US824305A - Amusement apparatus. - Google Patents

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No. 824,395. PTBNTED JUNE 26, 1906. L E; MAGIRB.

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PATENTES) JUNE 26, 1906.

J. H. MAGUIRB. AMUSEMBNT APPARTUS.

APPLXUATIOE FILED KAB. 517%998.

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JOSEPH H. nannies; or

AMUSEMENT no. senses.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application lerl March 5, 190B, Serial Ilo. 304,199.

To @LZ whom it may concern,.- l

Beit known that l, .losers H. MAGL-rias, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Vlayne, in the county di Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvement-s in Amusement Apparatus, of which the Jfollowing is a specification.

My invention has relation to an amusement apparatus especially adapted for erection at summer and other pleasure resorts; and in such connection it relates particularly to the construction and arrangement of a building to receive scenery and oi ineens supported by the same to carry persons and of means for holding the carrying means in an elevated as well as suspended condition, so as to impart to persons occupying the carrying means the sensation oi an aerial trip or excursion. Y

The nature, scope, and characteristic features of my present invention will be more fully understood from the following descrip'- tion, taken in connection with the aooornt panying drawings, forming part hereof, in Wliichf- Figure i is a view illustrating in elevation the front of abuilding and with means in tation of air-ships or balloons for carryin persons in a suspended condition in sai uilding embodying main features oi my said invention` Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the building, illustrating partly in section and partly in elevation a tracliway arran ed adiacent to the outer wall and to the cci ing oi the building, with cars adapted to travel on the traclivvay supporting the air-ships or balloons and Jor moving the saniein a suspended condition within the building, a centrally-arranged partition-Wall Vfor dividing the building'into sections, and a covering or sheeting secured to the W. lls, floors, and oeil; f ing oi the building containing scenery to'in crease the sensational eects of the structure 1 in the navigating of the balloons therein.

'feed-'Wire hg trolley-Wheel g, Ywliich is pivotally connected with the car e and series Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of tlife building, illustrating the combined entrance and exit oi the same, a side Wall arranged adjacent to the entrance and to the rear Wall Opposite thereto and forming passage-vvtysV for the air-ships or balloons, and a partitionwall uniting the side Walls with each other, lia-ving openings and a series of air-shi s Vor balloons adapted to travel in an olllon'g course within said building. Fig. 4 is a lon gitndinal sectional view of the amusement apparatus; and Fig. 5 is a detail vieivenlarged, illustrating partly in elevation and partly in section a car and a portion oi the trackway overwhicli the car travels, a hoisting apparatus for supporting, raising, and lowering the air-ship or balloon, and ineens for electrically propelling the car and actuating the hoistin mechanism of the saine.

Reierringrto tie drawings, a represents a building, preferably rectangular and oblong in outline, which in the present instance is iorrned Oi a light framework consisting of posts c', supporting the outer Walls or a shell al, and trusses o3, supporting the ceilings41 and the roof a5 oi' the building o. As shown in Fig. 2 the outer posts a and the trusses a3 serve to su port a traclrway b, arranged adacentcto t e Walls a? Oi the building o and close to the ceilin c* thereof. The trackway b is'provided wit rails 5 and with an oponingor slot b2, through which passes a chain orrope'c, wound upon a drum d oi a hoisting apparatus d, carried by a car e, traveling over Vthe rails b of the traclvvay o. as shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 5. Y

V@ne mode oi actuating the neistingdrum d Yconsists of an electric niotor placed on the oar c, rotating the drum d by means of a sprocket'- ear d and sprocket-chain d4. A bandiera e d5, actuated by a lever d, is placed in proximity to a seat e for an attendant, so as to enable the same to hold the drurn d and by the saine the ro e c in any given position. Motors secure to the under side of the platform o the car e, serve to propel the car over the rails b through the intervention of ear-vvlieelsfz and f3, which are respective tors f and aides e2 of the car e; as Yshi-ssn in Fig. 5. The electric Y"current actuating the motors d? and' conducted to the car e bya and pole g,

held inV engagement with the Wire b by a from the pole g the current is Ysind Vt'elitothe motors d2 and f by ineens not lslioivnirom whence the saine by the axles Ye and traction-Wheels e3 is conducted to the rails t', thus closing the circuit. ln addition to the pole g the care is provided with suitable controllin mechanism for the electric current, (not s ovvn,) by ineens of which the attendant occupying the seat e is enabled to stop or start the car e and to control the inovernent of the saine on the traolway b. @n the trackway b of the building a are ary secured to the shaft f of the rne- Y TOO ranged a series of cars e, each of which, by means of the rope c, is adapted to support a vehicle t, referably in the shape of an airship or ba loon. In order to pro erly support the balloon tl of the air-ship1i,t e ro e c is divided into two branches c and c2, whic are secured to the tapering ends of the balloon t, while ropes or chainsfigin turn connect the balloon fi to a car t3, adapted to receive and hold persons. The car e, holding the air-ship i suspended therefrom, will when moving over the trackway b move the air-shi in a substantially oblong path in the buillding a and will thus impart to persons occupying the cart thereof the sensation of traveling through the air, due to the fact that the rope c and car e, as well as the trackway l), is shielded from view by the balloon i. To heighten the effect of the said aerial navigation, the walls a2 and posts af', as well as the floor c of the building af, are covered by a covering or sheeting 7c, upon which is displayed fields, mountalns, woods, and buildmgs and impart the impression of traveling through different Countries and climates.

