US743170A - Railway. - Google Patents

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N0.74s,170. PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903.

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UN TED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 743,170, dated November 3, 1903.

Application filed August 24, 1903.

To a whom it may concern:

Be itknown that LSTEPHEN EDWARD J ACK- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, Coney Island, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Railway, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to Switchback or inclined gravity railways, such as are used in pleasure-resorts, exhibitions, and the like.

The object of the invention is toprovide a new and improved railway having a continuous track for the cars to travel on and arranged to facilitate the embarkation and disembarkation of the passengers and to afiord an exciting and interesting ride for the passengers.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. i

The improved switchback or gravity railway is provided with a continuous track for cars to travel on, and the said track consists, essentially, of a station-section A, an uptrack B, inclined upwardly from one end of the station-section A, a home stretch O, inclined downwardly and leading at its lowest point to the section A, and an inclined loopsection D, connecting at its upper end with the upper end of the uptrack B and leading at its lower end to the upper end of the home stretch G.

The loop-section D when viewed inplan appears withinthe space extending between the station-section A, the uptrack B, and the home stretch O, as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 1, and the beginning curved portion D and the terminal curved portion D of the loop D are located one above the other, while the other curved end D of the loop is adjacent to the station-section A. The sides D and D of the loop D Serial No. 170,660. (No model.)

appear in plan, however, approximately parallel to the uptrack B and the home stretch C, respectively; but it is expressly understood that the said loop sides D D are spaced from and extend along the inner sides of the said uptrack B and the home stretch C.

In the uptrack B is arranged an endless propelling-chain E, having spaced cross-bars for engaging projections or arms depending from the bottom of a car or vehicle F, adapted to travel over the continuous track, and the said endless chain E is driven by a suitable mechanism from a power-house G, preferably arranged within the track, as indicated in Fig. l, to save space.

The station-section, as illustrated in Fig 2, appears built on the ground, while the uptrack B, the home stretch C, and the loopsection D are shown supported on a frame work H; but this part of the apparatus'is not material, as the continuous track may be located in a building, if desired.

A station I is arranged on the out-side of the station-section A and is provided with an entrance side I and an exit side P, as shown in Fig. 2.

Now passengers desiring to enjoy a. ride in a car over the railway embark at the entrance side I of the station I, and the car thus filled with passengers is pushed by an attendant to the bottom of the uptrack B, so that the endless chain G now engages the car and pulls the same up the uptrack, and finally the said chain disengages the car when reaching the summit, so that the car now runs by its own gravity over the loop-section D to finally pass down the home stretch 0 back onto the station-section A at the exit side I of the station I, so that the passengers can disembark from the car, and as soon as the latter is emptied it is pushed to the entrance side of the station and the above-described operation isthen repeated.

By the arrangement described a very interesting ride is provided for the passengers in the car, as the car first travels up on the uptrack on one side of the structure, then passes around the loop within the stationsection, the uptrack, and the home stretch, and then the carfinally passes over the home stretch to the exit side of the station. Thus passengers in cars traveling over the continuous track are in constant View of each other except when cars travel simultaneously over the superimposed loop ends D and D From the foregoing it will be seen that the railway takes up comparatively little space, but affords a long and very interesting ride, and the cars always remain on the track.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A railway provided with a continuous track, consisting of a station-section, an uptrack-section inclined upwardly from the said station-section, a home stretch inclined downwardly and leading to the said station-section, and a loop-section connecting the upper ends of the said uptrack and home stretch with each other, the said loop-section Viewed in plan being arranged within the space between the said station-section, the said uptrack and the said home stretch, as set forth.

2. A railway provided with a continuous track, consisting of astation-section, an uptrack-section inclined upwardly from the said station-section, a home stretch inclined downwardly and leading to the said station-section, and a loop-section connecting the upper ends of the said uptrack and home stretch with each other, the said loop-section viewed in plan being arranged within the space between the said station-section, the said uptrack and the said home stretch, and the beginning curved portion and the terminal curved portion of the said loop being arranged one above the other, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN EDWARD JACKMAN.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER VAN WAGoNER, JAMES A. HEALY,

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