US1818647A - Merry-go-round - Google Patents

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Auglll, 1931*., l v v5 K. PRNNECKE 1,818,647'

4- MERRY-Go-ROUND I Filed April 19. 1929 2 sheets-sneu 1 [IDD @VLM @IDU/bn r 00%@ A Aug. 11, 1931. K. PRNNECKE MERRY-GO-ROUND 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 19. 1929 Patented Aug. 1l, 1931 UNITED s'lxarl-:sA

KARL PRNNECKE, or amanMarianna,4 ann-MANY Application filed April 19, 1929, seriai No.

- This invention relates to new and useful mprovements in rotating, amusement Aapparatus for taking passengers.

The new amusement vehicle consists of two superposed merry-go-rounds which rotate in opposite directions to each other and of which the lower one is provided with flying machines connected with a stationary tower, which machines areguided along a curved track by means of solid rubber wheels whereas the upper one is arranged as a circular rotating merry-g-round the vertical axle of which is mounted in the stationary tower. The circular rotating merry-go-round carries airships on its roof framework to which admission is gained from a platformreached by a staircase inside the tower. l

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of a double merry-go-round, partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a partial top plan view of the flying machine merry-go-round.

Fig. 3 shows a front elevation of the double merry-go-round, partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the air ship merry go-round.

Both merry-go-rounds are'carried by a stationary tower 1 on which a tooth rim 2 is rotatably mounted on ball bearings 3. This rim 2 is driven by a spur wheel 4, bevel wheels 5 and a belt or chain transmission 6 from a motor 7 (Fig. 3) or in any other suitable manner. A curve track 9 is mounted on stands 8 arranged concentrically to the tower 1 and closed on the outer side by a wall 10.

The flying machines 11 are each Vsecured to two rods 12 vthe inner ends of which are fixed to pivot bearings 13 of a ring 14 arranged above the tooth rim 9 and rigidly connected therewith. On the outer edge of the curve track 9 carrying'frames 15 are attached to the rods 12 each frame being adapted to receive a solid rubber wheel which runs on the curve track 9. The component carrying frames 15 of a flying machine are connected together by tension springs 17 (Fig. 2) whereas the carrying frames 15 of all the ilying machines are connected together by wire lgo-round comprising eight Vflying .machinesl scribed, comprising in combination a sup" -said frames, a ring around said supporting- 35e-,416, and in Germany Marcil 14, 1929.

ropes 18 chains or the like, so that the flying machines cannot collide with each other.-

The carrying towery lis hollow and has lan entrance 1 9 (Fig. r1)y under the lower merry- 11.- ,From this entrance -19 the' passengers mustv pass va pay desk 2O in order tofobtain vaccess to the tower in which stairs 21le`ad up to an exit 224 onto. a platform 23'held by the struts 24 on the tower'l. The roof 25 of the inerry-go-round is joined to a vertical aXle 26 (Fig. 3) which is driven through the bevel gears 27, 28 and belt or chain transmission 29 from a motor 30 in the opposite direction to the flying machine merry-go-round. Instead of the Abevel wheels 27, 28 a tooth rim may be used with a spur wheel meshing therey with similarly to the flying machine merrygo-round. The five air ships 31, the cars of 1 which can be entered from the platform 23,70 are secured to the roof framework of the merry-go-round or to radial arms projecting from the shaft 26 by means of tie-bars or the like. Both merry-go-rounds are independent from each other when working so that the flying machineV merry-go-round may be driven without the airship merry-go-round and vice versa. Admission to the flying ma-. chine merry-go-round is gained by two stairs'S80 35 past a pay desk on a landing 37 from which extensions 38 branch olf on both sides (Fig. 2) so that the flying machines can also be entered from outside.

By arc-lamps 39 and numerous incandes! cent bulbs tted at the entrances to the stairways 35, the landing 40, the tower 1, the struts 24, the merry-go-round roof etc. the two merry-go-rounds may be effectively lighted.

In each flying machine 11 and in each air-u ship 31 an electric motor may be fitted for driving the propellers 41, 42.

I claim:

An amusement vehicle of the type de-l porting tower, a plurality of flying machines in the lower portion of said tower, two supporting frames for each of said flying machines, radial rods connected one to each of;y

tower adapted to support the inner ends of said rods, a toothed rim fixed to said ring, means for rotating said ring and therefore said flying machines, a curve track arranged under said frames around said tower, a solid rubber wheel on each of said frames adapted to run on said track, a spring adapted to connect the two frames of each flying machine, pliable means adapted to connect and space the one from the other the two frames of one flying machine with those of the preceding and next following flying machine, a roof on the upper end of said supporting tower, a plurality of airships suspended from said roof around said supporting tower, a Vertical axle in said tower supporting said roof, means for rotating said roof and therefore said airships in the opposite direction to that in which said flying machines are rotated, a

platform at the upper end of said tower adapted to afford access to said airships, and a staircase in the interior of said tower leading,r to said platform.r

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

KARL PRNNECKE.

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