US365535A

US365535A - Toboggan-slide

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Publication number: US365535A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-06-28
Anticipated expiration: 1904-06-28

Description

'(No Model.)

v G. C. FEELING.

TOBOGGAN SLIDE.

"No. 365,635. Patented June 28, 1887.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT O FI E.

GEORGE o. FEELING, or Loon HAvEmrENNsYLvANIA.

'l'OBOGGAN-SLIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,535, dated June 28, 1887.

- Application filed February 17, 1887. Serial No. 227,956. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. FEELING, of Lock Haven, in the county of Clinton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Toboggan slide, of which the following is awful], clear, and exact description.

' This invention relates to a novel form of chute or way applicable for use in connection with toboggans, the object of the invention being to dispense with the ordinary ice surfaces which have heretofore been used. in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apartofthis specification,in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the viewsr that are support-ed upon a proper frame work, 11, one end of these sidebars, 10, being practically horizontal, while toward the other end the side bars rise to form an incline between which the toboggans move down ward. Between the side walls, 10, I arrange slats or cross-bars 12, that are supported by the side walls and constitute a portion of the flooring of the slide, rollers 14 being arranged between the slats or cross-bars 12, the

shafts or spindles of said rollers being journaled in boxes that are supported by the frame-work 11 beyond the side walls, 10, the general arrangement of said boxes being shown at 20 in Figs. 2 and 4. The peripheral faces of the rollers 14 extend upward somewhat above the upper faces of the cross bars cline there is mounted a sliding stop, ,21, the

lower end of which stop is connected to a lever, v22, which lever is in turn pivotally connected to the frame-work 11. An operating-cord, 23, leads from the free end of the lever 22 to a point above the slide, as indicated in the drawings.

Such being the general construction of my improved form of slide, the operation is' as follows: The parties intending to descend mount their toboggan, which is held in place by the stop 21 until they are ready to start, when, if the cord 23 be pulled, it will throw the lever in the direction of the arrowshown in connection therewith in Fig. 1-. The stop will be drawn downward, and the toboggan will be free to descend over the surface of the slide the increased number of rollers at the lower end of the inclined portion of the slide serving to prevent the toboggan from striking against the crossslats as itpasses this point. The bearings of the roller 14 are preferably of metal, and in order that a proper lubricant may be applied, as desired, lubricating-holes2 are arranged as shown in Fig. 2, v said holes leading directly downward through the hearings to the shafts of the rollers.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The toboggan-slide herein described, comprising the framing having a way for the toboggan, and provided at the opposite sides thereof with side bars or rails extended above said way and forming guards, the floor of said way consisting of alternating cross-slats and rollers, the peripheries of the'rollers being extended upward above the surfaces of the cross-slats, substantially as set forth.

2. In a toboggan-slide, the combination, with the side bars or rails, 10, and the framing provided outside of said side bars with bearings for the trunnions of the rollers, -of

the cross-slats extended between the side bars,

and the rollers, also extended between the side of a stop, 21, a lever, 22, arranged in connecbars, and having their trnnnions projected beyond said side bars and journaied in the tially asdescribed.

framin outside of said side bars, snbstant q,

tially a s and for the purposes specified. (IFJORGE PLDLING' 3 3. The combination, with a toboggalrslide, Witnesses:

JNO. W. FLEMING,

tion with the stop, and an operating-cord ar- T. O. HIPPLE.

ranged in connection with the lever, substan-