US826738A - Amusement device. - Google Patents

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H. H. PATTEE. AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB.2, 1906.

PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

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HERBERT H. PATTEE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE- No. 826,738. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 24, 1906. Application filed March 2,1906- Serial No. 303,767. To wZL whom it may concern: 1 passengers; but I have shown cars built with and built to accommodate any number of Be it known that I, HERBERT H. PATTEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, New York county, and New York State, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to carousels or that form of amusement devices which employ a series of suspended cars or boats adapted to travel in a circular path, and has for its object certain variations or deflections in this line of travel in order to produce exciting and exhilarating sensations to the occupants of the said cars. These and other objects and details of this invention are more fully described in the following specification, and pointed out in the appended claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, where like reference characters are used to refer to the same parts in the various figures, and in which- Figure 1 amusement tion. Fig.

two double seats and of waterproof construction and hung from the radial arms 3 by means of ropes or links 13 or any flexible means, so that the car may swing or be raised so they may drop. In the line of these cars as they travel in the circular path are antifriction hurdles or obstructions 14, which the cars strike and are deflected either laterally or upward, so as to give the occupants a jolting or rocking sensation, and these hurdles are adjustable, as best shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the former being a roller 15, adapted to be set at an angle by means of the link 16, bell-crank lever 17, and rod 18, connected with a suitable lever 19 near the central post, so the various hurdles may be operated by one person at a central point, the roller itself being in a pivoted yoke 20, carried by an upright 21.

The modified form shown in Fig. 6 has a permanently-horizontal roller 22, mounted in a yoke 23, which is supported by a pistonrod 24 of the cylinder 25, supplied with some motive fluid through the pipe 26. Fig. 7 shows the supply-pipe 27 for a series of these hurdles, the steam, compressed air, or other means being supplied to various hurdles through the separate pipes 26 and 28, so that these hurdles may be elevated one after the other so as to obstruct the line of action or allowed to remain in their depressed or inoperative position.

The above-described hurdles are shown in Fig. 2, also the hurdles 29, mounted in a frame 30, which may be elevated at its forward end to give the car an upward movement of more or less acuteness in order to produce a corresponding jolt or shake and the hurdle 31 arranged across the path of the car so that the car may be tipped more or less, according to the elevation of the piston-rod 32.

is a plan view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a side eleva- 3 is a plan view of a modified form. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the device. Fig. 5 is an elevation of one of the hurdles. Fig. 6 is a similar view of another form of hurdle. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of a valve controlling the hurdles. Fig. 8 is a sectional view through the tunnel, showing the automatic door.

The device is centered about a pole 1 and has a hub 2,fromwhich radiate arms 3,united and braced by the string-pieces 4, carrying at a central point rollers 5, whose function will be hereinafter described. These arms 3 are further braced by an internally-toothed ear-wheel 6 and stays 7, passing from the end of one arm to the other, these various means effectually bracing the arms and making the structure rigid and solid.

The gear-wheel 6 has meshing with it a In a certain portion of the circular path of pinion 7 driven through suitable connecthe cars is arranged a tank 33 to contain water and hurdles or obstructions 14 to obstruct the regular movement of the cars and throw them to one side or the other. This tank is provided with rollers 34 at each end, so that the cars may ride up or down same as the cars enter or leave the tank. In Fig. 3 the tank 33 is shown as including the whole of the circular path of the cars.

Fig. 4 shows the line of travel through the tank as inclosed by means of the structure 34 to produce a tunnel effect, and it is obvious that this construction is omitted from Figs.

tions by the motor 8 or the wheel, and the arms may be operated by any other desired means. Guy-rods 9 run from the ends of the arms to f the ole 1 and brace and strengthen these arms.

Beneath the above-described structure is a framework supporting a circular track 11, on which the rollers 5 travel as the structure revolves, and these rollers practically support the e frame and the cars it carries. cars 12 may be-of any desired size or design the time on the 1 nately flashing and extinguishing lights alterwater through which the conveyances are rawn.

4. In an amusement device, the combination with a i 1 and 2, so that certain features may not be obscured. This structure is partly stationary and suspended by guy-rods 35, running from the central post 1 to the post 36, while of travel to deflect the conveyances, a tunnel at one or more points about the circular path to screen the said conveyances from view and a tank of water through which they are drawn.

5. In an amusement device, the combination with a frame revolving over a circular path, of conveyances hung When this tunnel occupies a certain portion of the line of travel only, it is necessary to y at d pivoted at 39. A lateral weighted arm 40 keeps the door in position, and the suspension-ropes upper end of the door and depress it while the car completes the operation and pushes the door down and out of the way while it passes on, moving all antifriction-rollers 41, and passed over the door flies back to its vertical position and a ain dark-' ens the tunnel. It is obvious that t e door at the other end of the tunnel opens outward and that certain lights and scenic effects are produced in the tunnel as the car passes through and may be so varied as to produce the sensation of a more lengthy trip by altertanks, and antifriction means in the path of the said conveyances to deflect them.

In an amusement device, the combination with a structure revolving over a circular course, of one or more cars hung from said structure, a tunnel placed about the course of the cars to screen them from view and doors working automatically at either end of the tunnel to exclude the outside light.

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cars swinging from said arms, hurdles or desential features of the invention. fleeting means placed in the line of travel of aving thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In an amusement device, a structure revolving over a circular path, in'combination with structure and one about part of the path of th produce tunnel effects and from view.

2. In an amusement device, the combinawith a structure revolving over a circuh of conveyances hanging from said means placed at various points in deflect the conveyances, and one or more inclosures built about part of the course of the conveyances to produce a tunnel effect and screen the same from view.

3. 11 an amusement device, a structure moving over a substantially circular course, in combination with conveyances hung from e conveyances to screen the same 9. In an amusement tion with a d cars.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 1st day of March, 1906.

HERBERT H. PATTEE.

said structure, a tunnel or inclosure built Witnesses: about part of sa d course to screen the con- JAMES F. DUHAMEL, veyances from view, and a tank to contain HARRY O. HEBIG.

and doors to the tunnel to exclude the out-' IIO

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