US846208A - Railway. - Google Patents

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:No. 846,208. PATENTED MAR.5,1907.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1S, 1906.

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STEPHEN EDWARD JACKMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed June 18. 1906. Serial No. 322,284.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN EDWARD JACKMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident 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, exhibition-grounds, and the The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved railway having a continuous track for the cars to travel on and arranged to afford the passengers in the cars a long, exciting, and interesting ride.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which 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 the views.

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

The continuous track of the railway has a station portion A, leading at one end to the lower end of the upwardly-inclined uptrack B and connecting at its other end with the terminal of the homestretch C, and between the top of the uptrack B and the beginningpoint of the homestretch 0 extends an intermediate section D. The station portion A is approximately level and is built on the ground and arranged to afford a desirable location for the station E to facilitate the embarkation and disembarkation of the passengers on the cars F, traveling over the corn tinuous track. The upt-rack B and the inter mediate track-section D are shown supported on a suitable framework G, while the homestretch C may be arranged 011 the ground; but this part of the device is not material, as the continuous track may be located in a building built for the purpose. The uptrack B is provided with an endless propelling-chain H, having spaced cross-bars for engaging from the car or vehicle E, traveling over the continuous track,'and the said endless chain projections or arms depending H is driven by a suitable mechanism from a power-house I, preferably arranged within the track, as indicated in the drawings. The

intermediate section D consists of a loop por tion D and a figure-8 portion D of which the loop portion D starts upwardly from the top of the uptrack B, makes one complete circuit, and finally terminates in the figure-8 portion D terminating at the beginningpoint of the homestretch C. The middle members D of the figure-8 portion D cross each other in different horizontal planes.

Now, passengers desiring to enjoy a ride over the railway embark at the entrance side of the station portion A, and a car F thus filled with passengers is pushed by an attendant to the bottom of the uptrack B, so that the endless chainH now engages the car F and pulls the same up the uptrack B, and finally the said chain H disengages the car F when reaching the uppermost point of the uptrack B and the starting-point of the descent at the beginning of the loop portion D. The car now runs by its own gravity over loop portion D, to finally pass onto and down the figure-8 portion, after which the car passes onto the homestretch C and down the same, back to the station portion A at the exit side thereof, so that the passengers can disembark from the car, and as soon as the latter is empty it is pushed to the other side of the station and the above operation is repeated.

The intermediate section D is preferably provided with dips, as illustrated in Fig. 2, so as to render the ride more exciting.

By the arrangement described the cars continually travel over the continuous track, and very little time is lost in the embarkation and disembarkation of the passengers, and hence many cars can be run simultaneously on the track, spaced suitable distances apart, and a large revenue can be derived from the running of the railway in a comparatively short time.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, a homestretch leading back to the foot of the said uptrack, and an intermediate track-section connecting the upper end of the uptrack with the beginningpoint of the homestretch, the said intermediate track-section having a complete loop portion and a figure-8 portion, of which one connects with the uptrack and the other connects with the homestretch.

2. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, a homestretch leading back to the foot of the said uptrack, and an intermediate track-section connecting the upper end of the uptrack with the beginningoint of the homestretch, the said intermediate track-section having a complete loop portion and a figure-8 portion, ofwhichthe loop portion connects With the uptrack and leads to the said figure-8 portion, and the latter connects with the said homestretch.

3. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, a homestretch leading back to the foot of the said uptrack, and an intermediate track-section connecting the upper end of the uptrack with the beginningpoint of the homestretch, the said intermediate track-section having a complete loop portion and a figure-8 portion, of which one connects with the uptrack and the other connects with the homestretch, the end loops of the loop portion and the end loops of the fig ure-8 portion being arranged one above the other.

4. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, a homestretch leading back to the foot of the said uptrack, and an intermediate track-section connecting the upper end oi the uptrack with the beginningpoint of the homestretch, the said intermediate traclcsection having a complete loop portion and a figure-8 portion, of which one connects with the uptrack and the other connects with the homestretch, and the middle members of the figure-8 portion crossing each other in different horizontal planes.

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

STEPHEN EDWARD JAOKMAN.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES W. JAoKMAN, WILLIAM P. GOEBELI

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