US1091339A

US1091339A - Shooting-gallery.

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Publication number: US1091339A
Application number: US75623413A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward Howarth
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-03-22
Filing date: 1913-03-22
Publication date: 1914-03-24
Anticipated expiration: 1931-03-24

Description

E. HIOIWA'RTH.

SHOOTING GALLERY.

APFLIOATION lPILLD MAR.22, 191s.

1,091,339. Patented Mar. 24, 1914 a SHEETS-SHEET 1.

E. HOWARTH.

SHOOTING GALLERY.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 22, 1913.

Patented Mar.24,-191L 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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E. HOWARTH.

S'HOOTING GALLERY.' APPLICATION FILEI) MAR.22, 1913.

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EDWARD HOWARTH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOOTING- GALLERY.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22, 1913. Serial No. 756,234.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD HowAR'rI-L, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shooting-Galleries, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to amusement devices, and particularly to what are known as shooting galleries; and it has for its primary object the provision of means for supporting target forming objects for travel ing movements and for causing certain of the objects to travel in confuse and irregular courses relatively to other objects and for rendering the task of strikingV the objects extremely diificult and yet very interesting and amusing.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an amusement device simulating a rural scene and including a body of water wherein the target objects are mounted for swimming-like movements.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby all of the target objects may be driven from a common source of motive power.

Another object of the invention is the provision of magnetically controlled mechanism for normally attracting certain of the objects of the device into a prescribed range and for accurately causing the objects to take swimming-like movements in the body of water while permitting the objects to be deflected from their intended course of travel and to be deranged and partly submerged in the water when struck by a projectile or missile and then subsequently returned into their intended course of travel and made to successively follow one another.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2 is a transverse section'therethrough; F ig. 3 is a horizontal section through the tank, showing the driven mechanism for propelling' the target objects; Fig. 4 is a vertical section through a portion of one of the trees', showing the manner of imparting rocking movements to the limbs thereof; Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 2;'Fig. 6

is a perspective view of a portion of one of the propelling belts illustrating the manner of magneticallyattracting the target objects; and Fig. 7 isla perspective View of the countersha-ft, showing the manner of transmitting power therefrom to a set of propelling belts.

- e device comprises a suitable base or foundation 1, including a superstructure 2, over which is laid .a body of material 3 such as metal, papier-mch or any other suitable well known material which is molded or formed irregular so that the scene at the back of the device represents, preferably, a hill or mountainous country and including a vertical back portion 4 which is spaced vertically from a vertical wall 5 so as to re` ceive in the space, a driven belt 6, on which may be mounted objects 7 simulatin rabbits, squirrels, dogs or the like whicl are made to appear as traveling over the hills of the scene described by the portion 4. The belt is mounted on supporting rollers 8 which are journaled in the portions 4L and 5 of the structure as shown in Fig. 2. It is of course understood that the rollers are associated with the endless belt so as to cause the upper lead thereof to take sinuous or irregular courses.

The foundation or main support l of the structure preferably lies below the plane of the portion 3 is constructed so as to accommodate a water container, such as the tank 9. In the tank 9 and journaled upon vertically rising stub shafts 10 are rollers 11 arranged in inner and outer series and accommodating an endless belt 12 which has secured thereto, as at 13, horse-shoe magnets 14. These magnets extend in the direction of the surface of the water in the tank and they are adapted to attract metallic surfaces 15 of objects 16 representing ducks or the like so that when power is transmitted to the belt 12, the objects take swimming-like movements upon the surface of the water. The objects 16 are preferably made to take sinuous-like courses in the tank through the relative arrangement of the supporting rollers 11. One of the rollers 11 has fixed thereto a beveled gear wheel 17 which intermeshes with a similar gear wheel 18 on a driving shaft 20, the latter forming` a part of an electric motor which is conventionally illustrated at 2l in F ig. 2. Said driving shaft is provided with a pulley 22 which is alined with a Patented Mar. 24, 1914. i.

