US356037A - Roundabout - Google Patents

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ROUNDABOUT.

Patented Jan. 11

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VILLIAMSON GOODWIN, OF MORO, ARKANSAS.

ROUNDABOUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent 1\T0. 356,037, dated January 11, 1887.

Application led September 1B, 188g. Serial N0.213,968. (No model.) y

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Be it known that I, VILLIAMsoN GOOD- WIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Moro, in the county of Lee and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roundabouts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This inventionrelates to improvements in roundabouts of that class in which a circular track supports the carriagesyandit consists in the novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l represents aplan view of the device; Fig. 2, a vertical section; Fig. 3, a bottom plan view of one of the carriages, Fig. 4., a detail elevationof a portion of the carriage shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, a section through the track, showing one of the wheels ofthe carriage resting thereon.

The track consists of a frame, A, of wood or other suitable material, of circular shape, either fixed in position or removable, so as to be transported from place to place, and a metal or other surface, B, on the frame A, either grooved, as in Figs. 1 and 2, or provided with a central ange or Web,`as in Fig. 5.

` Upon a suitable support or frame, C, is supported an upright shaft, D, carrying above the said frame a hub, E, in which are secured a number of radial arms, F, the outer ends of which are in part supported by hangers Gr, secured to the upper end of the shaft D. Spacing brace-rods H keep the arms equidistant.

On the ends of the rods are supported the carriages I, having tandem-wheels K, with their axles radial to the track and in xed bearings. l

Ihe carriages may each Vbe formed of side pieces, L, on which is secured a seat, M, or the side pieces may support apivoted platform, N, which may serve to carry the figure of a horse or other animal, or may, if preferred, carry a scat. When'a pivoted plat- :form is used, one of the axles 'is extended beyond the bearing and formed into a crank, O, which latter is, by means of a link, I), concarriage with the'arm F and relieve the end of the arm atthe point of connection with the carriage from strain.

I have shown two devices for applying power, one consisting of a whiliietree or single-tree applied to one. of the arms, as at T, Fig. l, and the other consisting of a shaft, U, extending under the arms F, and having bearings in the frames A and C, and carrying at the inner end a bevel-pinion, V, meshing with a bevel-wheel, W, on the shaft D, the outer end of the shaft U carrying a pulley, X, to which a suitable belt may be applied.

On the application of power, either by horse or by machinery through the gear, the shaft D, arms, and carriages are caused to travel around the track.

While the carriages may all be provided with fixed seats, or all provided with movable platforms, I prefer'to use alternately fixedv riages mounted on wheels and adapted to fol-V low said track. I do not therefore claim such a device. Neither do I claim in roundabouts of the character specified a carriage on two wheels, nor a tilting platform on a carriage operated by connections extending to the axles of the supporting-wheels.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim- In a portable roundabout, the combination,

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with a suitable Circular track and radial 10- In testimony whereof I afx my signature in tative arms, of a carriage mounted on Wheels presence of two Witnesses.

having radialaxles, a Vibrating platform on W GOODWIN said carriage, and the angular arm R secured I 5 thereto and connected bya link to the cranked Vtnesses:

WM. GAY, R. KAUL.

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