US728062A

US728062A - Recreation device.

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Publication number: US728062A
Application number: US13088102A
Authority: US
Inventors: John Wilson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-11-11
Filing date: 1902-11-11
Publication date: 1903-05-12
Anticipated expiration: 1920-05-12

Description

PATENTED MAY 12, 1903.

J WILSON. V RECREATION DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED Nov; 11, 1902.

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No. 728,062. PATENTED MAY 12, 1903'.

J. WILSON.- RECREATION DEVICE. 'APPLIOAHOH FILED NOV. 11. 1902.

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ATTORNEY V N0. 728,062. PATENTED MAY 12; 1903.

J. NELSON. I RECREATION DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 11, 1902.

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Patented May 12, 1968.

JGHN WILSON, 6F NEVV' SUFFOLK, NEW YORIX.

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$4393 "JIFIGEKGi" forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,082, dated May 12, 1903. Application filed November 11,1902, Serial filo. 130,881. -(No model) Be it known that 1, JOHN EVILSON, o citizen of the United Sta-fies, residing in New Suffoils, in iho oounsy of Suffolk 22216. State of New York, have invented certain newand useful limyi'oveinente in Recreation Devices, of which the foliowing is e specification.

This invenion .r-eloies to the class of devices employed for amusement and reoreetion end usually found 2.17 popular summer resome; and the object is to provide a. means whereby those who desire it may experience zhe noi el seeeaiioo of diving in a. Weter-tig'hfi submarine hoalyoiekiog a. trip under water, and coming to i e etaleildiog pleoe.

In is Patent No. 690,215., L skewed and described this general ch emoter, PEGSS: ion is in some sense on improvement moi-eon, embodying, however, certain novei feeemes designed port to re lo-3e cost of ioemlling the pleat end we io oviiie novel means for ogea'eizi'og;

. boeiz -veliiolee. Li theecmw nyiogdl-ewioge, whioh serve to illustyete #Zhe invention, Figure 1 a plan of the device. 2 is a vertical section subetentielly oi li e :o in Fig. 1. Fig. ie a secoion substantially at line 0: in Fig. 2. Fig.

4 is a detail View of the end of e. driving-err". Fig. 5 is a view iliiist-reting the operatioo of getting a fleeting boot on the track. Figs. 6 and 6 are views illustrating the electric stop device. Fig. 7 is longitiidinal vertical mid-seci ioo. of the boat-vehicle on a large scale. 8 is a moss-section at (a in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is face View of the under side of the hoich.

N dcsigneles any waterway-as an artillciol lake, forexample-and C dosigna-tesa cir .oulor curb 01-well submerged in the some odjeoent to the shore. This ourb is not absolutely necessary, but it is convenient for voi'ious res-sous.

l is a, track, of circular form, laid on' the bottom of the ai'erway and having an olcvation at. 2, Fig. 2. Atthe center of the circular track is roietively mounted a. hub 3, provided with arms 4. Four arms are shown herein; but ilie'numoel' is not essential to my invention. There may be one or more. Each arm has all; its outer end an upright guide I We 5 and a track-wheel 6, which runs on a circular crack 7 at; the bottom of the waterway. The hub or center 3 is roteied for operating she driving-arms 4: ihz'oogii the medium of a sheifi 8, provided wiih a "novelwheel 9, which gears with teeth om the hub. The power for driving the shaft 8 may be of any kind, so fora-s my invention is conoeroed. As here shown, itie an eieotric motor 10, having on a prolongation 11 of its armature-arbor a. worm or screw 12, which gears with a, Worm-wheel 13 on the driving-shaft 8. There are some features for controlling the motor which will he hereinafter.

At; the poiofi 2, Where the brook 1 is elevated, there is a lending-stage 14, which has or may have two hinged platforms 15 15, adopted to be raised ondlowered by suitable means.

B designates as a whole one of the howeveliicles which travel aubmerged on the track 1. The ooooie oer-Pied around or made to travel elowly overthe cirouizir tree; by means ofoneo'f the driving-arms 4.2, projecting stud or log 16 on the side of the boat engagiog the upright goideway 5 on the end of said arm,

fall without disengagement from the drivingarm. The boat in its preferred form is illustrained in Figs. 7, 8, and 9. The general form of the boot is that of the known submarine boot. In its bottom are connected waterballast tanks 17, which are filled through a pipe 18 in the bottom andempiied through the same. This pipe is controlled by a, suitable valve 19. 20 represents holders for highlycompressed air, and 21 is a. pressure-reducer that is to say, the air from the holder or hoii ere 20 may be odmitizecl to the 1 85111530: :21 through a. pipe 22, controlled by a, cook 23, and the pressure of the air in the holder 21 be ilms reduced to any degree required. From the holder 2]. EL pipe 24-, controlled by e cock 25, icads the air to the bellost'rtanks. Now imoase the boat, with fares 01' passengers on board, should besubmei'ged and the machinery get; out of order the compressed air may be turned on, the valve 19 opened, and the ballast bio W11 out by the compressed air. The boat will then rise to the surface and can be floated. to the lending-place 14. The boom has suiteblefionged Wheels 26, Fig. 7, to run said gnideway permitting L-he boat torise and ICO I sunk means are provided on the track 1, seat or seats for the pas: sengers, hatchways 38 for ingress and egress, and steps 29 to reach thelattcr, The hatchways have each hatch or cover 30, preferably hinged to the coaming, cease to turn back when lifted, and a locking device to draw it down when closed and cause the packing 31 therein to bear on the coaming and make a water-tight joint. This closing device consists of a screw 32, hinged to the under side of the hatch at 33 and provided with ahandlcd nut 34, which bears on a cross-bar 35, loosely embracing the shank of the screw. The hatchway is an oblong rectangle, so that when turned one way the bar 35 will pass through it; but when turned the other way said bar will engage the margin of the hatchway, as seen in Fig. 8, and form a non-yielding base for the nut 34 to bear on. It isnot essential, however, that the hatch be oblong or wider one way than another, as the bar may be turned diagonally of the opening, so as to pass out through the hatchway or opening. The heat is provided with bulls eye lights or lenses 36 in its sides.

