USRE12435E - Reissued jan - Google Patents

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USRE12435E
USRE12435E US RE12435 E USRE12435 E US RE12435E
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  • This invention relates to the class of pleas.-
  • ure devices or apparatus known as merrygo-rounds; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device or apparatus of this class which involves supports for horses or other animals or seats vertically arranged and movable in opposite directions through tracks which cross each other at regular intervals, 2.
  • further object being to provide a device or apparatus of the class specified the operation of which is designed to give pleasure and amusement to children and others; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a device or apparatus of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.
  • the bottom portion (1/ comprises a base a? of any suitable construction, preferably concrete or other solid material, and the bottom portion a is also circular in form, and the top thereof consists of a platform (0 and between the base a and platform a is a plate
  • the platform 00 comprises an outer annular portion in the form of construction shown and a central depressed portion 00 and the plate or support a is placed in the outer annular portion of the platform a and is also annular in form and is provided with two tortuous botor support a".
  • tom bearings a in each of which is formed an annular track or way consisting of a depressed or countersunk groove, and beneath the bearings a are placed supports a
  • Around the central depressed portion a of the platform a and placed beneath the annular raised portion of said platform and arranged at regular intervals are aplurality of pairs of sprocketwheels 0, and each sprocket-wheel of each pair is mounted on a shaft 0 and these shafts c are vertically arranged, the lower ends thereof passing downwardly through the annular raised portion of the platform a and the upper ends thereof passing upwardly into the top portion 6 of the apparatus.
  • a large gear-wheel 0 having a central internal gear a
  • a motor 0 placed on the central portion a of'the platform is a motor 0 provided with a shaft 0, having a belt-wheel 0 which is geared in connection with another beltwheel a by means of a belt 0 mounted on a vertically arranged shaft cl, provided with a small gear-wheel 01 which operates in connection with the gear o on the gear-wheel 0 the object of the motor 0 and its connections being to turn the wheel 0 and in the form of construction shown the belt a is crossed, so as to turn the wheel 0 to the left; but any suitable means may be provided for turning the wheel 0
  • the sprocket-wheels c of one pair of said sprocket-wheels are geared in connection directly with the wheel 0 by means of gears d operating in connection with corre sponding wheelsd on the shafts 0 of said sprocket-wheels, the adjacent
  • each pair of drive-chains equaling in number one-half of the number of the pairs or sets of sprocket-wheels c employed, and these chains f are composed of a central block-link f and other links f and, if desired, the alternate links may all be block-lin ks, and these chains are driven by the sprocket-wheels 0, as will be readily understood, and in the operation or the apparatus they are carried entirely around and beneath the annular raised portion of the platform of, said chains being made of such length that they are caught by the sprocket-wheels of one pair before they leave the sprocket-wheels of another pair, and said chains cross the tracks of each other at the points (2 as will be readily understood, and between each pairof the sprocket-wheels 0 are upright members 0 which form a part .of the tracks or ways 0 in which said chains move.
  • the top portion 6 of the apparatus comprises a bottom 6 and a cover 6 and the shafts 0 which are arranged in pairs, as hereinbefore described, and which are provided with the sprocket-wheels 0, pass upwardly into the top portion 5, and these shafts are provided within said top portion each with a and the sprocket-wheels g are exactly the same as thesprocket-wheels 0, and arranged in said top portion Z) are two tracks or ways /a, the form and arrangement of which are similar to the tracks or ways 6 in the bottom portion a of the apparatus; but said tracks or ways it consist of an outer wall If and inner bearings k similar to the corresponding parts 6 of the tracks or ways a, and said tracks or ways It have no bottom, and mounted in said tracks or ways are drivechains 21, similar to the drive-chains f in the bottom tracks or ways and composed of central block-links 2' and other links the same as those in the bottom tracks or ways 6.
  • the block-links 2 of the top drive-chains z and the block-links f of the bottom drivechains f are rigidly connected by verticallyarranged rods 7', as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and these rods are provided in the top portion of the apparatus with wheels 7' which travel on tracks or ways f and on the rods j in the form of construction shown are placed bodies 1", which in the form of construction shown represent horses, but which may represent any other animals or seats or boxes or supports of any kind or class.
  • the upright rods j also move in slots m, formed in the annular raised portion of the platform a and corresponding slots m formed in the bottom 6 in the top portion a of the apparatus, and the slots on correspond with and follow the same course as the tracks or ways 0 in which the chains f are mounted, and the slots m are similarly arranged, and the rods j are thus adapted to move in endless lines which cross each other at regular intervals.
  • a platform a plurality of pairs of shafts passing vertically through said platform, sprocketwheels connected with said shafts, means for turning the separate pairs of shafts in opposite directions, tracks or ways arranged at the opposite sides of the alternate pairs of shafts and crossing each other between said pairs, a plurality of pairs of drive-chains mounted in said tracks or ways and in connection with which said sprocket-Wheels operate, and verti- 'cally-arranged rods connected with said chains and provided with supports, shown and described.
  • An apparatus of the class described comprising top and bottom portions, a plurality of vertical shafts arranged in pairs and the ends of which are mounted in said top and bot: tom portions, sprocket-wheels connected with the upper and lower ends of said shafts, tracks or ways at the opposite sides of the sprocketwheels of each of said pairs of shafts in the substantially as crossing each other between said pairs, a plurality of pairs of drive-chains placed in said tracks or ways in the top and bottom portions of the apparatus and adapted to operate in connection with said sprocket-wheels, vertically-arranged rods connecting the bottom and top drive-chains, supports connected with said rods and means for turning the separate pairs of shafts in opposite directions, substantially as shown and described.
  • An apparatus of the class described com prising a central drive-wheel, a plurality of pairs of shafts arranged in a circle around said drive-wheel, said pairs of shafts being geared in connection with said drive-wheels so as to be turned in opposite directions and being also provided with sprocket-wheels, tracks or ways arranged on the opposite sides top and bottom portions of the apparatus and of the sprocket-wheels of the separate pairs of shafts and crossing each other between said pairs, a plurality of pairs of drive chains mounted in said tracks or ways and equaling in number one-half the pairs of shafts and sprocket-wheels, and vertically-arranged supports connected with said chains, substantially as shown and described.
  • endless tracks or ways which intercept each other at intervals, drive-chains of predetermined length movable in said tracks or'ways, and devices for moving said chains in opposite directions in said tracks or ways, substantially as shown and described.
  • endless tracks or ways which intercept each other at intervals, drive-chains of predetermined length movable in said tracks or ways and devices for moving said chains in opposite directions in said tracks or ways, said chains being also provided with supports, substantially as shown and described.
  • an endless irregular track or way mounted in said track or way, and means for moving said chains through said track or way, said chains being also provided with supports, substantially as shown and described.

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