US1329856A - Amusement device - Google Patents

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C. 'A. ROMAN.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION mo JAN-30.1918.

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C. A. ROMAN.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. I918.

Patented Feb. 3,1920.

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed January 30, 1918.

that l, Cnlinnns A. ROMAN, a izen of th, United States, residing at Olrlahoma, in the county oi Oklahoma and State of Llzlalioma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is ciiioation, reference being had to the acpan hg mawzngs.

e object of the invention is to furnish iii'li'LlSSi-"1' 1 exercise.

" Win show one of the practical in which the invention may be embodied and the, term which it has been built and operated.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, with the earth and a concrete footing in section. 1

E3 is a view looking directly upward iron the line 22 of ig. 3 is a fragmental elevation vier; of parts on a larger so is, taken in the direction of the arrow 3 oi Fig. l.

Fig. l is a perspective view at close range, showing a traveling cable and a hanger.

Fig. 5 is a fra 'mental elevation view on still larger scale than Fig. 3, showing an in order to drive the cable 15, a suitable number oi the pulleys are positively driven by a suitable motor, such, for example, as the electric motor 16 which may be mounted on the support .10.

in establishing driving connections be tween the motor 16 and the pulleys l l, a specd-reducing jacl: 17 may be set on top of the support 10 and driven from the motor 16 by a belt 18.

T he shaft 19 of this jack 1? may extend down through the support 10, and a sprodret wheel 20 on said shaft may be operatively connected with sprocketed portions of one or more of the pulleys it by a link belt 21.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

Serial No. 214,536.

lfnFig. 2 this link be1t 21 is represented by a heavy black line, and it drive the tour pulleys 14*. I

The parts thus described are not claimed as new.

in carrying out the object stated, a number of hangers are attached to the traveling cable 15 and adapted to partly or Wholly support the weight of persons suspended by them; and in order that the persons suspended may be swung from side to side while being carried by and dangling from the cable the supporting pulleys 1-1 are so positioned that the cable travels in a serpentine path. 7

The hangers may be close enough together on the cable 15 to occasionally swing the dangling persons into contact, and ust long enough to allow the persons to control themselves by touching their feet to the floor 12; and while there will be no chance to dangerously drag a person or throw a number of persons into dangerous disorder, good exercise will be furnished and great skill developed by the persons in their attempts to maintain their bearings and avoid awkward movements and positions. I

Vfithin the meaning and intent of the invention, the hangers may comprise any suitable suspending connection;

In order, however, to prevent undue twisting of the hangers and whirling of the persons suspended by them, an improved hanger is provided and best shown in Fig. l.

In arranging this improved hanger, two flexible connections 22 depend from the cable 15, one of the connections being attached to the cable some distance ahead of the other.

The lower ends of these connections 22 are attached to and support. the opposite ends of a bar 23, which normally parallels the cable 15.

A second bar 24 has its center secured rigidly to the center of the bar 23, and stands at right angles to said bar 23 and the cable 15.

Suspending connections 25 depend from the ends of the bar 24 and support a suitable seat 26, the seat being arranged to support a person in either a standing or sitting position.

Each hanger is made elastic in the direction of its length, so that the persons suspended may, by touching their feet to the floor 12 or other support, impart to themsleves a vertical springing movement While .he cable 15 carries them forward.

A practical Way to provide elasticity in the hangers is to make the bars 23 and 2-1. of leaf-spring material, which has been done.

In order to have the seat 26 hang more nearly in stable equilibrium and not too easily drop down at either side, the ends of the first-named bar 23 are turnedupward as at 2'7, and the ends of the other bar 24 downward as at 28.

in providing further means for imparting to the suspended persons a vertical springing movement, each of the supporting pulleys 1a is provided with an extra Wide supporting flange 29 for the cable 15. It will thus be seen that in the traveling of the suspending connections 22 of p the hangers around the. pulleys, portions of said connections will be swung into substantially horizontal position, as best shown in 3-, thereby taking up a part of the length of said connections and imparting to the suspended persons the springing movement described.

To avoid undue strain on the pivot-s of the pulleys 14 under load, said pulleys may be provided With a radial flange 30, and said flange may be supported by a small roller 31 on a bracket 32 bolted to the support 10.

Additional amusement may be provided by limiting the. extent of the floor l2 and Water 33 may be provided. in place or the floor omitted. It Will then be necessary for the ersons to note their approach to the Water and hold their feet up or submit to a foot bath.

Having thus described the invention, 1 claim}- 1. In a device of the class described, a

support, flexible depending means, suspended resilient carriers, and a traveling conveyer for said carriers.

2. In a device of the class described, a support, suspended resilient carriers, flexible de pending means supporting said carriers, a traveling conveyer for said means, and means whereby the carriers are free for 0scillation.

3. In a device of the class described, a traveling supporting cable movable in a ser- Jentine path, hangers flexibly suspended from said cable, and seat-supporting means suspended from said hangers and vertically resilient.

in a device of the class described, a traveling supporin cable movable in a serpentine path, flexible suspended means carried by said cable, resilient means supported rom said flexible means, and seat-carrying means supported from said resilient means.

5. in a device of the class described, a

hanger ,mbodying suspending means, memers of resilient material disposed at angles to each other and suspended from said means, and suspending connections depend ing from one of said member 6. In a device at the class described, a hanger including two suspending connections, a supported at its ends by said connections, second bar secured centrally to the first-named bar and disposed at right angles to said first-named bar, suspending connections depending from the ends of the second-named bar, and seating means at the lower ends said second connections.

l'l itness my hand this 26 day of January, 1918. r

CHARLES A. ROMAN.

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