US1420887A - Amusement device - Google Patents

Description

.l. B. STRAUSS.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 5, 1919.

Patented June 27, 1922.

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J. B. STRAUSS.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, I919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jane 27, was.

Application filed. November 5, 1913. Serial No; 335,899.

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices and has for its object to provide new and improved device of this description. One of the objects of thepresent invention is to provide an amusement device wherein the cars in which the passengers are carried" are suspended below the track along which they travel, the parts beingarranged so that when the cars are taken to the top of the device they will run by'gravity around the. system to the point where the passengers are discharged and received.

pointed out in the following description. The invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a plan view showing an amusement device ei'nbodying the invention;

Fig; 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation sho ing a part of the structure;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-iof Fig.1;

-Fig. 5. is an enlarged view illustrating the method of supporting the cars;

Fig. 6 is a side view of the car;

Fig. 7 is a detail of the drive.

Like numerals refer to throughout the several: figures.

In carryin out the invention I provide like parts a supporting framework 1 for the cars which may be arranged in any desired manner and which as shown in Fi 1 curves and crosses different elevations. As illustrated in Fig. 1 there is a station 2 for the passengers in order to enter the cars. The supporting framework consists of the posts 3 which are of different heights along the supporting framework. At the top of these posts are upright supports 4 preferably in the form of trusses to which are connected the cross bracing or supports 5. The cross bracing carries the rails or tracks 6 for the wheels 7, said Wheels being connected to the cars 22, said cars being suspended below the cross bracing and having portions 9 which extend up through openings in the cross bracing, so as to make the connection in the wheels.

The invention has other ob ects which are IDOI'G'SPGOlfiCflllY The cross bracing is provided with open spaces for the wheels which :run on the rails or tracks 6. Therails arepreferably par: allel with the, trusses 4. These trusses are preferably deepened at their ends so that the cars, pass between them as shown for example in Fig. 4c, the cars at this point being located between the cross bracing and the top of-lthe post. IniFig. 2 which is a section at.22 of Fig. 1, there is illustrated a part of the structure where one set of tracks is above the other. In this construction there are two posts3. the lower tracks being suspended between these posts. A single ost 3 is-mounted on these two posts and.

theother set oftracks'are at the end of this single post 3. The cars are also provided with safety devices 10. which extend up.

through these openings and project over the rails 6 so that if the connection between the. cars'and' the trucks fail these safety devices will drop on the rails and still support the cars so as to preventaccidents. Certain ofthe posts 3 may be connected together by the cross members?) where this canbedone,

so as to make a more stable structure. There are preferably two of such rails and two port 5. e

The cars are pulled up tolthe top orhighest part of the structure by some suitable mechanism ands-re then released and run by gravity along the rest of the structure. Any suitable mechanism for pulling up the cars may be} used. As shown for examplein Fig. 7 there is a chain-or belt 11. which passes around suitable direction changing devices and has suitable guiding devices 13. This belt is provided with a series of hooks or engaging devices 14 which engage hooks or engaging devices 15 on the cars. The cars are loaded at the station 2 or the platform 2 and then are run by gravity around to the point 16 where the engaging devices 14; engage the engaging devices 15, whereupon the cars are pulled up the incline by the belt. This belt is operated in any desired manner as by means of the motor 17 which drives to the ordinary speed effect there is also provided a racing effect between the two sets of cars.

The path of the supporting framework may be arranged as desired. struction illustrated a portion of the frame work passes through tunnels 19 and20'" there being an intermediate lagoon 21 through which the cars travel. The bottoms 22 of the cars are preferably arranged in boat form so that they can pass through the water lagoon without having any of the'water enter the cars.

Lateral guides are provided for the cars to prevent their swinging and to guide them in the proper pathway. One form of these guides is illustrated in Fig. 5 wherein there is connected to the cross bracing on opposite sides of the ears the guides 20 and there are engaging devices 21 on the cars which engage these guides.

I' claim: I

1. A railway comprising two separated longitudinal trusses forming the exterior boundaries of the upper part of the structure, the space between said trusses being free from longitudinal structural supporting members, cross bracing extending across the space between said longitudinal trusses and connecting them, two pairs of rails carried by said cross bracing between the trusses and parallel thereto, open spaces in said cross bracing above said rails, wheels in said open spaces and running on said rails, and cars located beneath said rails and connected with said wheels.

2. A railway comprising two separated longitudinal trusses forming the exterior boundaries of the upper part of the structure, the space between said trusses being free from longitudinal structural supporting members, posts upon which said trusses are supported, c ress bracing extending across the space between said longitudinal trusses and connecting them, two pairs of rails car ried by said cross bracing between the trusses In the conand parallel thereto, open spaces in said cross bracing above said rails, wheels in said open spaces and running on said rails, cars located beneath said rails, said cars connected with said wheels.

3. A railway comprising two separated longitudinal trusses, posts upon which said trusses are supported, cross bracing connecting said trusses, two pairs of rails carried by said cross bracing between the trusses and parallel thereto, open spaces in said cross bracing above saidrails, wheels in said open spaces and running on said rails, cars located beneath said rails, said cars connected with said wheels, said trusses deepened at their ends so as to pass along the sides of the cars, said cars being located between the cross bracing and the top of the post.

4. A railway comprising separated trusses, posts upon which said trusses are mounted cross bracing connecting with said trusses, rails carried by said cross bracing, wheels on said rails, a car connected with said wheels and suspended below said cross bracing, lat eral connecting devices for said cross bracing, guides connected with the cross bracing and engaging devices engaging said guides and connected with said car near the top thereof.

5. A railway comprising two separated longitudinal trusses, cross bracing between the trusses, two pairs of rails carried by said cross bracing, open spaces in said cross bracing and above said rails, wheels in said open spaces and mounted on said rails, and iongitudinal guides connected with the cross bracing for guiding said wheels.

In testimony whereof, I altix my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 23rd day of October, 1919.

JOSEPH B. STRAUSS.

lVitnesses EDNA B. PETERSON, MINNIE M. LINDENAU.

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