US1080927A - Roundabout. - Google Patents

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R. G. REEVES.

ROUNDABOUT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1913 Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1913.

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Application filed January 22, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, REUBEN G. REEVES, citizen of the United States, residing at Massillon, in the county of Stark and State I of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Roundabouts, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to roundabouts, and has for its object to provide a roundabout comprising a plurality of boats grouped about a center of movement and constructed with a view of closely simulatpart of this specification, in which:

With the foregoing in mind the invention in all of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claims, when read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in wihch:

Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in horizontal section of my novel roundabout. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the same, hereinafter referred to. Fig. 3 is an enlarged inverted plan illustrative of the manner of mounting the boats. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged sections showing details of the boats and their appurtenances.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

Among other elements my novel roundabout comprises a center pole or upright 1, securely fixed by cement or other suitable means in the ground, and braced by stays in a manner compatible with the purpose of my invention. Stepped in a bearing 2 in the upper end of the pole or upright 1 is the depending stem 3 of the rotary disk 4, and surrounding the pole 1 is a rotatable body 5 to which is connected a collar 4*; the said collar being disposed below the body 5 and around the pole 1. Connected with the said disk 4 and body 5 are a plurality of boats. These boats 6 are suitably spaced apart, and may be of any suitable size without affecting my invention. The several boats are connected with the disk 4 and the body 5 in the same manner, and therefore a detailed description of the manner of mounting the boat shown in Fig. 2, will suffice to impart an exact understanding of the mounting of the several boats. Referring therefore to the said figure, 6, is an upright rod suitably fixed in the disk 4 and the body 5, and 7 is a rod that is fixed to Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 9, 1913.

Serial No. 743,518.

and extends radially outward from the body 5.

8 is a rod fixed to and extending downward and outward from the disk 4 and joined by a loop 9 with the rod 7. Carried by the said rods 7 and 9 is the boatcarrying frame; it being understood that in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention the said frame is continuous around the center pole or upright 1. The boat frame is numbered 10, and is provided with uprights 11 which carry at their upper ends journal boxes 12 disposed lengthwise of the boats. Journaled in the said boxes 12 are trunnions 18 carried at opposite ends of the boats 14. By virtue of this provision, it will be manifest that the boat is free to swing vertically in the direction of its width, and in a manner closely simulating the movement of a boat on an agitated body of water. With a view to contributing to the said simulation, and at the same time to render easy the riding of the boat, the same is equipped with two pairs of retractile springs 15. These springs are disposed transversely of the boat, and are connected to brackets 16 fixed to the boat. bottom. Each of the said brackets carries at its ends hooks 17, and the inner and upper ends of the springs are connected to the said hooks, while the lower and outer ends of the springs are connected to rods 18 comprised in the before-mentioned continuous frame. By virtue of this construction, it will be observed that the boat will be maintained in a steady manner, and yet will be free to rock or swing vertically in the journal boxes so as to render easy the riding of the persons in the boat.

In order to increase the similarity of'the boats 14 to ordinary sailboats, each boat is equipped with a mast 18 and a sail 19, as shown; the said mast and sail being disposed adjacent the forward end of the boat so as not to detract from the carrying capacity thereof. It will also be noted that the pairs of spring are arranged at opposite sides of the transverse center of the boat, and that therefore there is no liability of either end of the boat striking the carrying frame incidental to the movement of the boat about the post or upright 1.

As before stated, the body 5 is freely rotatable about the center post or upright 1; the said body 5 being provided with a drum 20 that surrounds a series of anti-frictionsuitably supported center post or upright,

rollers 22. The said rollers 22 are supported by the collar 4 and enable the drum 20 to rotate with but little frictional wear of the pole 1. The drum 20 is circumferentially grooved for the application of a brake band 28, and to one end of the said brake band is connected in a threaded manner a brake rod 24 having at its outer end a miter gear 25 intermeshed with a complementary miter gear 26 on a crank shaft 27.

Any suitable means may be employed for revolving the plurality of boats about the center upright or post 1., or when desired the actionof the wind on the sails 19 of the boats may be depended on for the said purpose. It will also be noted in this connection that through the medium of the brake band and. the described elements appurtenant thereto, the rotation of the boats about the center post or upright can be retarded as occasion demands.

a In addition to the practical advantages hereinbefore ascribed to my novel round about, it will be manifest that the same is simple and inexpensive in construction, is adapted to be operated at a low cost, and is Well adapted to withstand exposure to the weather and the rough usage to which roundabouts and similar amusement devices ordinarily subjected.

While I have entered into a detail descriotion of the construction and operation of the parts comprised in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention, 1 do not desire to be understood as confining myself to the said specific construction and relative arrangement of parts, as in the future practice of the invention such changes or modifications may be made as fairly fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatcut, is:

l The combination in a roundabout, of a upper and lower devices revoluble about the said post or upright, a continuous frame surrounding the post or upright and connected with the said revoluble devices, journal boxes carried by the said continuous frame, boats each arranged between two of the journal boxes and having lengthwise disposed journals bearing in the said boxes, and pairs of retractile springs arranged transversely of each boat at. opposite sides of the transverse center thereof and connected at their upper and inner ends with the boats and at their outer ends with the said C011: tinuous frame.

2. The combination in a roundabout, of revoluble carrying means, a boat having trunnions journaled in the said carrying means; said trunnio-ns being disposed lengthwise of the boat, and pairs of retractile springs disposed at opposite sides of the transverse center of the boat and connected with the boat and the said carrying means, substantially as specified.

3. The combination in a roundabout, of revo-luble carrying means, a boathaving trunnions journaled in the said means, a bracket fixed with respect to the boat and having hooks, and retractile springs each connected at one end with one of said hooks and at its opposite end with the carrying means.

4:. The combination in a roundabout, of revoluble carrying means, boats spaced apart on said carrying means and each mounted to swing laterally, and springs relatively arranged to each boat to yieldingly maintain t ie same in a horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

REU EN G. REEVES. VJitnesses:

BERTI-IA LIPPS', MARY AQlVILLIAMs.

Copies Of thiS patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing. the Commissioner of Yate'nts,

Washington, D. 6. I

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