In case the boat should be put in floating condition and brought to the landing-place 14, as before stated, in order to insure its seating itself on the track properly and to insure the lug 1G properly entering the guideway 5 on the driving-arm when it is again which will now be described.

On the side of the boat are two eyes 37, one

near each end of the boat, and mounted slidably in suitable vertical guides on the landing-stage are two guiding-bolts 38. Then the boat is brought into position, these bolts are passed down through the eyes 37 on the heat. These bolts serve to guide the coat in its descent, so that its wheels will rest or seat themselves properly on the track-rails. To insure the entry of the lug 16 into tlie g..ideway 5, there is a bar 39, hinged on the driving-arm l 40, and when this bar is raised and turned over, so as to rest on the edge oi? the platform at the landing 1t, it must be made to coincide with a mark or notch ll on the platform in order to bring the guideway 5 into line with the lug 16 on. the boat. The electrical driving mechanism herein shown has some novel features, which will now be described with especial reference to Figs. 1 and 6.

G is the generator, (of any kind,) which supplies the motor 10 through a suitable circuit 0. (Shown somewhat diagrammatically in Fig. 1.), Mounted on and insulated from a counter-shaft 42 is a contact-disk 43, which is rotated from the main shaft 8 through suitable gear-wheels as. i This disk is at a breaking-point in the circuit a and forms, through the medium of a brush 0, a terminal oi the. circuit at this break. The circuit is'completed by a terminal stud c in the circuit, Figs. 6 and 6", which bears on the face of the disk 43; but in the face of this disk is inrecess saluting-block 4-5, which when the disk shall have made one "evolution will come the 85nd c the circuit, and stop motor. in order to provide means for star at the landingplace, Fig. 2, or situated whet ever is most convenient.

'ing the motor again, the stud c is mounted The operation is as follows: As the disk 43 makes substantially one revolution whenever the boat limakes one circuit on its track, it follows that, if the parts be properly set, when the boat arrives the landing-place the insulating-block 45 on the disk 43 will come under the stud 0 The circuit will thus be broken, and the motor stopped. To start the motor, the attendant rocks'the shaft 49 through the lever 50, so as to shift the stud c from the insulation onto the metal of the disk, and thus again complete the circuit through the motor. There is or mayoe a reversing-switc'n 51 on the motor-frame, as indicated, for reversing th ection of travel of the boat, if this be d ed.

The curb G is desirah 3r preventing the boat-vehicle from drifti... too far should it be set afloat, and it also facilitates the confinement of the driving mechanism within a restricted space or well that may be pumped out, if occasion requires. This maybe done by lowering the level of the entire body of Water by draining until it is below that of the top of the curb.

The track 1 may be undulating or irregular, if desired, and the guiding-bolts in extend down to the bottom to impart Ztdkll. tional stability, if rec c Having th us :ie claim--- 1. in a devi for rec. combination with a subm ule, hue tor-tight, boat-vehicle, provided w l to run on a track and with we... r means on the boat for blowing out last to set the boat afloat, a submerged track on which the boat runs and down upon "which it is pressed 'ard held'by the ballast, and means for prop ning the boat along said track.

' 2. Inadevice for recreation purposes,a submergible, buoyant, water-tight, boat-vehicle,

provided with wheels to run on a track, with water ballast to hold it down on the track, and with means for blowing out the ballast to set the boat afloat, of a substantially circular,

submerged track on which the boat runs and down upon which it is pressed and held by the ballast, and mechanism for propelling the boat along said track, the latter having an elevated portion, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device for recreation purposes, the combination with a substantially circular sub merged main track, a central hub provided with one or more driving-arms, mechanism submergible boat-vehicle having wheels to "ream-e for driving said hub, upright guides 5 on the l run on said track, eyes 37 to receive said bolts, and a stud 16, said boat having also Water ballast, and means for blowing out the same to sci; the boat afloat, as set forth.

5. The combination with the submerged track, and the ballested boat-vehicle provided with wheels for running on said track, of means on said heat for discharging its ballast and setting it afloat, and means for guiding it to the submerged track when is is reballasted.

5. The combination with the endless, submerged treck, and the snbmergible beet provided with wheels which run on seid treck,

of a central hubB, an arm 4: thereon, an upright-guide 5 on said arm, and means for reteiing eeid hub, said hub having a lug 16 on its side which engages said guide, substantially as set forilh.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 10th day of November, 1902,

in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. 35

J OHN WILSON;

Witnesses:

HENRY CONNETT, PETER A. Ross.