with the stationary standard 1 passing there through, is a rope gearing pulley 4, balls 5 being preferably interposed between the hub of the pulley and the bearing block.
  • a standard 6 is revoluble with the pulley 1 and surrounds the stationary standard 1 throughout a part of the latters length.
  • the standard 6 carries a hub 7 which serves to retain the same concentric with the standard 1, and such hub is provided with recesses 8 for the reception of the ends of radially extending arms 9.
  • the standard 1 is provided with a bearing head 10 upon which is rotatably mounted a cap 11 adapted to receive and My present invention relates to amusesupport brace rods 12 which connect arms 9 and head 10 as clearly shown in Fig. 2.
  • the standard 1 may be stabilized by means of guys 13 which radiate from a disk 14 carried by a pin 15, and extending from the bearing head 10, such guys being made secure at their outer ends by means of a post, or the like, not shown in the drawings.
  • the arms 9 are held in spaced apart relation to each other through ties 16, such ties being conveniently arranged for the positioning and securing of a number of car supports to be subsequently described.
  • the standard 1 has fixed thereto, a spur gear 17, while the revoluble structure, which includes the standard 6, arms 9 and ties 16, carries a plurality of coacting gears 18, revolubly mounted upon supports 19.
  • the gear 18 is here shown connected to impart an oscillatory movement to a bell crank lever 20, suitably supported on one of the ties 16, such impartation being through a suitably supported reciprocatable rod 21 and a link 22 which is operatively connected to a crank pin 23, of the gear 18, and a pin 24 secured to the rod 21.
  • the gear 18 is revolved with its coaction with the spur gear 17 and thus the bell crank 20 oscillated a number of times throughout a complete revolution of the revoluble structure.
  • a number of these systems of gears, links, rods and bell crank levers are disposed about the revoluble structure and coact in pairs, each pair supporting pendently, a boat-like car 25.
  • the connections between the cars and bell crank levers are by means of rod 26 suitably connected to the ends of arms of the member 20 by clevises 2'7, and suitably connected to the end of the car.
  • each car 25 is such that a rocking movement is imparted thereto during operation of the device.
  • Such undulation described as the path of movement of the car results from the positioning of the pin 23, of cooperating gear wheels 18, diametrically opposite each other with respect to the operating position of the gear wheels and which positioning causes the supporting arms of the bell crank to move in vertical counter directions during operation of the device.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 mechanism similar to that described in connection with Figs. 4 and 5, is here disclosed, for imparting an up and down movement to a circular car 28, which is revolubly mounted upon a rod 29 and is provided with a hand wheel 30 by which the occupants of the car may manually rotate it about its support in either direction.
  • This mechanism includes a bell crank lever 31, suitably mounted upon ties 16 coupled together to work in unison by a link 32, movement of the gear 18 being imparted through a connecting rod 33.
  • the supporting rod of the car 28 is pivotally connected to one arm of the bell crank lever 31 by a clevis 34.
  • a rope gearing pulley 35 is operatively connected, by a flexible member 36, to the pulley 4; the pulley 35 being provided with a beveled surface 37 for coaction with a bevel wheel 38 carried by an electric motor 39.
  • the control of the frictional engagement between the beveled members is provided for by mounting the motor 39 on a platform 40, pivotally connected at 41, the platform being tilted by a wedge shaped member 42 engaging the same, and actuated by a lever 43, all of which is clearly shown in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 1 shows the preferred disposition of the two forms of cars 25 and 28 which is an economical arrangement, inasmuch as space must be allowed for lateral movement of the car bodies which result from the centrifugal force imparted by the revoluble structure during operation.
  • I may utilize an adjacent pair of such levers for the supportance of a car similar to car 25 in which the imparted movement will be the same, upon operation of the device, as described in connection with Figs. 4 and 5.
  • the ability of the car to move from the center of the device during operation is provided for by the pivotal connection formed at clevises 27 and 34, and by which the cars may return toward the center of the device, as the revoluble structure is brought to rest, to be in a convenient position for departure or reception of passengers.
  • the operation of the device is as follows r-Upon bringing the frictional elements 37 and 38 into engagement, the standard 6 and parts carried thereby, are revolved through the action of the electric motor.

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J. BLEIKER.
AMUSEMENT DEVICE.
APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 13, 1911.
Patented Apr. 8, 1913.
3 SHEETSSHEET 1.
. Swvmkoz JOHN BL EJKER COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0.- WASMINGTON. D- c.
J. BLEIKER.
AMUSEMENT DEVICE.
APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1 911.
Patented Apr. 8, 1913.
3 SHEETS SHEET 2.
3'numtoz JOHN BL 11 R COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 10., WASHINGTON. D. C.
J. BLEIKER.
AMUSEMENT DEVICE.
APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13, 1911,
Patented Apr. 8, 1913.
3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.
JOHNBLEIKER abfoweq COLUMBIA PLANOGRAFH 60.. WASHINGTON. n. c.
JOHN BLEIKER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 ERNEST KOHLER, OF ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.
AMUSEMENT DEVICE.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Apr. 8,1913.
Application filed November 13, 1911. Serial No. 659,932.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN BLEIKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented cert ain new and useful Improvements 1n Amusement Devices, of which the followmg is a specification.
ment devices and more particularly to that class in which a compound movement is 1111- f parted to a car or cars, which preferably travel about a given center during the op eration of the device.
The principal object of my lIlVGl'llZlOIliS to j provide a simple, efficient device wherein the desired movements are imparted to the cars of the device and consistent with the de sired safety of the occupants thereof.
In the drawings, which are a part of this spec1ficat1on:-F1gure 1 1s a plan vlew of the device embodying my invention, guy
wires and brace rods having been omitted therefrom. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a portion of a device embodying my invention, parts being shown in section to bring out details of construction. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through a portion of the standard used in connection with the device. Fig. 4 is a detailed view in elevation of mechanism for imparting an undulating movement to certain of the cars, used in connection with the device. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 6 is an elevation of mechanism for imparting a reciprocatory movement to the supporting means of certain other cars used in connection with the device. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the mechanism as shown in Fig. 6. Figs. 8 and 9 are views in central vertical section taken through different types of cars used in connection with the device. 7
Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
A standard 1 is fixedly carried by a base 2 which is provided with a bearing block 3. Ro-tatably mounted upon said bearing block, with the stationary standard 1 passing there through, is a rope gearing pulley 4, balls 5 being preferably interposed between the hub of the pulley and the bearing block. A standard 6 is revoluble with the pulley 1 and surrounds the stationary standard 1 throughout a part of the latters length. At the upper end, the standard 6 carries a hub 7 which serves to retain the same concentric with the standard 1, and such hub is provided with recesses 8 for the reception of the ends of radially extending arms 9.
In order to support the arms 9 at their outer ends, the standard 1 is provided with a bearing head 10 upon which is rotatably mounted a cap 11 adapted to receive and My present invention relates to amusesupport brace rods 12 which connect arms 9 and head 10 as clearly shown in Fig. 2.
Aside from its fixed connection to the base 2, the standard 1 may be stabilized by means of guys 13 which radiate from a disk 14 carried by a pin 15, and extending from the bearing head 10, such guys being made secure at their outer ends by means of a post, or the like, not shown in the drawings.
The arms 9 are held in spaced apart relation to each other through ties 16, such ties being conveniently arranged for the positioning and securing of a number of car supports to be subsequently described.
The standard 1 has fixed thereto, a spur gear 17, while the revoluble structure, which includes the standard 6, arms 9 and ties 16, carries a plurality of coacting gears 18, revolubly mounted upon supports 19. With particular reference to Figs. 4 and 5, the gear 18 is here shown connected to impart an oscillatory movement to a bell crank lever 20, suitably supported on one of the ties 16, such impartation being through a suitably supported reciprocatable rod 21 and a link 22 which is operatively connected to a crank pin 23, of the gear 18, and a pin 24 secured to the rod 21. During movement of the revoluble structure about the stationary standard, the gear 18 is revolved with its coaction with the spur gear 17 and thus the bell crank 20 oscillated a number of times throughout a complete revolution of the revoluble structure. A number of these systems of gears, links, rods and bell crank levers are disposed about the revoluble structure and coact in pairs, each pair supporting pendently, a boat-like car 25. The connections between the cars and bell crank levers are by means of rod 26 suitably connected to the ends of arms of the member 20 by clevises 2'7, and suitably connected to the end of the car.
The coacting supporting mechanism of each car 25 is such that a rocking movement is imparted thereto during operation of the device. Such undulation described as the path of movement of the car, results from the positioning of the pin 23, of cooperating gear wheels 18, diametrically opposite each other with respect to the operating position of the gear wheels and which positioning causes the supporting arms of the bell crank to move in vertical counter directions during operation of the device.
