Improvements in Roundabouts.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 1st Aug., 1889-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Roundabouts.
I, GEORGE GREEN, Junior, presently of 62 Saint Vincent Street, in the City of
Glasgow, Watchmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention which relates to improvements in roundabouts has for its object
to so construct and connect the platforms or trucks whereon the horse or other
animal figures, chairs or other seats are placed that in rotating around the track tho
said platforms or trucks may be undulated over curved or other inclines placed upon
the track. With this object the platforms or trucks are connected together in an
endless chain or series by metal straps or ties one end of each of which is jointed
by a pin to one truck whilst the other end is similarly connected to the next truck
in the series. Over the adjacent ends of the trucks or platforms there is placed a
double hinged plate the said plate extending from the outer to the inner connecting
strap of each pair. In addition to the ordinary carrying wheels of the trucks and
the axles of which may be furnished with mechanism for communicating a galloping
motion to the horse or other animal figure as is well understood with this class of
mechanism, there is provided for each truck a second pair of carrying wheels or
rollers these being of advantage in affording increased steadiness of movement whilst
the truck is ascending and descending the undulating planes on the track and of
which there may be one, two or more as desired.
Dated this Second day of November 1888
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Roundabouts.
I, GEORGE GREEN Junior presently of 62 Saint Vincent Street in the City of
Glasgow Watchmaker do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:―
This Invention which relates to improvements in roundabouts has for its objects to
so construct and arrange the apparatus that the platforms or trucks whereon the horse
or other animal figures are placed in rotating around the track are undulated over
curved or other inclines placed upon or constituting the track, whilst, at the same
time, a galloping motion is communicated to the figures carried by the platforms
or trucks.
With these objects the platforms or trucks A are, as illustrated in elevation at
figure 1, and in plan at figure 2, of the accompanying drawings, connected together
in an endless chain or series, by metal straps or ties B, one end of each of which is
jointed by a pin to one truck, whilst the other end is similarly connected to the next
truck in the series, or, as seen at the part X figure 2, a V-shaped swinging piece C
may be inserted between the adjacent ends of the trucks A, the said piece having at
its narrower end a strap B¹, centred on a pin D, and jointed to the platform or
truck A, at each side by pins E, whilst at its broader end the piece C, has straps B
bolted to it these straps being jointed by pins F to the ends of the trucks A. Tho
axle H of one of the ordinary carrying wheels I, of each truck is cranked as indicated
at J and to each of the said cranks, one extremity of a connecting rod K is attached
the opposite end of the said rod being connected to a link L, on which the forward
part of the animal figure is supported the said link being jointed thereto and also to the

page_text: platform or truck. From the cranks J, connecting rods M, also extend to the rear
parts of the animal figures, so that, as the axle H is rotated, galloping motion is
communicated to the said figures, as is well understood, or, instead of this, any other
galloping mechanism ordinarily used in the like class of apparatus may be adopted.
The track O, constitutes an undulating plane, and it may have one two or more
undulations in its circumference as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
In a roundabout, the combination of a series of connected platforms or trucks,
carrying animal figures, and having mechanism to communicate galloping motion to
the said figures with an undulating track, substantially as described, with reference to
the drawings annexed.
Dated thi TCL
T... 1000
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.