US1405213A - Amusement device - Google Patents

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` H. E. Kq HINGENITZ.

AMUSEIVIENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APILII. 1921.

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Patented J an. 31, 1922.

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H. E. K. HINGENITZ.

AIVIUSENIENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8, I92I.

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ANIUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APILa. I92I.

Patented Jan. 3l, 1922.

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' 'To all whom t may concern.'

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Be itflrnown that'LH-ANS ELK. HINGEN- irz,y a citizen of Germany, and re'sident'of Pocatello, inthe lcounty of iannock and State ofIdaho, 4have Vinvented a new and Improved Amusement'Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and Yexactv descrip-l tion.

My invention Vrelates to an amusement del vice, and aims to provide certain newk and useful improvements'therein,` and 'more par'- ticlularly what is commonly' known as a pleasure railway.

Thel particular` classi of pleasure railway to which my` device relates is that which is commonly known as a'f-loopetheslo'opfv',and it is well 'understood in connectionwith devices of this charactenthat considerabledifii'culty has been experienced iniconstructing the saine. This dificulty is to'bepredicated tothe 'fact that it has been necessary to pro'- vide an absolutely-eflicient form of safety device which wouldpreclude any possibility of accident, resulting in the'vehicleutilized jumping the' tracks'or lin' the centrifugal force being'less than the force of gravity under certain conditions. i

,Still another dificulty which' has been found to exist isthatpersons 'utilizing vthe same have objected'to assuming the' upside-down position which'theylnecessarily must in executing the' loop., j v Havingtliese di'iiculties in mind, I have constructed an' amusement device in the na-y ture of apleasure railway wh'iclishall provide safety means, absolutelypreclujding any danger resulting in the event of either thc vehicle jumping fromrthe rails, orV in the event that the centrifugal force is less under certain conditions than the force of gravity.

vWith these and other objects in mind, reference is had to the annexed specification, taken in connection with the attached sheets of drawings, which latter piesent one practical embodiment of the saine, and in which; Y Figure l is a side view of a pleasure railway embodying my improved construction. Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view thereof.

Figure 3 lized.

Figure 4 is a sectional plan View thereof taken along the line 4.-4: and in the direction of the arrows indicated in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a partly fragmentary cross is a side view of the vehicle uti- `4.spe ciiiea'ipiriof Lettersratent. VPatented Jau-31,

1921. yserial No. 459,619.

'sectional vview of Va railway and slviowvingii carriage employing one'ztype of safety' de;y

vicemounted thereon; i Figure 6 is a view similar toFigure, but

)showing va slightly modified lform .ofsafety appliancein use. y i Figure lisa sectionalviewl of a 'detailjof the' vehicle constructiomand 7' :Figure 8 Ais -af sectional 4"fron-t view :taken along the line 8-8,land inthe directiohof thearrowsindicated in Figure 7. l. In these views the,V reference vnumerall indicates a track hereinafterl moreY fully de-` scribed, which is 'provided withga ramp an incline constituti-nga descent 12,(Qa`ndfa feo loopl3V of any desirabletype,` with ai station lll'associated with itfor the purpose ceiving-.and discharging passengers."

Also an endless elementfl suitably," driven by a motor'ljco-operates with theinclinei il to carry the vehicle up the 'same'.V y

Referring Y now more particularly to the 'track structure, it will be seen,lreferenceibe ing had Vto vFiguren that the same conveiij iently includes a supporting surface'l upon which rails 18 of any. suitable 'character positioned, a being. notariaatsupuesta rails 19 are provided on'ithe'"under sid'e'of@ this supporting vsurface for al purposeI here 'inafter more fully specified?.Fuither; fa.

member 20 providingv a ridge'is centrally ydisposed between the rails 18, andit will-be noted that the; chassisf2l of" the-Y vehicle mounts rollers ,'22 which engage "opposite faces of the memberY 2O thusv obviouslyljre.- venting a side-sway ofthe vehicle, it being noted that'the main wheels 23 ofthe same normally co-operate with thefrails '18." i

It willy be obvious thatthe structure aforementioned will movably support a vehicle and will prevent an undue amount of sidesway on the part of the same, and with a view of preventing any accident occurring in the .event of the wheels 23 jumping from and in spaced relationship from the supporting surface 17, theflower ends of these arms carrying wheels 25.

These latter wheels are normally spaced from the wheels 19, but it will be appreciiio f engaging-.the outer faces `of the base of the' vated, assuming that the force of gravity should cause the wheels 23 to move out of contact with the rails 18 that the wheels 25 will obviously engage the rails 19 and that any accident will thus have been prevented'.

A similar result is achieved bythe structure illustrated in Figure 6, which construction is similar to that illustrated in Figure 5 with the exception that the arms 24E of the vehicle are far smaller as has been designated by the reference numeral 26. Also these arms carry rollers or pulleys 27 which latter are capable of engaging the inner faces of theupper arms of U shaped rails 28 secured to the u per face of the supporting surface 17, it being noted that by this construction the member 20 may be eliminated, but that side sway is prevented by the pulleys. 22

U shaped rails 28.4 Y

It will be noted, in this last named construction that the rails 27 are normally spaced from the rails28 but it will be appreciated, as in the construction illustrated in Figure 5 that upon the vehicle chassis 21 showing a tendency to leave the rails 18 that the members 27 cooperating with the rails 28 will prevent this from occurring.

Finally with regard to the vehicle utilized, it will be noted thatv the same includes a chassis 21, as hasbeen aforementioned, but it will also be seen, referringY to Figures 3, 4 and 5 that a pair of standards 29 which terminate in an annular gear 30 having its teeth extending inwardly towards a common center, are utilized. v A passenger compartment VV31 is provided, and this compartment provides a pair oftrunnions 32, it being noted that the compartment 31 is antifrictionally supported upon thestandards 29 by means of a plurality of gears 33 interposed between the teeth of the gear 30 and the gear 34 keyed to the trunnions 32.

From the foregoing it will be appreciated that I have constructed a pleasure railway in which primarily a safety device will be incorporated precluding any possibility of the vehicle carrying the passengers leaving the track, and resulting in an accident.

j Also it will be appreciated that the compartment 31 may be occupied by passengers, and that the same will be free to move with 'respect to the chassis 21, as far as a swaying action is concerned. Thus, the compartment 31 by virtue of the fact that its centerof gravity is below its point of pivotal support (trunnions 32) will at all times remain in a horizontal plane. Thus passengers occupying thiscompartment will not be discomfortedby the vehicle-following the loop 13 by virtue of the .factthat the vehicle is free to follow this loop, and the compartment 31`remains in a horizontal plane, the said vehicle revolving around lthe compartment.

Obviously numerous modifications of structure mightreadily be resorted to without in the leastV departing from the spiritof i `my invention, which I claim as;

1. pleasure railway including, in combination with a supporting surface and a vehicle therefor, rails secured to said supportingy surface, saidv vehicle normally resting upon said rails, a passenger compartment, Y

and means for connecting said compartment to said vehicle and permitting of a complete revolution of the latter with respect to the former.

2. A pleasure railway, including in com-l binationV with a supportingsurface, of aV vehicle therefor, standardsv carried by said vehicle, a passenger-compartment, trunnions ends, andfurther gears interposed between Y each of said trunnion gears and said standard gears.r

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