US813953A

US813953A - Amusement device.

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Publication number: US813953A
Application number: US27720205A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alfred Dalton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-09-06
Filing date: 1905-09-06
Publication date: 1906-02-27
Anticipated expiration: 1923-02-27

Description

PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

A. DALTON.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 1905.

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AIVIUSENIENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application led September 6, 1905. Serial No. 277,202.

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acter specified consist usually of a revolving framework on which is mounted a plurality of animals, sleds, boats, or similar devices to receive persons who are seeking amusement. ln addition to the revolving motion of the framework it is desirable also to secure an upand-down motion of the animals, boats, or` the like. In merry-go-rounds this up-anddown motion has been secured in various ways, such as by the use of eccentrics, cranks, and the like; but the objection to such forms of devices is that they are too expensive and are subjected to great strain and wear, so that their efficiency is quickly impaired.

' In the so-calledv raZzle-dazzles, which consist usually of a ring suspended from a center support by means of ropes, rods, or cables, it is customary to employ a number of men who walk around the device and impart to the ring which contains the pleasureseekers a combined rotary and up-and-down movement by means of drag-ropes. The objection of this form of device is that it is eX- pensive on account of the excessive amount of manual labor involved.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of amusement devices of the character indicated in such manner as to avoid the use of intricate machinery and to dispense with the employment of men for imparting a gyratory or combinedrotary and up-and down movement to the platform of the amusement device.

VVith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of an amusement device constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, partly in section, with the boats not shown. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the supporting member. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the construction illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an end view of one of the sliding brackets. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of one of the slidin brackets, partly broken away.

Like reference -numerals indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates a suitable base on which is mounted a bearing member 2. The bearing member 2 is braced in any suitable manner, such as by means of rods 3. Formed upon the supporting member 2, above the brace-rods 3, is a collar 4, having a rounded upper end. Surrounding the supporting member 2 and resting upon the collar 4 is a hub 5, which is formed with a round opening 6 in its lower portion to receive the collar 4 and permit the hub to have a wabbling or gyratory movement thereon.

The means for imparting a wabbling or gyratory movement to the hub 5 as it rotates upon the supporting member 2 preferably comprises a pair of rollers 7 and 8, which are journaled between suitable lugs 9 upon the supporting member 2. The hub 5 above the collar 4 is formed with a fiared or irregular bore having a plurality of concavities, such as 10. As the hub 5 is rotated upon the supporting member in the manner hereinafter described the stationary rollers 7 and 8 move into and out of the concavities 10, so as to iinpart a wabbling motion to the hub 5, as indicated in Fig. 4.

The hub 5, as indicated in Fig. 5, is formed y eXteriorly with a plurality of pairs of parallel shoulders, such as 11 11, 12 12, and 13 13, which are arranged at different horizontal levels, although the two parallel shoulders of each pair are in the saine horizontal plane.

Secured to the shoulders of the hub 5 in any suitable manner are parallel pairs of supporting-beams 14 14, 15 15, and 16 16, which lOO cross each other at suitable angles, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. By forming the hub 5'with pairs of parallel shoulders arranged vat different levels the supporting-beams can be compactly interlaced, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to form a strong rigid structure. As indicated in Fig. 2, the ends of the lower parallel beams 16 are bent upward, and the ends of the upper parallel beams 14 are bent downward, so that the ends of all the beams terminate 1n the same horizontal plane. The structure formed by the supporting-

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14, 15, and 16, which is to be given a combined rotary and wabbling movement in the manner hereinafter described, is provided with any suitable receptacles for amusement seekerssuch, for example, as boats 23, having sails, as indicated in Fig. 1. In some cases it may be possible to operate the structure through the action of the wind; but it is generally preferred to operate the same by the mechanical means hereinafter described. It will be understood that the invention contemplates the use of other devices than boats whenever desirable.

The means by which the structure carrying the boats or other devices is rotated preferably comprises a shaft 25,which extends upward through the supporting member 2. At its lower end the shaft 25 is stepped in a suitable socket-piece 26 and is provided with a bevel-gear 27, adapted to be intermeshed with any suitable bevel-gear 23, mounted upon a, power-shaft operated from any suitable source of power (not shown) and adapted to cause the rotation ofthe shaft 25. It will be understood that the gear-

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26 and 27 may be moved out of engagement with each other in any well-known and suitable manner when it is desired that the structure shall be rotated by the force of the wind. At its upper end the shaft 25 is provided with suitable lugs or attaching members 30, to which are secured rods 31, attached at their lower ends to sliding members 32, mounted upon the supporting-

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14, 15, and 16, as shown in Figs. 3, 6, and 7. The sliding members 32 preferably are provided with flanges 33, which hold them in position upon the supporting-beams., and antifriction-rolls 34, which cause them to slide easily upon the beams. Mounted upon each of the supporting-beams in advance of the sliding member 32 is a spring bufling member 35, which may be of any suitable form and construction vadapted to limit the movement of the adj acent sliding members.

Constructed as hereinbefore described the improved amusement device is operated in the following manner. The shaft 25 is rotated by power applied to the gear-wheel 27. Through the medium of the draw-rods 31 the rotation of the shaft 25 is transmitted to the frame composed of the supporting-

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14, 15, and 16. As the frame is rotated the rollers 7 and 8, in conjunction with the cavities' 10, cause the same to gyrate or rise and fall during therotation. During the combined rotary and up and -down movement of the frame the sliding members 32 move upon the supporting-beams. reaches the limit of its outward movement it strikes against the buffing device 35 and serves to limit the tilting of the frame.

The improved device of this invention is strong, simple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, as well as thoroughly efficient in o eration. v

C anges in the precise embodiment of invention illustrated and described may be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. An amusement device having asupport, a hub mounted for a rotary movement on said support, said hub being formed with a plurality of pairs of shoulders arranged in different planes, and a plurality of pairs of supporting-beams resting against said shoulders and crossing each other at suitable angles.

2. An amusement device having a support, a hub mounted for arotary movement on'said support, said hub being formed with a plurality of pairs of shoulders arranged in different planes, and a plurality of pairs of supporting-beams resting against said shoulders and crossing each other at suitable angles, the ends of all of said beams terminating in the same plane. 'i

3. An amusement device comprising a supporting member, a hub mounted for a rotary movement on said supporting member said hub having an irregular bore in the upper portion thereof, a plurality of rollers journaled upon the supporting member and adapted to engage the walls of the irregular bore for imparting a wabbling motion to the hub, a framework connected with the hub, and means for rotating the framework.

4. An amusement device comprising a supporting member, a hub mounted upon the supporting member and having an irregular bore in the upper portion thereof, a plurality of rollers journaled upon the hub and being adapted to contact with the walls of As each sliding member IOO IIO

the irregular bore for im arting a wabbling motion to the hub, a p urality of pairs of shoulders formed upon the hub in different means for rotating the vertical shaft, a plulimit the tilting or Wabbling movement of rality of draw-rods connected With the Vertithe frame formed by the supporting-beams. 1o cal shaft, a plurality of sliding members upon In testimony whereof I aliix my signature the supporting-beam, said sliding members in presence of tWo Witnesses.

being connected With the draw-rodsJ and a ALFRED DALTON. plurality ofbufng devices upon the support- Witnesses: f ing-beams, said bufling devices being adapt- GEO. J. WALSH.

ed to eoperate With the sliding member to H. Gr. HOSE.