The building a, by means of the centrallyarranged posts a and sheeting k, carried by the same, is divided into two sections a? and a. These sections are connected with each other by passage-ways a and al", formed by extending the sheeting c outward and substantially parallel to certain of the walls of the building a to form partition-walls ai11 and am, which merge into the partition-wall am. The sheeting k, forming the passage-way al", may be shaped to imitate rocks, so as to impart to persons occupying the car i ofthe airship fi passing therethrough the illusion of traveling through a mountain caon. In order to permit persons traveling in one of the the sections a7 or 0,8 of the building a to obtain a view of the other section of the building c, the partition-wall a is provided with o enings ai, which expose certain portions of tie opposite sections thereof, as shown in Fig. 3.

To prevent persons from observing the trackway I) through the openings a, the sheeting k, forming the ceiling a4 of the building a, is extended over the sides of the track way b and terminates at the slot b2 thereof, thus concealing the trackway l), as shown in Fi s. 2 and 4. The partition-wall c is arrange opposite the entrance al of the building a in order to obstruct the view into the interior of the building by persons standing outside the same or on the stairway a" and platform als thereof. The platform als by a railing (not shown) may be divided into two sections-one serving as the loading and the other as the unloadin platform. As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, w ien the air-ships 't in their travel have reached the passage-way a9 the same are lowered to bring the car t3 thereof opposite the platform a to permit persons to leave the car and other persons to board the same. After the car i3 has been loaded the air-ship i, by means of the hoisting-drum d, placed on the car e, and rope cis first raised to such a height as to bring the same and the car i3 out of View of persons standing outside the building a, after which the air-ship is moved through the building in a manner as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The sheeting k, covering the ceiling of the building, may be painted so as to imitate sky, clouds, stars, and the moon. Furthermore, the buildin ay may receive light through the ceiling ci,4 or y artllicial means, such as arc or incandescent lamps. (Not shown.) The sheeting lf is preferably extended up to the platform ai and over the same and 1s bent and )ainted to imitate rocks forming an arche entrance 0,16 of rugged appearance, as shown, for exam le, in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

nstead of dividing the building a into two sections and passage-ways the same may be divided into more sections and passa e-ways, and the trackway may be arrange to pass also through the central portion of the building c. Moreover, the air-ships i may be replaced by balloons or Hying-machines, as desired.

Having thus described the nature and 0bjects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An amusement apparatus of the character described, comprising a building, an elevated trackway having a slot, means for coverin l said trackway to conceal the same to the s ot, a car adapted to travel over said trackway and having oisting means and both shielded by said trackway, a cable sus ended from said hoisting means and passing t ough said slot, and means for carrying persons connected with said cable and held suspended thereby beneath said trackway.

An amusement apparatus of the character described, comprising a building, an elevated trackway having a slot, means for covering said trackway to conceal the same to the slot, a car adapted to travel over said trackway and having hoisting means, both shielded by said trackway, a cable sus ended from said hoisting means and passing t ough said slot, means for carrying persons connected with said cable and held suspended by the same beneath the trackway, said hoisting means arranged to raise and lower said cable and by the same, said carrying means.

3. An amusement apparatus of the character described, comprising a building, an elevated trackway having a slot, a car adapted to travel over said trackway, means connected with said car, and ada ted to propel the same along said trackway, llajoisting means disconnected from said propelling means arranged on the car, means connected with said hoisting means for actuating the same, a cable connected with said hoisting means and IOO IOS

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passing through said slot, and means for carrying persons connected with said cable and held suspended by the same and said hoisting means beneath said trackway and said car-propellin means, said hoisting means and said cab e arranged to independently raise, lower and move said carrying means, Within said building,

4. An amusement apparatus of the character described, comprising a buildin an elevated trackway having a slot, a car a apted to travel over said traokway, means connected with said car and ada ted to propel the same along said trackway, oisting means disconnected from said propelling means arv 'ra ed on said car, means connected with sai hoisting means for actuating the same, a cable connected With said hoisting means and passing through said slot, means for covering said trackwa to the slot and shielding the car and prope ling and hoisting means thereof, and means foi` ca 'ng ersons ecnnected with said cable alnliinhel suspended by the same beneath said trackway, said carpropelling means, hoisting means and cable arranged to independently raise, lower and move said carrying means, Within said buildn witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing 3o witnesses.

JOSEPH H. MAGUIRE.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DoUGLAss, THOMAS M. SMITH.

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