Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 22nd Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 27th Jan., 1888
We ALFRED HAMLYN WILLIAMS of 135, Fenchurch Street, city of London,
Engineer, and EDWARD LLEWELLYN WHITE, of 32, Queens Road, Ilford, Essex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
:-
The object of this invention is to establish a new form of game or pastime by the
use of barrels, or other circular or approximate shaped bodies or structures which
shall have a rolling motion after a swing or oscillation beyond a given point, said
oscillation being produced by the rocking power of persons seated therein; the vehicle
is so constructed that it reassumes its normal position after the roll.
The barrel or other like shaped vehicle may be arranged to roll on the ground, or be
pivotted or suspended to turn or be turned over either from the motion of the
occupants or by outside aid.
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H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said A. H. Williams
and E. L. White..

page_text: WC ALFRED HAMLYN WILLIAMS of 135 Fenchurch Street, city of London,
Engineer and EDWARD LLEWELLYN WHITE of 32 Queens Road, Ilford, Essex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of this invention is to establish a new form of game or pastime by the
use of barrels or other circular or approximate shaped bodies or structures which shall
have a rolling motion after a swing or oscillation beyond a given point, said oscillation
being produced by the rocking power of persons seated therein.
The vehicle is so constructed that it re-assumes its normal position after the roll.
The barrel or other like shaped vehicle may be arranged to roll on the ground or
rails or be pivotted or suspended to turn or be turned over either from the motion of
the occupants or by outside aid.
One example of our invention is clearly shown at Figure 1 of the annexed drawings
in which A is the tub or barrel provided with a channel flange tyre B at each side as
seen more clearly at Figure 2 for running upon rails C or it may run between the
webs D. D. of the two rails in which case the flanges B, B, need not be channelled.
The rails C are undulating in form as at Figure 1 and may have. any degree of
curvature either above the ground and supported by a framework as indicated or the
ground may be undulating.
The tub or barrel may be mounted on an axle as at Figure 3, so that it can be
turned by hand or it may be on a semicircular framing provided with rollers as at
Figure 4 or otherwise utilized for the turn over or rolling action in either direction.
We prefer however the plan indicated by Figure 1 the inclines or rails being wavy so
that as the tub or barrel A is rolling along, a series of up and down motions are
imparted.
The tub or barrel is provided with seats (or their equivalent) E E so that the
occupants face one another their feet being upon the platform F and within
stirrups G, a strap or bar being carried across from the uprights H for securing the
occupants on their seats during the topsy turvy rolling motion.
The end of the platform at the starting point may be hinged and by means of a
lever it can be lowered slightly below the level as a rest for the tub or barrel and when
the occupants are seated and the tub ready to be started a backward movement of a
band lever I will raise the platform slightly above the level for the tub to start on its
journey to the opposite end of the track where with a little assistance the tub can be
rolled to a slightly higher level than that of the starting point ready for a return
journey to let the occupants out of the tub or to make or cause the tub's return to its
starting point as desired.
If the seats be placed in the centre of the tub instead of near the wall as at
Figures 1 and 3 an oscillatory or rocking power of persons would be sufficient to
produce the motion.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The construction of a tub or barrel provided with seats or their equivalent on
which persons can be temporarily held, said tub or barrel having a rolling motion upon
an undulating or wavy track as and for the purpose described with reference to
Figures 1 and 2.
2. The construction and employment of a tub or barrel or approximate shaped
article within which persons can have a topsy turvy motion either by a continued
rolling over or a to and fro rolling action produced by gravitation or by manual or
other power as described the construction being substantially according to Figures 1.
2. 3 and 4 of the drawings annexed.