US516372A

US516372A - g-oebel

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Publication number: US516372A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 1911-03-13

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. I A. GOEBEL MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING CLIMBING HILLS.

No. 516,372. Patented Mar. 13, 1894'.

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Patented Mada, 13, 1894.

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AUGUST GOEBEL, OF TREBNITZ, GERMANY.

MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING CLIMBING HILLS. I

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 516,372, dated March 13, 1894. Application filed August 23,1393- Serial No. 483.876. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST GOEBEL, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Trebnitz, in the Province of Silesia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanism for Facilitating the Climbing of Hills, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new andimproved device to be used in assisting persons in climbing hills, thus rendering it possible for Weak and sickly persons to make ascents, which'would otherwise be impossible.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my improved mechanism for facilitating the climbing of hills. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same. Fig. 3' is a front view, and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are details.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

On the left hand side of a path, standards a, b, c, &c., carrying grooved pulleys a, b, and c are arranged at the inner angles A, B, O, and at the outer angles D, E, F and G, standards d, 6, g, provided with the grooved pulleys d, e, f, g, are arranged. The pulleys a, b, c, are mounted on the turned down upper ends of the standards a, b, c, as shown in Fig. 4, and the pulleys d ef' g are mounted on the upper ends of standards 61, e, f, g, as shown in Fig. 5. At the top of the hill the rope-drum H, and at the foot of the hill the rope-drum I, are mounted, the rotative shaft of the latter carrying a pulley K for a driving belt. An endless belt or ropeLis passed around the pulleys a b o d ef g and H, I, and by means of a suitable motor suitably located and the pulley K the endless belt L is moved in the direction indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2. At suitable intervals, eyes or rope loopsMare provided on the endless belt or rope L, on which pull-ropes N can be hooked, the lower ends of which are fastened to belts O by means of suitable snap-hooks T, which belts O are applied to the bodies of persons who wish to ascend the mountain or hill. As the rope L travels in the direction indicated by the arrows, the persons are drawn upward along the surface of the incline, and need only follow the rope N, connected with their bodies. The pulleys are arranged about six feet above the surface, so that at turning points A, B, G, the persons can wait until the rope has passed said pulleys, and can then follow the rope again. At the turning points D, E, F, G, the persons follow the rope continuously and pass around the pulleys d, e .f, As the rope N is fastened to the belt by means of hooks, the persons can detach the same whenever they desire and need only wait for the apparatus to be brought to a standstill. The number of standards and rollers depends upon the number of turning points in the path.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I 1. A device for facilitating the climbing of hills, consisting of standards arranged at the corners of a path leading up a hill, pulleys on said standards, a driving pulley, an endless rope passing over said pulleys and the drrving pulley, and pull-ropes connected with sa d endless ropes and means for connecting sald pull-ropes with the body, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device for facilitating the climbing of hills, the combination, with standards erected at the turns in the path, pulleys on said standards, anendless rope passing around said pulleys, ropes attached to the endless ropes at intervals, and belts attached to said ropes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses AUGUST GOEBEL.