US1543020A - Merry-go-round - Google Patents

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June z3, 192s. 1,543,020

H. B. LOMBARD MERaY-Go-Rounn lFiled Jan. 11, 1923 2 sheets-sheet a 4 I me/nio@ @Chung Patented June 23, `1925.

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'HUEL zB. Lon-BARI), 'or V Beoolriives, SOUTH DAKOTA.

LMERRY-cro-noUNng Application filed January 11, 11923. ,serial naciente.

To all wwmwt may (lancera:

`Be it vknown that I, HUnLfB. LoMBARm-a citizen of the vUnited `States, .iresiding Yat Brookings, .in the county of Brookings',

cars of the device bein arran ed to swinofr outwardly, as the device rotates.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved driving mechanism whereby as the cars swing outwardly, the driving connections are not interfered with.

Other objects and advantages will be ap- 25 parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a merrygo-round made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a p-artial sectional view through one of the driving cars.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the forward endl of one of the driving cars, o-n the line 4-4 of Fig-V' ure 3. 4U Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, represents a suitable base on the center of which is erected a center pole or post 11, and rotatably engaged on the upper end of this @post is an elongated cap 12. Secured to and radiating from this cap are the arms 13, t-o the outer ends of which, and extending therebetween are the spacing strips 14. Anti-friction bearings are disposed between the cap and post, as clearly seen in the vertical sectional view Figure 2. Connected to the upper end of the cap 12, and to the outer ends of the arms 13, are the supporting and bracing cables or rods 16. Rigidly mounted on the post,

below the arms 13, isa ring Vgear 17,v Depending from thecuterend of each of the arms 13 are-thebrackets l,18,.and suspended from certain of these brackets, by means of the cables or :rods :19, are the .oars ,20. Certain o'ff the cars, designated .by the numeral.21,.-are known .as the motor cars, yor drivingcars, each of ,thesemars suspended at-its forward end by a heavier-rod 22. y Connected tothe upper end ofthis heavier rod 22 is a horizontally disposed .rod r23, the saine having its other end connected to the yupperendofthecable A19, and tothe bracket 18. Qn the `intermediate portion of the-,rod 23, which portion is offset outwardly and upwardly, there is moiuitedf a transverse shaft 24, connected to a short shaft 24 by means of a ball-and-socket joint 23. The outer end of the shaft 24 carries a crank 25 to which is connected the upper end of the operating link or pitman 26, said pitman extending downwardly' through the forward end of the car. Pivotally mounted in the `'car and depending through the bot-tom thereof, is a lever 29, the lower end of which is provided with a cross member 30, on which the feet of the occupant are placed. A vertical lever31 is centrally pivoted in thecar and extends above and belofw the car, the upper end being providedwith cross handles 32, while the lower end is pivotally connected with the lower end of the lever 29, just above the foot bar 30, by means of a link 33. Rigidly mounted on the lever 31, and extending forwardly therefrom, is a triangular member composed of the arms 27 and 28, and' to the forward or apeX end thereof is pivoted the lower end of the pitman 26, as clearly see-n in Fig. 3. By means of the levers, moved by the hands and feet o-f occupant, the link or pitman 26 is reciprocated to [cause the rotation of the shaft 24. To the inner end portion of the shaft 24 there is connected the outer end of a radial shaft 34, the same being connected to said shaft by means of a sliding joint 35. The shaft 34 has on its inner end a pinion 36 which meshes with the ring gear 17. Thus, as the car swings outwardly the rod 22 will be rocked, carrying the shaft 24 out of horizontal position, but by reason of the sliding joint and the universal joint 23, operative driving connections with the shaft 34 are not interfered with. Driv,

ing may thereby be accomplished. at any point between the vertical ,position or' the car to a horizontal position extending outwardly from the outer ends of the radial arms of the supporting structure.

Supported on the blase, and elevated thereabove into a plane approximately in line with that oil theV cars, is a circular rail 37, which may be grasped by the occupants of the cars to give a start to the device, or to bring the device to a stand-still.

W'hat is claimed is:

l. A merry-go-round including a center post, a rotary carriage on the post, a series of cars suspended on the carriage, a series of outwardly swinging frames suspended on the carriage and extending in tangential relation thereto, cars suspended on the swinging frames, manually operable driving means on each of the last-named cars including a rocker, a crank shaft on each or the swinging frames, a gear on the post, a radial shaft having a driving gear engaged with the post-carried gear, a rod connecting the said crank and rocker, and a universal joint and sliding joint connections between the second iframe crank shaft and the radial shaft.

2. A merry-go-round including a center post, a rotatable frame sup-ported on the post, a gear on the post, cars, flexible means supporting the ears on the frame, shafts supported for rocking movement on the `frame and having intermediate crank portions, radial shafts each having an` inner section provided with a gear engaged with the post gear, an outer section rotatable in the crank portion of a rocking shaft, and an intermediate. seetion slidably connected with the inner section, and universally joined with the outer section, depending bars on the rocking shafts, cars carried by said bars, and driving means in the lastnamed cars operatively connected with the said outer sections of the radial shafts.

ln testimony whereof, l aiiiX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

HUEL` B. LOMBARD. lVitnesses F. P. HERMAN, J. A. LUNDEN.

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