A New or Improved Mechanical Slide for purposes of Recreation.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Mechanical Slide for purposes of Recreation.
We, EDWIN APPLEBY, of 92, Thornhill Road, Handsworth, in the County of
Stafford, Corn Factor, and ALFRED CHARLES THOMAS, of 58, Lodge Road, Hockley,
in the City of Birmingham, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:
This invention consists of the herein described new or improved mechanical
slide which is constructed for persons to slide upon as a means of recreation
when an ice slide is not available. Our improved slide consists of a series of
parallel rollers arranged one in front of the other with their axes parallel and
with their peripheries at only a short distance apart so as to form a roller track
the ends of the rollers having suitable axles which revolve in bearings in a long
frame which latter forms the sides of the track. The said roller slide may be
arranged level or slightly inclined downwardly or partly level and partly
inclined.
Our said invention is fixed on the ground and used like an ice slide by the
persons running and getting up a certain amount of impetus before they reach
the slide and then putting their feet together on the roller slide so that the
impetus acquired carries the persons along the tops of the rollers which turn
freely as the persons pass over them.
The said rollers may be constructed in various ways but what we prefer is to
make each of the rollers of a light steel tube with the ends plugged up and a
spindle running through and projecting at each end and turning in bearing blocks
let into the sides of the frame or track which latter are made of wood or other
suitable material.
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1000
A New or Improved Mechanical Slide for purposes of Recreation.
We, EDWIN APPLEBY, of 92, Thornhill Road, Handsworth, in the County of
Stafford, Corn Factor, and ALFRED CILARLES THOMAS, of 58, Lodge Road, Hockley,
in the City of Birmingham, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement: -
This invention consists of the herein described new or improved mechanical

page_text: slide which is constructed for persons to slide upon for means of recreation
when an ice slide is not available.
We will describe this invention by referring to the accompanying drawings
on which Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a roller slide constructed
according to our invention; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; Fig. 3 is a cross
sectional elevation of the same; Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation and end view of
one of the rollers and its axle on an enlarged scale; Fig. 5 shews separately one
of the end washers of the rollers and Fig. 6 shews on a larger scale a portion of
one of the side tracks of the slide."
Our improved slide consists of a series of parallel tubular rollers A arranged
side by side one in front of the other with their axes parallel and with their
peripheries at only a short distance apart so as to form a roller track. The rollers
are mounted and revolve on axles B which arẻ carried in bearings c in the
wooden sides C C of the track. The said roller slide may be arranged level
or slightly inclined downwardly or partly level and partly inclined. The sides
CC of the track are maintained at the proper distance apart by any convenient
means as by tie bolts which pass therethrough and by cross boards e
which are fixed at the top of the sides C1 C2 at one end of the slide for the sliders
to run on and take off from, and by the cross board f at the other end of the
slide on to which the sliders alight as they slide along the slide in the direction
indicated by the arrows in Figs. 1 and 2. Each of the rollers A is made of a
light tube, preferably a steel tube, with the ends plugged up by the washers G
(one of which is shewn separately by Fig. 5) provided with central holes y
through which the spindle B passes and projects at each end to take into the
bearings c as aforesaid in the track sides CC2 where the spindles are held by
the covering boards H H which are screwed on to the track sides C¹ C² so as
to clamp and hold the ends of the spindle B in position and allow the rollers to
revolve freely thereon.
Our said invention is fixed on the ground and used like an ice slide by persons
running along the boards e and getting up a certain amount of impetus before
they reach the rollers and then putting their feet together on the roller slide so
that the impetus acquired carries the sliders along the tops of the rollers in the
direction indicated by the arrows in Figs. 1 and 2 which turn freely as the per-.
sons pass over them.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
A roller slide for the purposes of recreation consisting essentially, of a series
of tubular metal rollers A arranged to revolve on stationary axles B fixed, side
by side and parallel with one another in the track sides C1 C2 which latter are
stayed at the proper distance apart substantially as set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1899.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.