In Figs. 6 and 7, mechanism similar to that described in connection with Figs. 4 and 5, is here disclosed, for imparting an up and down movement to a circular car 28, which is revolubly mounted upon a rod 29 and is provided with a hand wheel 30 by which the occupants of the car may manually rotate it about its support in either direction. This mechanism includes a bell crank lever 31, suitably mounted upon ties 16 coupled together to work in unison by a link 32, movement of the gear 18 being imparted through a connecting rod 33. The supporting rod of the car 28 is pivotally connected to one arm of the bell crank lever 31 by a clevis 34.
As means for imparting movement to the revoluble structure a rope gearing pulley 35 is operatively connected, by a flexible member 36, to the pulley 4; the pulley 35 being provided with a beveled surface 37 for coaction with a bevel wheel 38 carried by an electric motor 39. The control of the frictional engagement between the beveled members is provided for by mounting the motor 39 on a platform 40, pivotally connected at 41, the platform being tilted by a wedge shaped member 42 engaging the same, and actuated by a lever 43, all of which is clearly shown in Fig. 2.
Fig. 1 shows the preferred disposition of the two forms of cars 25 and 28 which is an economical arrangement, inasmuch as space must be allowed for lateral movement of the car bodies which result from the centrifugal force imparted by the revoluble structure during operation.
In place of supporting independent car 28 on all of the levers 31, I may utilize an adjacent pair of such levers for the supportance of a car similar to car 25 in which the imparted movement will be the same, upon operation of the device, as described in connection with Figs. 4 and 5.
The ability of the car to move from the center of the device during operation is provided for by the pivotal connection formed at clevises 27 and 34, and by which the cars may return toward the center of the device, as the revoluble structure is brought to rest, to be in a convenient position for departure or reception of passengers.
The operation of the device is as follows r-Upon bringing the frictional elements 37 and 38 into engagement, the standard 6 and parts carried thereby, are revolved through the action of the electric motor.
This action causes the gear 18 to revolve through the co-meshing fixed gear 17, an oscillatory movement is imparted to the supporting means of the pendent cars. During the acceleration of the revoluble structure, the cars are gradually thrown ccntrifugally, and upon retardation of speed, the cars gradually return to a normal position influenced by the force of gravity.
I claim 1. In an amusement device of the character described, the combination of a structure revoluble about a predetermined axis, two gears carried by said revoluble structure, a spur g ar disposed concentric to the axis of rotation of said revoluble structure and adapted to impart movement to said first mentioned gears, a pin for each of said first mentioned gears, the pin of one gear being oppositely disposed with respect to the pin of the other gear, a car, instrumentality operatively connecting the pin of one gear with said car adjacent one end thereof to oscillate the car at such end, and second instrumentality operatively connecting the pin of the other gear with said car adjacent the other end thereof to oscillate the car at such end, said first and second mentioned instrumentalities imparting an undulating movement to the car responsive to the positioning of said pins, substantially as and for the purpose set fortl In an amusement device of the character described, the combination of a structure revoluble about a predetermined axis, two gears carried by said revoluble structure, a spur gear disposed concentric to the axis of rotation of said revoluble structure and adapted to impart movement to said first mentioned gears, a pin for each of said first mentioned gears, the pin of one gear being oppositely disposed with respect to the pin of the other gear, bell crank levers carried by said revoluble structure, a rod connecting the arm of one of said levers with said car adjacent one thereof, instrumentality operatively connecting the pin of one of said gears with the other arm of said bell crank lever to oscillate the same, a second rod connecting an arm of the other bell crank lever with said car adjacent the other end thereof, and a second instrumentality connecting the pin of the other gear with an arm of said last mentioned bell crank lever to oscillate the same, said car having imparted thereto an undulating movement rcsponsive to the position of said pins, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In an amusement device of the character described, the combination of a stationary standard, a structure revoluble about said standard, a gear disposed concentric to the axis of said standard, gears carried by said revoluble structure coacting with said first mentioned gear to receive movement therefrom, crank pins carried by said second mentioned gears, the pin of one gear being oppositely disposed With respect to the pin of the other gear, oscillatable levers carried by said revoluble structure, mechanism operatively connecting the pins of said gears with said levers to actuate the latter upon movement of the gears, a car, and means pendently supportmg said car from said, levers, to impart an undulating movement to the car responsive to the positioning of said crank pins substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
1. In an amusement device of the character described, the combination of a revoluble structure, a non-rotatable rod carried thereby, a car, means revolubly supporting said car from said rod, and means carried by said rod for manually rotating said car from Within the same.
In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.
JOHN BLEIKER.
Witnesses:
F. P. SOHROEDER, W. A. STOCK.
Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.
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