and at the front thereof and similar pulley 23 on one of the rollers 8 of each mounted to travel on superimposed series of rollers 27 journaled in the tank and support-ing rigid rods 28 at desired intervals. The supporting rollers 27 for each of the

belts

25 and 26 are arranged relatively so that the belts travel in sinuous courses. The rods 28 are connected with objects 29 representing reptiles which may be constructed of rubber or the equivalent thereof so that they may be flexed. From this construction and incident to the fact that the leads of the

belts

25 and 26 take the described sinuous courses it becomes evident that the objects 29 are made to gradually appear above the surface of the water then disappear beneath the surface of the water and at point preferably behind the spaces between the objects 16. The main driving shaft 2O is operatively connected at 30 with the counter-shaft 31 for transmitting power to the

belts

25 and 26. The shaft 31 carries a roller 32, over which the belt. 25 passes. Said shaft also carries a roller 33, which is disposed directly over one of the supporting rollers 27 of the belt 26, the association of the roller 33 with the belt 26 being such as to cause the belt to move in an opposite direction to the belt 25. In this manner the objects 29 at the front of the tank appear to be traveling in a direct circular course horizontally between the objects 1c.

The scene represented in the device as illustrated includes hollow tree simulating objects 34 which may be constructed of metal, and as illustrated each is provided with a plurality of rocking limbs 35, the inner ends of which are pivoted at 36 and provided with counter-balancing weights 37 whereby the limbs are normally maintained in elevated positions. The outer ends of the limbs support objects 38 representing birds. Reciprocating controlling rods 39 are mounted in the elements 34, and as illustrated said rods are provided with trip surfaces 40 which are designed to bear against the inner ends of the limbs 35, so as to move the same against the action of the weights 37. The lower ends of the rods are pro-- vided with eccentric straps 41, which are adapted to revolve in eccentrics 42 carried by a shaft 43. The shaft 43 is connected with a countershaft 44 whose lower end is Y provided with a gear 45 which meshes with .a similar gear 46 on the main driving shaft 42O, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

Any number of object propelling belts may be associated with the structure as is obviously understood, and I prefer to mention that in practice it is found desirable to employ a belt such as the ones shown at 6, 25 and 26 and to arrange the same at the front of the tank 9 and to support therefrom objects representing frogs which may be made to appear as jumping over the surface 47 at the front of the tank. Any other systematic arrangement of the objects may be made as may most appeal to the eye and which will render the operation of shooting a particular object extremely diflicult, yet amusing and interesting.

Any suitable mechanical appliance may be used by means of which projectiles of the desired type may be projected at the target forming objects. For instance, air guns employing missies such as corks, or suitable wads may be employed or devices for projecting small rubber balls, beans or the like may be used.

Having thus I claim is l. An amusement device, including an outer group of traveling objects, and a group of iiexible travelino' objects located within the outer group, and ing the objects of the inner group vertically with relation to the traveling plane of the outer objects.

2. An amusement device, including an outer group of traveling objects, and a group of flexible traveling objects located within the outer group, and means for moving the objects of the inner group vertically with relation to the traveling plane of the outer objects and for causing the same to gradually appear and disappear from the plane of vision.

3. An amusement device, including an outer group of traveling objects, and a gro-up of flexible traveling objects locatedv within the outer group, and means for moving the objects of the inner group vertically with relation to the traveling plane of the outer objects and for causing the same to gradually appear and disappear from the plane of vision, and means for permitting the objects of the outer group to be shifted from their traveling courses.

4. An amusement device, including an outer group of traveling objects, a group of flexible traveling objects located within the outer group, means for moving the objects of the inner group vertically with relation to the traveling plane of the outer objects and for causing the same to gradually appear and disappear from the plane of vision, means for permitting the objects of the outer group to be shifted from their traveling courses, and then automatically returned to their traveling courses.

5. An amusement device, including an outer group of traveling objects, agroup of flexible described my invention, what means for movtraveling objects located Within the outer group, means for moving the objects of the inner group vertically with relation to the traveling plane of the outer objects and for causing the same to gradually appear and disappear from the plane of vision, and means for permitting the objects of the outer group to be shifted from their traveling courses and subsequently returned to their traveling courses.

6. An amusement device comprising a tank, oatingobjects mounted therein, a hollow member rising from one side of the tank, rocking devices supported from said member, propelling means for said objects located within the tank, a driving shaft connected with the propelling means and vertically reciprocating means actuated by the driving shaft and controlling the rocking devices simultaneously with the operation of the propelling means.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD HOWARTH.

Copies o! this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ot Patents,

Washington, D. C.