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' HENRY D. GARDY, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO TAYLOR CQBURK, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,962, dated October 23, 1894..

Application ledl'une 14, 1894. Serial No. 514,581. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern/.f

Be it known that l, HENRY D. GARDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chester, in the county of Delaware and State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roundabouts; andl do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to ro which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates broadly, to the classV or kind of rotating or revolving pleasure car- A riages commonly known as round-abouts or merry-gorounds. The object of myinvention is to produce a device of the kind referred to, in which the conveyances for passengers will be in the form of boats which will be solely supported on the water, andso attached that they will have a free motion of the water whereby they will rise and fall and have motion similar to the motion of the waves as they are moved in the water. t

A further object is to provide a buffer or z5 buers on each boat to obviate jerking to the boats in starting. y

A further object is to provide means which will prevent accidental tipping of the boats; and with these objects in view my invention consists further of the parts and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully set out.

In the drawings: Figure l is a top plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line X-X Fig. 1, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

A represents a tank adapted to receive and hold water; A', the inlet for said tank; a, the outlet, and a the man hole, at the bottom of said tank which is used only when it becomes necessary to empty the tank and clean it.

A2 is a suitable platform built around the tank for the convenience of passengers.

B' are standards of a suitable truss work or support.

b is a cross bar secured between two of the standards B', and provided with a journal bearing b', to be hereinafter referred to. This truss work or brace is secured, in a suit- 5o able manner, in the center of the tank A.

Extending upward from the center of the brace B is a suitable shaft b2.

C is a crown wheel journaled on the shaft b2, and provided with suitable short arms c, each having an aperture or opening near its outer end. D is a suitable shaft journaled in the bearing b and in a suitable bearing at its outer end. d is a suitable cogior gear wheel secured to the inner end of said shaft and 6o adapted to mesh with the crown wheel C. d is a cog or gear wheel secured to the outer end of said shaft.

.cl2 is a cog wheel suitably mounted and prot vided with a crank arm d3 and d4 is a driving 65 belt or chain connecting the cog or gear wheel d and d2. p

E represents suitable arms secured to the short armsc, by means of suitable pins or bolts e, in such a mannerthat the connection 7o between the .two arms will be a hinge like connection. The arms E are provided with eyes e located about their center, while they are also provided with an eye e2 in their extreme outer end. e3 are braces each provided with 75 `an eye e4 on one end, which engages the eye e on the arms E, while the other end is bent to form a hook e5.

F are the boats for carrying passengers.

F are suitable seats, whichI have shown 8o as slatted, this form being desirable from the fact that any water spilled on them will more readily run off. t l

f are staples or rings secured in one side of each boat in which the hooks e5 of the 85 braces e3 are secured, thus preventing the boat from accidental tipping.

f' are short rods extending from the bow and stern of the boat and provided with a head f2, which may be either a screw cap, or 9o any other suitable construction.

f3 are buffer springs coiled around the rods f on each side of the arms E. These spring buers f3 obviate the jerk to the boats incident to starting and stopping the machinery and to a certain extent relieve the machinery from strain.

It will be readily understood from the above that the only strain (if it can be called such) upon the arms C is that incident to pulling the roo boat through the water, as the hinge connected between the arms eand E and the swivel connections betweenthe boat and arms E will throw the entire weight of the boat and its occupants on the water, no matter how heavily the boat is loaded. This is an important point in this class of round-abouts,n as it has been found in other constructions, where the arms propelling the boats are rigidly secured and the boats more or less rigidly secured to the arms, that the arms frequently break o, and the boats carry more than a certain amount of Weight.

It is obvious that the device may be operated by any motive power found desirable.

Should the boats become filled or partly so, with water, the hooks e5 are disengaged from the staples or rings f. Thus they may be turned on the swivel connections until the water is all out, when they are returned to their proper positions and the hooks e5 are replaced in the ringsf.

The entire apparatus is preferably located below the surface of the water, excepting the outer ends of the arms E and braces e3 which are secured to the boat.

The operation being obvious it is deemed unnecessary to describe it.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a cheap, simple, effective device of the character described and one that is light and portable.

It is obvious that slight changes may be made in the parts and combinations of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention and hence I would have it understood that I do not confine myself strictly to the construction described.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a roundabout the combination with the foundation, power mechanism secured thereto, and arms extending from said mechanism, of boats, a bolt or pin projecting from the bow and stern of the same, to which the arms are loosely secured, and a spring coiled around said bolt or pin on each side of the said arms. v l

2.'In a roundabout the combination with power mechanism, of al crown wheel, arms hinged to and extending from said wheel, braces having a hooked end and loosely secured to said arms, and a boat swiveled to said arms and provided with staples or rings in one side, in which the braces are adapted to hook whereby the boats are free to take the motion of the water.

3. In a roundabout the combination with a tank, of a brace or truss work forming a foundation in the center of said tank, a crown wheel journaled on said foundation, short arms projecting from and integral with the crown wheel, of long arms hinged or pivoted to said short arms, braces loosely secured to said long arms, a boat having a swivel connection with said long arms, and provided with staples or rings in its side, in which the braces secured to the long arms hook, a journal bearing secured to the foundation, a shaft journaled therein, a cog or gear wheel secured to each end of the shaft, one of which meshes with the crown wheel, while the other engages with a cog or gear Wheel by means of a belt or chain, and asuitable motor connected with the last named cog or gear wheel, all combined and operating substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I atx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY D. GARDY.

Witnesses: I

CHARLES PALMER, W. HINKsoN.

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